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Wed, May 12th 2021, 08:18 AM
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The new $250 million Nassau Cruise Port (NCP) - a key component of the long-promised revitalization of a rundown City of Nassau - is taking shape and is on track for a summer 2022 completion, said NCP's Chief Executive Officer Mike Maura as he and his team took National Review on a tour of the of the project Monday.

The government of The Bahamas signed a heads of agreement with Nassau Cruise Port Ltd. in August 2019 for the port redevelopment.
The project entails extensive marine work and expansion of the piers, which will allow the port to accommodate larger ships.
“We’re very excited about the marine works,” Maura said.
“It’s going fantastic and you would have seen during the tour that the work is first class, just what you find in any major city, any major port project anywhere in the world.”
The Nassau Cruise Port will be able to berth as many as three Oasis class ships at once, as well as other vessels. When completed, it will be able to accommodate up to 33,990 cruise passengers daily, up from 22,620.
Oasis class ships are each able to accommodate 6,780 passengers and 2,200 crew members. 
“The fact is that so many new bigger ships are coming out of shipyards over the next five years,” Maura said.
“We’re actually going to find more larger ships than we’re going to find smaller ships coming out of the Port of Miami, Port Everglades, Canaveral. The Bahamas is going to be so much further ahead than our neighbors throughout the Caribbean – from an infrastructure perspective and from a tourism capacity perspective – that we’re going to be in great shape.”
The new world-class port will include a new terminal, a waterfront park, a harbor village, a new inner harbor, amphitheater, Junkanoo Museum, shops, restaurants and an impact theater. New passenger transfer and parking and waiting areas to ensure the smooth and efficient operations by existing licensed taxi and tour operators are also part of the redevelopment.

The government of The Bahamas signed a heads of agreement with Nassau Cruise Port Ltd. in August 2019 for the port redevelopment.

The project entails extensive marine work and expansion of the piers, which will allow the port to accommodate larger ships.

“We’re very excited about the marine works,” Maura said.

“It’s going fantastic and you would have seen during the tour that the work is first class, just what you find in any major city, any major port project anywhere in the world.”

The Nassau Cruise Port will be able to berth as many as three Oasis class ships at once, as well as other vessels. When completed, it will be able to accommodate up to 33,990 cruise passengers daily, up from 22,620.

Oasis class ships are each able to accommodate 6,780 passengers and 2,200 crew members. 

“The fact is that so many new bigger ships are coming out of shipyards over the next five years,” Maura said.

“We’re actually going to find more larger ships than we’re going to find smaller ships coming out of the Port of Miami, Port Everglades, Canaveral. The Bahamas is going to be so much further ahead than our neighbors throughout the Caribbean – from an infrastructure perspective and from a tourism capacity perspective – that we’re going to be in great shape.”

The new world-class port will include a new terminal, a waterfront park, a harbor village, a new inner harbor, amphitheater, Junkanoo Museum, shops, restaurants and an impact theater. New passenger transfer and parking and waiting areas to ensure the smooth and efficient operations by existing licensed taxi and tour operators are also part of the redevelopment.

 

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