

With the new (2-berth) dock the cruise port now has berthing capacity of 3 of the world's largest passenger ships (of RCI's Oasis-class) simultaneously. In 2018 started construction works on Port Zante's new (second) cruise pier which was completed in 2019 and officially opened in November. These vessels were RCI-Royal Caribbean's Adventure of the Seas and Freedom of the Seas, Princess Cruises Regal Princess, AIDA Cruises AIDAluna, Marella Cruises Marella Discovery, and also the mega-yacht SeaDream (docked at Nevis Island). On January 12, 2017, Saint Kitts Island was visited by 6 cruise liners with total passenger capacity over 16,000. For the season 2017-2018, Port Zante had scheduled 596 ship calls with 1,500993 million passengers. Season 2016-2017 was a record-breaker - with 1,125927 million passengers and 569 ship calls. It was established by France in 1627, under Pierre Belain d'Esnambuc (1585-1637). Port Basseterre is one of Leeward Islands' major commercial seaports.įor the season 2015-2016, Port Zante reported a total of 373 cruise ship calls and 913,716 passengers. The other cruise port of the country is Charlestown (on Nevis Island).īasseterre City (population around 13,000) is one of the oldest in the Eastern Caribbean. Port Zante is located in a bay on St Kitts Island's southwestern coast. Port Zante (Basseterre's cruise port) serves the capital city of Saint Kitts and Nevis - an island country in the West Indies (Caribbean Sea).
