# Antilla (CU ANT)

**UN/LOCODE:** CU ANT  
**Country:** Cuba  
**Water Body:** North Atlantic Ocean  
**Harbor Size:** Large  
**Harbor Type:** Coastal (Natural)  
**GPS:** 20.8333, -75.7333

Sugar, not containers, defines Antilla: this port on Cuba's Bahía de Nipe is first and foremost an agricultural export point for sugar and other regional farm goods such as tobacco. Six sugar warehouses with a combined capacity of roughly 450,000 sacks, a pier of about 148 metres with two berths and water depth around 6.7 metres limit it to smaller vessels (maximum length about 190 metres). Modern container or deepsea liner infrastructure is not confirmed, and freight relevance for international forwarders is correspondingly limited, sitting in bulk and regional trades. Antilla grew up around 1907 as a railway and port town for the timber and sugar trade, brought to the waterfront by rail. For containerised shipments to Cuba, Mariel (Terminal de Contenedores del Mariel) is the principal hub, complemented by Santiago de Cuba in the south-east; bulk and project cargo around the Holguín region may move via Antilla or nearby Nuevitas depending on the commodity.

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