# Bullen Baai (CWBUB)

**UN/LOCODE:** CWBUB  
**Country:** Curacao  
**Water Body:** Caribbean Sea; North Atlantic Ocean  
**Harbor Size:** Medium  
**Harbor Type:** Open Roadstead  
**GPS:** 12.1833, -69.0333

Under the UN/LOCODE CWBUB, Bullen Baai operates as the Curaçao Oil Terminal, a dedicated crude and petroleum-product facility run by Venezuela's PDVSA on the island's southwest coast, some eight nautical miles northwest of Willemstad. Three T-shaped jetties and depths beyond 21 metres berth very large crude carriers, and the tank farm holds about 17.75 million barrels — among the Caribbean's largest. It stores and transships heavy, heated crude and fuel oil rather than any boxed or general cargo. In 2025 the terminal is running at full storage capacity and preparing to load a VLCC with more than 2 million barrels, including Venezuelan crude. There is no container, break-bulk or conventional customs activity here — purely an energy transshipment point. Containerised cargo for Curaçao moves through Willemstad, with Caucedo in the Dominican Republic as a regional option.

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