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By Admin. Updated 10:12 a.m., Monday, 27 October 2025, Atlantic Standard Time (GMT-4).

Prime Minister Dr Ralph Gonsalves has revealed that, now the new port in Kingstown is operational, the Campden Park facility will no longer function as a container port.

Speaking recently at the press conference to launch the modern port operation company (MPOC), Dr Gonsalves stated that all port operations would henceforth take place at Kingstown.

On 25 October 2025, the government inaugurated a $720 million port that replaces the old Kingstown facility.

Previously, ships would offload containers at both Kingstown and Campden Park ports.

Going forward, Campden Park will be available for lease.

“So, the Campden Park container port will be available for lease, for persons who may wish to use it, for any entity which may wish to use it for entrepreneurial purposes,” the Prime Minister said.

He noted that the central government regularly receives requests from individuals or organisations interested in leasing the Campden Park port. “Naturally, depending on the terms of the lease, we have to address improvements and other matters,” Dr Gonsalves explained.

He added that the government must resolve an issue regarding the shareholders of Campden Park Port.

“There’s one issue which we have to sort out at Campden Park. The state itself owns, what, 97% of it? Ninety-something percent, because some people own small shareholdings. We just have to buy those out, pay them whatever is the reasonable value for those shares, so that it comes entirely into state ownership,” he said.

“And I believe that there is already a discussion ongoing in that regard. So that is something from which we could conceivably generate some revenue,” he added.

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