Big Creek, Belize

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.

Big Creek
Oil barge being loaded at Big Creek Port
Big Creek Location in Belize
Location
Country	Belize
Location	Toledo District
Coordinates	16°30′51″N 88°24′16″W
UN/LOCODE	BZBGK[1]
Details
Opened	Yes
No. of berths	3[2]
Draft depth	11.0 m. in the channel[2]
Statistics
Website www.portofbigcreek.com

Facilities

The port is ISPS certified and has 3 berths.^[2] Cargoes handled include bananas, citrus fruit and petroleum.^[4]

Hurricanes

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]