Editing Transport in the Bahamas (section)

===Ports and harbours===
[[Image:Prince George Wharf in Nassau Harbor.jpg|thumb|right|300px|Cruise ships at Nassau's Prince George Wharf.]]
[[Marina]]s and [[harbours]] are plentiful on The Bahamas islands, making aquatic travel an easy way to navigate between the islands group. Boat travel can be the only way to reach some of the smaller islands. Travelers entering the island will need to clear customs first,  but boatsmen can enter any of the following ports of entry and harbours in The Bahamas:
* '''[[Abaco Islands]]''': [[Green Turtle Cay]], [[Marsh Harbour]], Spanish Cay, [[Treasure Cay]], or [[Walker's Cay]]
* '''[[Berry Islands]]''': Chub Cay and [[Great Harbour Cay]]
* '''[[Bimini]]''': [[Alice Town]]
* '''[[Cat Cays]]''': Hawksnest Marina
* '''[[Eleuthera]]''': [[Governor's Harbour]], [[Harbour Island, Bahamas|Harbour Island]], Rock Sound, or [[Spanish Wells]]
* '''[[Exuma]]''': George Town
* '''[[Grand Bahama Island]]''': [[Freeport, Bahamas|Freeport]] Harbour, Lucayan Marina Village and Port [[Lucaya, Bahamas|Lucaya]], or Old Bahama Bay at [[West End, Grand Bahama|West End]]
* '''[[Inagua]]''': [[Matthew Town]]
* '''[[Long Island, Bahamas|Long Island]]''': Stella Maris Airport
* '''[[Mayaguana]]''': [[Abraham's Bay]]
* '''[[Nassau, Bahamas|Nassau]]/[[New Providence Island]]''': Any marina
* '''[[San Salvador Island|San Salvador]]''': Cockburn Town

Facilities catering to large passenger [[cruise ship]]s are located on Grand Bahama Island and New Providence.  The Lucayan Harbour Cruise Facility in Freeport<ref>[http://gbpa.com/home/index.php?option=com_flippingbook&view=book&id=2%3Avision-meets-opportunity&catid=1%3Agbpa-publications&Itemid=85 "Grand Bahama - Vision Meets Opportunity"], page 10. [http://gbpa.com/ ''Grand Bahama Port Authority''.] Retrieved March 17, 2010.</ref> and Nassau harbour's Prince George Wharf are built specifically to handle multiple modern cruise ships at one time.{{Citation needed|date=July 2010}}  Additionally, several major cruise line corporations have each purchased an uninhabited island which they now operate as private island destinations available exclusively to their respective ships.  These include [[Great Stirrup Cay]], owned by [[Norwegian Cruise Line]], [[Little Stirrup Cay]] otherwise known as [[Royal Caribbean International]]'s "Coco Cay", [[Carnival Corporation & plc|Carnival Corporation's]] [[Little San Salvador Island]] or "Half Moon Cay", and [[Castaway Cay]], of [[Disney Cruise Line]].  Of these, only Castaway Cay offers ships an actual pier for docking.  The others use [[Ship's tender|tender boats]] to service ships anchored off shore.