# Freeport (BS FPO)

**UN/LOCODE:** BS FPO  
**Country:** The Bahamas  
**Water Body:** North Atlantic Ocean  
**Harbor Size:** Small  
**Harbor Type:** River (Basins)  
**GPS:** 26.5167, -78.7833

Sixteen metres of depth alongside, three berths and roughly 57 hectares of stacking yard define Freeport as a deep-water transshipment facility rather than a local cargo gateway. Owned and operated by Hutchison Port Holdings since its 1997 opening, the Grand Bahama port handles around 1.5 million TEU a year, almost all of it relayed between services from the US Gulf, the Caribbean, South America, Europe and the Far East. Some 750 reefer points support temperature-controlled boxes, and expansion plans target up to 3.5 million TEU across as many as nine berths. Very little of this volume is destined for the Bahamian hinterland; the site earns its keep from a position astride the north–south shipping lanes just off the US mainland. It sits within the Grand Bahama free-trade zone under the Hawksbill Creek Agreement, so containers can be transshipped and stored without normal import duties. Shippers moving goods into the islands themselves are generally better served by Nassau, while Freeport functions purely as a relay hub. Comparable regional transshipment options include Kingston in Jamaica, Caucedo in the Dominican Republic and Colón in Panama.

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