Saint Lucia’s Cruise Port Simply Started a Main Redevelopment 

Saint Lucia’s main cruise port in Castries is getting a serious makeover, one which simply started this week with the demolition of town’s Customs and Excise Division constructing.

The undertaking is the start of what officers are calling a “new period” for the island’s cruise sector. 

So what’s the plan? 

State-of-the-art amenities, new berthing capabilities for bigger ships and a greater passenger expertise, in keeping with International Ports Holding, the cruise firm that manages a number of prime ports across the Caribbean. 

“This is step one in fulfilling our dedication to the folks of Saint Lucia to rework and modernize the cruise trade,” mentioned Lancelot Arnold, normal supervisor of the Saint Lucia Cruise Port. “Our purpose is to ship a world-class expertise, beginning with infrastructure that helps our imaginative and prescient of development and excellence.”

The revamp is essential in an Japanese Caribbean area that has a extra aggressive cruise trade than ever, with a number of ports, together with Antigua and St Kitts, rising to the highest of the area’s cruise locations in recent times.