The  majority of commercial transportation between Haiti and abroad is done by sea. But since the capital descended into violence on February 29, 2024, port facilities have faced operational stoppages or a significant decrease in traffic, confirmed sources interviewed by Le Nouvelliste. "It will be a month tomorrow, April 5, 2024, since no container ships have docked at the Caribbean Port Services (CPS) in Port-au-Prince. Officially, there is no scheduled date for the arrival of ships at our facilities," a source close to this port terminal, one of the country's largest, told Le Nouvelliste on Thursday, April 4, 2024.

The port of the National Port Authority (APN) is also nearly deserted by ships. In early March, a ship carrying bulk cargo was hit by bullets. It headed to the Dominican Republic. The importer is in discussions with the ship, we learned. More broadly, due to the worsening security climate in the city, "traffic has significantly decreased for all 8 port installations in the Bay of Port-au-Prince," said Jocelyn Villiers, director of the APN, interviewed on Monday by the newspaper. "The pressure outside is very high. Security is reinforced at the APN port, including at the CPS," he said.