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Tug and barge in Freeport Harbour, with container terminal and shipyards in background. The Grand Bahama Port Authority [1] ( GBPA or "Port Authority") is a privately held corporation that also acts as the municipal authority for Freeport, Grand Bahama Island, The Bahamas. The GBPA was created by the Hawksbill Creek Agreement.
Freeport is a city, district and free trade zone on the island of Grand Bahama of the northwest part of The Bahamas.In 1955, Wallace Groves, a Virginian financier with lumber interests in Grand Bahama, was granted 20,000 hectares (50,000 acres) of pineyard with substantial areas of swamp and scrubland by the Bahamian government with a mandate to economically develop the area.
Freeport Container Port covers a 72-hectare (180-acre) area with docks stretching 1,037 metres (3,402 ft) and a draught of about 16.1 metres (52 ft 10 in). FCP can handle ships up to 16,100 TEUs , and is equipped with three berths averaging 15 metres (49 ft) in depth.
Grand Classica was renamed Margaritaville at Sea Paradise and received an extensive refit and rebranding at Grand Bahama Shipyard, Freeport, during April 2022. [24] The renovated ship returned to the port of Palm Beach on 10 May, with the inaugural cruise taking place four days later.
Grand Bahama International Airport (GBIA) (IATA: FPO, ICAO: MYGF) is an international airport in Freeport, The Bahamas.It was privately owned until the government of The Bahamas purchased it in April 29 2021 for one Bahamian dollar, a deal they were able to procure largely due to the devastation from Hurricane Dorian, which almost completely destroyed the airport in 2019.
New video obtained by TMZ and verified by NBC News captured the moment after a shark bit a 10-year-old Maryland boy who was on vacation in the Bahamas.
Grand Bahama Shipyard: Bahamas: Freeport: Drydock No.1 268 33.5 8.0 * * [55] Drydock No.2 300 58.5 9.1 * * Drydock No.3 310 54.6 8.5 * * Public Services and Procurement Canada Canada Victoria Shipyards [56] Esquimalt Graving Dock [57] 357 41 12 * Washington Marine Group Canada Vancouver: Vancouver Dry Dock [58] 220 45.8 8.8 *
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