The shipping platform

Location: Nassau, the capital of the Bahamas, is situated on the N shore of New Providence Island approx 180nm SE of Miami. General overview: The port handles a wide range of cargoes and containers and has now become a major port of call for cruise vessels, with seven berths available alongside. Arawak Cay Port is a development to the W of the port for general, bulk and container cargoes. Oil and gas import facilities and power station are at Clifton Pier on the W coast. The Port of Nassau handles shipments of containerised and conventional cargo. It has links with ports in the region, and to North and South America. The container port of Nassau comprises three terminal facilities, with a total berth length of more than 1000 meters. The port also has 60 reefer points. The container handling terminal covers 32.30 acres, with a dock length of 365 m and deals with international LOLO and RORO ships and carriers. The breakbulk facility spans 9.6 acres, with a dock length of 193 m and handles the nation’s RORO and bulk carriers involved in international maritime trade operations. The terminal has a 25,500 sq foot storage warehouse that functions as a storage space for cargo in transit. Lastly, the bulk handling facility is spread over 7.40 acres with a 27 feet draft along the dock. The dock measures 243 m and handles shipments of cement, bitumen, minerals etc stored in the expansive storage yards belonging to this terminal. This terminal can store about 8000 tonnes of cement and 100,000 tonnes of dry bulk cargo. The port has the latest port handling equipment such as 3 Liebherr cranes with a lifting capacity of 105 tonnes, 3 mobile cranes, 2 container cranes, 5 reach stackers, jockey trucks and chassis. Traffic figures: Approx 402,000t of cargo is handled annually. Load line zone: Summer. Max size: Max draught: 10.6 m. The largest vessel handled: "Queen Elizabeth 2" LOA: 300 m, draught: 9.9 m. Clifton Point: LOA: 192 m, draught: 10.9 m, 45,000DWT.