Bahamas Information Services Updates
Large German container ship berths in Freeport Harbour
Mar 15, 2010 - 10:55:27 AM

GRAND BAHAMA, The Bahamas -- Minister for the Environment the Hon Earl Deveaux recently extended a warm welcome to the captain and crew of the container ship Northern Jasper. The one-year-old German owned ship is nearly 1,093 feet long and 141 feet wide making it one of the largest vessels ever to berth at Freeport Harbour.   

The ship has the capacity to carry the equivalent of 8,402 20-foot cargo containers, thousands more than a typical ships that normally berth at Freeport Harbour.  

Mr Deveaux spoke on the growth and development of the Maritime Industry in The Bahamas and was also keen on the continued development of the Freeport Container Port, which has the capacity to accommodate the largest vessels in the world.  Pictured from: Commander Patrick McNeil, Port Controller; Gary Gilbert, CEO Freeport Container Port; Captain Seredyn Dariusz, Northern Jasper; Mr Deveaux; and the Hon Neko C Grant, Minister for Works and Transport.  (BIS photo/Simon Lewis)