Port of Bridgetown

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The Port of Bridgetown (also known as the Deepwater Harbour) 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.

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

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