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Barcadera, Aruba
Sign in to saveBarcadera is the main seaport for cargo ships in Aruba. It is located in Barcadera, district Santa Cruz and was officially opened on 12 April 2016. The seaport is operated by Aruba Stevedoring (ASTEC) Company N.V., a private entity established by nine local shareholders (all N.V.'s). This initiative was part of the effort to upgrade and modernize the port of Aruba to accommodate the increasing containerization of cargo.
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Barcadera is the main seaport for cargo ships in Aruba. It is located in Barcadera, district Santa Cruz and was officially opened on 12 April 2016. The seaport is operated by Aruba Stevedoring (ASTEC) Company N.V., a private entity established by nine local shareholders (all N.V.'s). This initiative was part of the effort to upgrade and modernize the port of Aruba to accommodate the increasing containerization of cargo.
==History== Plans to create the harbour began in 1994. The harbour at Oranjestad was large enough, however the cargo ships had to share the port with cruise ships which often caused problems. The first priority was to move the container terminal. Work began in 2011, and the move was completed in 2015. On 12 April 2016, the Barcadera harbour was officially opened by Prime minister Mike Eman.
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Barcadera, Aruba” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.
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