“There is damaged machinery and equipment,” Roberto Babum, head of Honduras’ port authority told local television.
Puerto Cortes is the sea port for the industrial area around the city of San Pedro Sula and also handles the bulk of the Central American nation’s banana, coffee, coconut, and hardwood trade.
Jose Angel Saavedra, a major producer and member of the IHCAFE coffee growers’ group, said there were no signs of damage to Honduran coffee farms after the quake, of 7.1 magnitude.
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