Port of Big Creek is the only deep-water

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facility on the in Country of

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(just south of the boundary with Stann Creek District), constructed in the 1990s. It is the nation's largest private port., after

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. Big Creek is the main port for Belize's

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industry;

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and

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are also exported from here. It is also the location from which oil, extracted from the fields of Spanish Lookout, is exported.

Facilities

The port is ISPS certified and has 3 berths. Cargoes handled include

and

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Hurricanes

The port is not a designated safe harbour with regard to hurricane preparedness. Big Creek was the location in which the Peter Hughes dive boat " Wave Dancer" capsized during Hurricane Iris in October 2001, killing 20 persons, comprising 3 crew members and 17 vacationing divers from Richmond, Virginia.

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*{{url, http://www.portofbigcreek.com/ Populated places in Toledo District Port cities in the Caribbean Ports and harbours of Belize