Activities at the Port-au-Prince seaport and the Varreux fuel terminal have come to a near standstill due to ongoing clashes following the massacre carried out by the Belekou gang against residents of Wharf Jérémie who had taken to the streets in a rara procession after the Haiti vs. Scotland match last Saturday, Le Nouvelliste learned on Tuesday, June 16, 2026.

“There are clashes between armed gangs. This makes operations extremely difficult, but the port is not closed,” a source close to the National Port Authority (APN) told the newspaper on Tuesday, June 16, 2026. “Freight transport vehicles and shipping containers have deserted the port because of the violence. Some operations are still underway at the port. Operators have been able to come in, but only with difficulty. The police deployed armored vehicles yesterday. This Tuesday morning, there was heavy gunfire,” another source from Caribbean Port Services (CPS) said.