Acajutla

The harbour

Acajutla is El Salvador's main seaport, on the country's Pacific coast in the department of Sonsonate, west of San Salvador. It handles much of the nation's seaborne trade, including coffee and sugar exports, general cargo, bulk goods and fuel imports.

The port is built around long piers reaching out from an open coastline rather than a deep natural bay, so ships lie exposed to the Pacific swell. Sailors arriving here notice the steady rollers that also make the nearby black-sand beaches popular with surfers, and the volcanic hills rising inland.

Acajutla in PerpeNaval

Region

North Pacific

Country

El Salvador

Position

13.58°N 89.83°W

Size in the game

a small port (tier 0)

Fuel

about $252 a tonne at full stock

Trades

Grain, Machinery, Consumer goods, Wine, Building materials, Coffee

On the quay

warehouses

Waters

near pirate water: Gulf of Tehuantepec

The album

stamp, postcard, pacific white-sided dolphin, gold-rush nugget

The nearest harbours by sea

Routed on the game's sea grid with the canals open, the way a ship sails it.

Lately at Acajutla