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On Thursday 8th<\/sup>\u00a0December at 2pm, hundreds of people will join the Prime Minister and Members of Cabinet to join in the opening of the Cargo Port at the Deep Water Harbour.<\/strong><\/p>\n

The Port was first built and dredged in 1968 by the then ALP Administration and has lasted 50 years.<\/p>

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The redevelopment and expansion of the Port will now allow it to engage in transshipment activities and centralized shipping services, making it the largest Cargo Port in the OECS.<\/p>

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The loan from the China ExIm Bank of 97million USD allowed for the improvements to take place, The Antigua Barbuda government negotiated a long moratorium along with concessionary interest rates.<\/p>\n

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