Pointe-à-Pitre and Jarry Port
Port of Pointe-à-Pitre/Jarry
(Guadeloupe)
Number one port of the Guadeloupe archipelago, Pointe-à-Pitre/Jarry is one of four sites managed by the Autonomous Port of Guadeloupe (APG), equally responsible for the Bas-du-Fort Marina at Gosier, the port of Basse-Terre, and that of Folle-Anse on the island of Marie-Galante. APG is public owned by the State which, following a decree on 1st November 1975, took over from the Department the management of the overall port infrastructures of the archipelago. As the only ultramarine autonomous port, the latter is administered by a council of some 20 members comprising representatives of the State, Chamber of Commerce, industry, local authorities, port employees, and specialist personnel.
As in the case of Fort-de-France and the other Overseas Department ports, it will shortly undergo a change in status prompted by the Government's port reform paper of 4th July 2008, which in mainland France has replaced the former autonomous ports with the so-called 'large maritime ports.'
Port infrastructures
The dock area of the port of Pointe-à-Pitre is located at the far end of a “small marine cul-de-sac,” which constitutes a large stretch of protected water, comprising an internal road-stead and an open road-stead, encircled to the south by isles (Isle of Pigs, Boissard Isles...), as well as a coral reef. The port, situated at the heart of the Guadeloupean archipelago, is made up of two areas which in effect represent the stages of its development: the Old Port to the East, and that of Port Jarry to the West.
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