Excerpt tfiglobalnews.com
According to Caribbean news now, Antigua’s redeveloped Deep Water Harbour port St. Joseph has opened for ships. According to official statements, the redeveloped harbor port will help Antigua and Barbuda achieve its goal of becoming an Eastern Caribbean transshipment hub.
During Thursday’s official opening ceremony, Prime Minister Gaston Browne announced that the facility is the sole container terminal port in the Organisation of Eastern Caribbean States (OECS), allowing it to provide services to neighboring nations.
The project was developed in collaboration with China Civil Engineering Construction Corporation, which redeveloped the port for $90 million. The work began in 2018 but was hampered by delays caused by the Covid outbreak.
The Port Authority’s CEO, Darwin Telemaque, described the port’s completion as a “momentous journey,” adding that the facility now has “all the ingredients for a bright future.”