FREEPORT, Grand Bahama – Carnival Cruise Line started construction on its $200 million cruise port in East Grand Bahama yesterday.
The project is expected to result in 1,000 permanent jobs and hundreds of construction jobs on the island.
“… We will complete it before the end of 2024,” Carnival Cruise Line President Christine Duffy told reporters following a ceremony in East Grand Bahama.
“Today was not only a celebration and a groundbreaking but also day one of construction. So the construction process begins immediately.”
