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Solving La Gonave Shipping Port Problem

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One major problem with Haiti's growth is the severe lack of container ports.  Shipping containers have to carry goods and services for people.  In fact if there were no shipping container ports, the world economy would crash.  With shipping ports, while vital, they can be extremely expensive. With a shipping container port you need expensive infrastructure, expensive gantry cranes, rail systems, etc.  Also the expensive cost to run and maintain the ports and the certifications that are needed for the port and employees can be a problem. See the Port of Seattle below in Seattle, WA. La Gonave needs some sort of port in order to have goods and services delivered.  One way of solving all of this and for a very cost effective start is using a hovercraft.  Yes the US military landed a hovercraft on the island before.  A hovercraft can handle the rough sea, the coral reef and shallow water, the rocky soil of La Gonave, and it is by far cheaper th...