Port of Bridgetown

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The Port of Bridgetown (officially the Deep Water Harbour[1]) is a seaport in Bridgetown on the west coast of Barbados. Situated along Carlisle Bay, the port handles all of the country's bulk ship based trade and commerce from across the world. In addition to international-shipping the Deep Water Harbour is the port of entry for southern-Caribbean cruise ships. Constructed in 1961, the Deep Water Harbour was created by forming a manmade isthmus across the shallow straight that existed off the coast of Fontabelle, Saint Michael. This isthmus formed new land stretching from the original west coast of Barbados, out to a small uninhabited island nearby named Pelican Island. The port handles roughly 900,000 tonnes of containerised cargo per year.

In December 2008 Minister of International Transport, George Hutson announced that due to congestion between cargo and passenger ships at the Deep Water Harbour the country needs to look at expansion at the facility following the large upgrade undertaken in 2002. Port call

Some of the Cruise Lines which visit or are home ported at the Deep Water Harbour include[1]:

* Carnival Cruise Line
* Celebrity Cruises
* Club Cruises
* Compagnie Des Iles Du Ponant
* Costa Cruise Line
* Crystal Cruises
* Festival Cruises
* Fred Olsen & Co
* Hanseatic Cruises
* Hapag Lloyd
* Holiday Kreuzfahrten
* Holland America Line
* Majestic Cruise Line
* Martime Universal
* Norwegian Cruise Line
* Orient Lines
* P&O Princess
* Passat Ship Management
* Radisson Seven Seas Cruises
* Residensea
* Royal Caribbean International
* Royal Olympic Cruises
* Saga Shipping
* Seabourn/Cunard
* Sea Cloud Cruises
* Seadream Yacht Club Cruises
* Seetours International
* Services Transport
* Silversea Cruises
* Star Clippers
* Sun Cruises
* Swan Hellenic
* Unicom Management
* V-Ships
* Waybell Cruises
* Westria Holdings
* Windjammer Cruises
* Wind Star Cruises

[edit] See also

* Bridgetown
* Pelican Island (Barbados)
* Transport in Barbados
* Shipping Association of Barbados

[edit] References

1. ^ [http://www.caricomlaw.org/doc_dl.php?id=321 CHAPTER 67A DEEP WATER HARBOUR (EXPANSION AND IMPROVEMENT)]

[edit] External links

* Barbados Port Inc - Formerly the Barbados Port Authority
* Aerial photo of the Deep Water Harbour
* Barbados 'best home port' - October 25th, 2006: Barbados NationNews