# 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

Around 1.1 million TEU handled annually makes Freeport Container Port on Grand Bahama (BS FPO) one of the leading transshipment hubs of the Americas. The port is in the middle of an ownership transition: CK Hutchison, which holds 51 percent of FCP, is selling its global port portfolio to a consortium of BlackRock, Global Infrastructure Partners (GIP) and MSC/Terminal Investment Limited (TiL) for USD 22.8 billion, a process ongoing in 2026. Alongside this, a USD 100 million capital programme is underway: ten new straddle carriers, four semi-automatic super post-Panamax cranes with remote operating stations (bringing total ROS cranes to seven; deliveries in two batches, September and October 2026), reefer plug capacity expanded from 400 to at least 1,500 positions on three levels, and a new fibre-optic ring. Traffic is almost entirely transshipment, relaying containers between services from the US Gulf, the Caribbean, South America, Europe and Asia. Sixteen metres of depth alongside, three berths and roughly 57 hectares of yard accommodate large container vessels; design capacity stands at 1.5 million TEU with expansion plans targeting 3.5 million TEU across nine berths. The Hawksbill Creek Agreement places the port in a Grand Bahama free-trade zone, enabling transshipment and bonded storage without standard import duties. For cargo bound for the Bahamian islands, Nassau is the more appropriate gateway; Kingston (Jamaica), Caucedo (Dominican Republic) and Colón (Panama) are the nearest comparable transshipment hubs.

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