Many ports around the world are entering into an automated procedures dynamic for the benefits offered by it. Given the current economic stakes in Haiti, particularly in the north, a computer system dedicated to the port, allowing all port professionals at customs administration to exchange data and messages in complete confidentiality and security, would bring considerable productivity for port passage among other parameters. Documentary research has shown the importance of a dematerialization of port procedures. On this basis, and taking into account the context, a benefit-cost analysis study was carried out.
The benefit-cost ratio (BCR) was the alternative investment criterion. The objective of this study is to provide decision-makers with adequate instruments to target public investment in the port sector. A status report on the port situation in Haiti has oriented the effort towards the port of Cap-Haïtien. The results of the ratios with discount rates of 3%, 5% and 12% converge toward values greater than 1. This means that the intervention concerning the automation of the procedures of the Cap-Haïtien port can be undertaken. In keeping with the prioritization of needs, the Haitian state should consider this intervention.