Port of Big Creek is the only deep-water port facility on the in Country of Belize (just south of the boundary with Stann Creek District), constructed in the 1990s. It is the nation's largest private port.,[3] after Belize City. Big Creek is the main port for Belize's banana industry; citrus fruit and shrimp are also exported from here. It is also the location from which oil, extracted from the fields of Spanish Lookout, is exported.
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Oil barge being loaded at Big Creek Port
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Map of Big Creek location
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| Location | |
| Country | Belize |
| Location | Toledo District |
| Coordinates | 16°30′51″N 88°24′16″W / 16.51417°N 88.40444°W / 16.51417; -88.40444 |
| UN/LOCODE | BZBGK[1] |
| Details | |
| Opened | Yes |
| No.ofberths | 3[2] |
| Draft depth | 11.0 m. in the channel[2] |
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The port is ISPS certified and has 3 berths.[2] Cargoes handled include bananas, citrus fruit and petroleum.[4]
The port is not a designated safe harbour with regard to hurricane preparedness.[5]
Big Creek was the location in which the Peter Hughes dive boat "Wave Dancer" capsized during Hurricane Iris in October 2001, killing 20 persons, comprising 3 crew members and 17 vacationing divers from Richmond, Virginia.[6]