The Port-au-Prince dock was submerged, and its only crane damaged, by the January 12 earthquake.
Re-opening Haiti’s seaport in the capital Port-au-Prince is seen as vital to the international aid effort. Fifty percent of the port was destroyed by the earthquake, but engineers have decided some parts of one pier are strong enough to handle limited amounts of cargo. The port will be running at 10% capacity. But it will not be the answer in getting aid through to the quake-devastated country. Just four vessels had docked by Thursday evening. Dock workers have offloaded 124 containers of humanitarian aid from ships from the US, the Netherlands and France.
See a news video of the Port-au-Prince docks at this link. BBC News, January 22, 2010