Dr. A.C. Wathey Cruise Cargo Facility - Philipsburg, Sint Maarten
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N 18° 00.842 W 063° 02.576
20Q E 495455 N 1991738
The Dr. A.C. Wathey Cruise Cargo Facility comprises of the Dr. A.C. Wathey Pier, the John Craane Cruise Terminal, the Tender Jetty, Capt. Hodges Wharf, and Harbour Point Village.
Waymark Code: WMNE9D
Location: Sint Maarten
Date Posted: 02/26/2015
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The Place:
The port of Philipsburg is the main economic engine of the city and the island and is the 9th major port and destinations of the Caribbean. Its full name is "Dr. Wathey AC Cruise & Cargo Facility", in honor of Claude Wathey when St. Maarten became one of the main tourist destinations in the Caribbean. The port was constructed in the late 1950s and expanded, with many sections: -The cruise terminal (John Craane Cruise Terminal), which can hold up to 4 ships at a time. -The tax-free shopping center Harbour Point Village. -The storage section (The Captain David Cargo Quay). The geographic position in the eastern Caribbean to St. Maarten has become a trade center. -The Captain Hodge Wharf is where visitors get off when they take a water taxi.
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The person:
Claude Wathey (full name Albert Claudius Wathey; 1926 – 1998), was a prominent politician of the Democratic Party from the island of Sint Maarten. He was knighted by the Dutch Crown for his political longevity.
Wathey championed political independence for the island in 1989, but was later convicted on charges of perjury; however, many on Sint Maarten felt the trial was nothing more than a witch hunt conducted by his rivals and adversaries in Curaçao and the Netherlands in order to break his monopoly on political power in Sint Maarten and to destroy his credibility. Despite this, he remains a popular figure, even after his death.
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