{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"Place","additionalType":"https://schema.org/Port","name":"Basse Terre","identifier":"GPBBR","unlocode":"GPBBR","city":null,"country":"Guadeloupe","waterBody":"Caribbean Sea; North Atlantic Ocean","harborSize":"Very Small","harborType":"Open Roadstead","channelDepthMeters":0,"confidenceLevel":null,"coordinates":{"latitude":16,"longitude":-61.733333},"description":"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 an","url":"https://www.freight-academy.com/en/information/seaports/basse-terre-port-gpbbr","markdownMirror":"https://www.freight-academy.com/api/md/seaports/en/basse-terre-port-gpbbr","source":null,"provider":{"@type":"Organization","name":"Freight Academy","url":"https://www.freight-academy.com"},"quickSummary":"Basse Terre · (UN/LOCODE: GPBBR) · Guadeloupe · Very Small"}