Frederiksted Pier, Frederiksted, St. Croix, U.S. Virgin Islands 3/6/18
Channel: John Edwards
Date: 16/10/2022

Although Christiansted is the capital and larger city, the town of Frederiksted on the west coast of St. Croix has the only cruise ship port on the island, and as you can see, it is quite impressive, especially considering how few cruise ships actually call at St. Croix. This is the Frederiksted Pier whose full name is the Ann E. Abramson Marine Facility and it was built in 1994. It is 1526 feet long and can accommodate ships with a draft of 29 feet on one side and 36 feet on the other.  Even larger ships can drop anchor further out. It is also equipped to handle submarines. The date this was filmed is March 6, 2018, just 6 months after Hurricane Maria caused extensive damage to St. Croix. P.S. The fact that a seldom called upon place in the Caribbean which is not wealthy by any standard has an impressive cruise ship dock re-ignites my dismay and lack of comprehension as to how it would be possible that a sea faring nation such as the U.K. which was built on ocean trade apparently cares so little for the convenience of visitors to major cities such as the capital of Scotland, Edinburg, that it lacks docks for cruise ships so you have to take a small boat known as a tender to get to shore which adds to inconvenience especially in the form of wasted time that would be better spent doing anything. Even London didn't have an appropriate dock for cruise ships.