PORT: St John’s

COUNTRY: Antigua and Barbuda

CODE: AGSJO

1. LOCATION: St John’s harbor located on NW coast. Crabbs Peninsula located on NE coast, approximately 10 km. east of St John's.

2. OVERVIEW: Natural harbor and multipurpose port handling cruise, passengers, containers, Ro-Ro and dry bulk. Offshore facility (Sea Island Jetty, Antigua) handles petroleum products, crude, chemicals and LPG. Bulk cement terminal and LPG facility located at High Point, Crabbs Peninsula.

3. MAXIMUM SIZE:

Break bulk:  Depth 9.6 m.

Containers:  Depth 9.6 m.

Passengers:  Draft 7.92 m.

Ro-Ro:  Depth 9.6 m.

Bulk:  Depth 4.2 m.

Crude:  Draft 13.1 m.

Products:  Draft 10.0 m.

Gas:  Draft 10.0 m.

4. TRAFFIC: Shipping containers, vehicles and general cargo.

5. PILOTAGE: Information not available

6. TUGS: 2×1,500 h.p. harbor tugs. Tugs join vessel in approach channel. Tugs lines normally used. No charge for lines.

7. BERTHS:

Berth	Length	Depth	Draft	Cargo
	(m.)	(m.)	(m.)
Deepwater Harbor	365	9.6		Multipurpose
Heritage Quay	153	10.7	7.92	Cruise
Nevis Street Pier	135		10.7	Cruise
Crabbs Peninsula			4.2	Bulk cement
West Indies Oil:
WIOC Sea Island	228	10.9	10.0	LPG, gasoline, bunkers, chemicals
WIOC CBM		15.24	13.1	Crude

 

8. CRANES: Authority owns 1×150 ton P&H mobile crane and 1×104 ton Liebherr mobile crane.

2×75 ton cranes are available on dockside, provided by a private contractor.

9. WASTE DISPOSAL: Garbage collection available through Agent.

10. SLOPS DISPOSAL: Waste oil service is available by truck. There is no shore tank.

11. WATER: Information not available

12. FUEL: Information not available

13. CHANDLERY: Information not available

14. CONTACT: Antigua and Barbuda Port Authority, PO Box 1052, Deepwater Harbor, St. John's, Antigua. T: +1 268 484 3400. abpa@port.gov.ag www.port.gov.ag