# Basse Terre (GPBBR)

**UN/LOCODE:** GPBBR  
**Country:** Guadeloupe  
**Water Body:** Caribbean Sea; North Atlantic Ocean  
**Harbor Size:** Very Small  
**Harbor Type:** Open Roadstead  
**GPS:** 16.0000, -61.7333

Refrigerated bananas bound for Europe are the signature cargo of Basse-Terre (GP BBR), set in Guadeloupe's main banana-growing region on the Caribbean coast of Basse-Terre island. Around 95 percent of Guadeloupe's trade passes through Jarry and Pointe-à-Pitre, leaving this port a specialised role in reefer and breakbulk exports rather than container handling. It is an open roadstead with a cargo-pier depth of about 7.9 metres and limited berth capacity. As a French overseas territory, customs and foreign-trade procedures follow EU rules. The island's mountainous road network provides hinterland access, while for containers, bulk and the bulk of imports forwarders use the larger port of Pointe-à-Pitre and its Jarry logistics platform.

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