Port Manatee advances $8.3 million dockside yard expansion
Port Manatee is advancing an $8.3 million project to nearly double the size of its dockside container yard.
Port Manatee welcoming energy-efficient Del Monte containerships
Port Manatee is now receiving imports of Central American fruit via the newest energy-efficient refrigerated containerships of longtime port tenant Fresh Del Monte Produce Inc.
Port Manatee-based World Direct Shipping adds vessel to expanding Mexico services
Port Manatee-based World Direct Shipping is expanding its fast-growing weekly services crossing the Gulf of Mexico.
Port Manatee container trade soars 74 percent in record first fiscal half
Port Manatee’s vibrant containerized cargo trade keeps soaring to record heights, with the number of container units crossing port docks in the six months ended March 31 rising nearly 74 percent over the comparable year-earlier period.
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- Port Manatee efficiently moving yachts for No. 1 pleasure boat retailer
Port Manatee is proficiently serving as import hub for the world’s largest recreational boat and yacht retailer, underscoring capabilities for moving oversize cargos via Central and Southwest Florida’s preferred gateway for global commerce. - Port Manatee awarded $1 million-plus federal security grant
Port Manatee is receiving more than $1 million in federal grant funding to bolster protection against cyberthreats, upgrade the port’s wireless security network and complete a perimeter fencing project. - Port Manatee anticipates boost in steel exports with facility acquisition by Aceros Arequipa unit
Port Manatee is anticipating a big boost in exports of recycled steel materials following acquisition of a port-adjacent 25.5-acre facility by a new subsidiary of Peru-based steelmaker Aceros Arequipa.
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Port Manatee is one of Florida’s largest and fastest growing seaports, handling a variety of cargos.
Bulk
- Three mobile harbor cranes equipped with clam-buckets
- 40 feet deep water draft
Break-Bulk
- Three mobile harbor cranes with a lift capacity of 100 tons each, 165 tons combined
- New 10 acres intermodal yard
Containers
- Fast efficient truck turn times
- Closest US port to the Panama Canal
Project
- Three mobile harbor cranes, highest tandem lift capacity of any Florida port
- 70 acres ample laydown area
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