Given the particular characteristics of the Port, clients will reduce the cost of ocean and ground transportation as well as storage. Those special characteristics are:
* Specialized and highly-skilled staff.
* Port operating 24 hours a day, to receive vessels.
* Integral wharfage service.
* Four berths with the deepest drafts in the central zone of the country.
* A capacity to receive and work with vessels with a 70,000 DWT and a maximum draft
of 14.3 meters (46.91 feet).
* Modern mechanized systems for rapid loading and discharging that can exceed 18,00 tons per day, depending on the product.
* A bonded storage area with a warehouse for clean bulk, storage tanks for liquid bulk, and large areas for the storage of general cargo.
* 100 hectares of land for the storage of goods and the development of new projects either directly by the port or with client investments.
* A railway terminal inside the premise.
* Direct access by road to the different production and consumption centers (130km to Santiago and 320 km to Mendoza, Argentina).
* Marine fuel and asphalt terminal.
* Marine fuel supply via the port’s mini tankers to vessels in the main ports of the central coast of Chile.
* Future project for a multipurpose buoy for clean liquids and fuels, with capacity to receive and work with vessels up to 150,000 DWT and 17 meter draft (55,76 feet).
In comparison to other ports in the area, the advantages of Puerto Ventanas are:
* Berths with a greater draft, including economies of scale in the unit cost of ocean freight.
* No sandbanks and, therefore, greater vessel safety.
* Availability of berths.
* Administración privada orientada al cliente: satisfacción de las necesidades de sus clientes mediante la prestación de servicios portuarios ágiles y eficientes.