86 November 2015 - Business View Caribbean
The Port Authority of Antigua
and Barbuda
Changing the inland from the coastline
The Port Authority of Antigua and Barbuda is the quasi-
governmental institution that oversees the maritime
ports on this island country in the Eastern Caribbean.
Antigua and Barbuda is part of the nine-member OECS
(Organization of Eastern Caribbean States) group,
which also includes the Commonwealth of Dominica,
Grenada, Montserrat, St. Kitts and Nevis, St. Lucia,
and St. Vincent and the Grenadines.
Antigua’s main commercial port is DeepWater Harbour
in the capital city of St. John’s. It handles all the cargo
that is imported into the country. Also in St. John’s are
the Nevis Street Pier and Heritage Quay - both ports of
call for major cruise lines. Other, smaller marine ports
include Falmouth Harbor and English Harbor on the
southeast section of the island, and Jolly Harbor, a
little further to the south.
Deep Water Harbor was built between 1965 and 1968,
and opened to commercial traffic in 1969. It was con-
structed as a “break bulk” terminal. In shipping, break
bulk cargo are goods that must be loaded or unloaded
