Port of Cockburn Town
Cockburn Town is an open-roadstead anchorage in Bahamas, registered under the UN/LOCODE code BSCBT.
This is a directory stub generated from the UN/LOCODE registry; a fuller write-up has not yet been added.
This record’s port function has not been confirmed by Bahamas’s national authority — UN/LOCODE lists it as a “recognised location” (status RL), not an approved one. It may represent a distinct small port, a berth, terminal, or anchorage within a larger port, or a place with no distinct port facility.
Port characteristics
- Size / type
- Very small, Open roadstead
- Shelter
- Fair
- Entrance restrictions
- Affected by other factors
- Charted depths
- Anchorage6.4–7.6 m (21–25 ft)
- Cargo pier1.8–3.0 m (6–10 ft)
- Terminal infrastructure
- Cargo handlingCargo pier charted (1.8–3.0 m (6–10 ft))
Container-terminal handling is not classified by the WPI dataset, so this entry does not infer it.
- Mean tidal range
- 0 m
- Also noted
- turning area available
Facilities and services
Cargo can be worked at wharves and anchor.
Supplies on offer include diesel oil.
Notes and references
- NGA Pub. 150, World Port Index, 27th ed. (2019), index no. 10006, Pub. 147, chart 26281. Port characteristics are historical reference data; verify current depths, restrictions, facilities, and services with official notices.
- NGA World Port Index database (WPI.mdb), 2019. Facilities and services data.
- Record status: WPI-classified port.