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Nassau Container Port is a major container port in Nassau, The Bahamas. 20% of Nassau Container Port port is owned by 11,000 members of the Bahamian public, 40% of the port is owned by the government of The Bahamas, and 40% is held by Arawak Cay Port Development Holdings Limited, a consortium of private investors from the shipping industry. [1]
The Straits of Florida The Florida straits, the J-shaped channel between southeastern Florida and the Bahamas, and the Florida Keys and Cuba.. The Straits of Florida, Florida Straits, or Florida Strait (Spanish: Estrecho de Florida) is a strait located south-southeast of the North American mainland, generally accepted to be between the Gulf of Mexico and the Atlantic Ocean, and between the ...
After Castaway Cay, Disney Cruise Line purchased another Bahamian destination in early March 2019, the Lighthouse Point property on the island of Eleuthera, from the Bahamas Government. [2] The cruise line was looking for another Bahamas location since the announcement of the third ship expansion in 2016. [3]
The Bahamas Maritime Authority (BMA) is an authority that registers vessels in the Bahamas and enforces safety standards on Bahamian-registered craft. [1] The authority has an office in the Shirlaw House in Nassau. It also has offices in the Bahamas House in New York City, in the Hutchinson House in Hong Kong, and in London. [2]
In 2023, the Bahamas Unified Public Transportation Company (UPTC) and Bluestone Labs will roll out a unified ridesharing-style digital system. The new UPTC Jitney Pass, available through the Bluestone B-ID app, will cover over 40 routes, provide a routing system and live updates, and eventually phase out cash payments. [4]
In April, the live-aboards launched a GoFundMe campaign to hire a lawyer to sue the city for “violations of the Civil Rights Act of 1964, various state maritime laws” and the Americans with ...
The cargo and materials were recovered, taken to Charleston, South Carolina and sold. [6] In 1884, the ship George B. Douglass was sailing from Roatán for Nassau, when was caught in a heavy storm and developed a leak. Captain Anderson and his crew escaped in lifeboat. "Shortly after they had pushed away from the schooner she gave lurch to one ...
In 2009, US$13 million was given by the Bahamas government for roadworks of 97 kilometres (60 mi). [36] Ports and marinas open for traffic on Eleuthera include Governor's Harbour, Current Island, Harbour Island & North Eleuthera, Rock Sound, and Spanish Wells. [38]