The Deep Water Harbour (a.k.a. the Port of Bridgetown), lies on the Western coast of the country 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 docking in Barbados. 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. The City of Bridgetown, population 5,928 (1990) metropolitan area 110,000 (2000), formerly the Town of Saint Michael, is the Capital city of the island nation of Barbados. ... In political geography and international politics a country is a geographical entity, a territory, most commonly associated with the notions of state or nation. ... Italian Full rigged ship Amerigo Vespucci in New York Harbor, 1976 A ship is a large watercraft capable of offshore navigation. ... This article or section does not adequately cite its references or sources. ... This article or section does not cite any references or sources. ... Antarctica Oceania Africa Asia Europe North America South America Middle East Caribbean Central Asia East Asia North Asia South Asia Southeast Asia SW. Asia Australasia Melanesia Micronesia Polynesia Central America Latin America Northern America Americas C. Africa E. Africa N. Africa Southern Africa W. Africa C. Europe E. Europe N... “West Indian” redirects here. ... Pacific Sky sails under Sydney Harbour Bridge A cruise ship or a cruise liner is a passenger ship used for pleasure voyages, where the voyage itself and the ships amenities are considered an essential part of the experience. ... The Isthmus of Panama connects North and South America. ... Pelican Island was a small uninhabited island that once existed off the west coast of Bridgetown and Fontabelle, in St. ...

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 Co
• 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

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See also

• Bridgetown
• Pelican Island
• Transport in Barbados
• Shipping Association of Barbados

The City of Bridgetown, population 5,928 (1990) metropolitan area 110,000 (2000), formerly the Town of Saint Michael, is the Capital city of the island nation of Barbados. ... Pelican Island was a small uninhabited island that once existed off the west coast of Bridgetown and Fontabelle, in St. ... To meet Wikipedias quality standards, this article may require rewriting and/or reformatting. ...

External links

• Barbados Port Inc - Formerly the Barbados Port Authority
• Barbados 'best home port' - October 25th, 2006: Barbados NationNews
• Barbados Maritime Ship Registry (BMSR)