Port Manatee’s skyrocketing containerized cargo trade continues to rise to record heights – soaring more than 53 percent in the just-ended fiscal year – while total cargo tonnage moving through the seaport has also reached an all-time high
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 is expanding its fast-growing weekly services crossing the Gulf of Mexico.
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.
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- Port Manatee, Regional Rail ink long-term agreement
Port Manatee has reached agreement for Regional Rail LLC to operate its seaport-owned short-line railroad through at least 2036, with options through 2051, advancing extended business opportunities for Manatee County’s rapidly growing seaport. - Port Manatee, Del Monte extend import hub relationship
Port Manatee and Del Monte Fresh Produce N.A. Inc. have reached agreement to keep the company’s fruit imports coming into the fast-growing seaport until at least 2026, with options through 2036. - Port Manatee container trade skyrockets 53.3 percent in record fiscal 2021
Port Manatee’s skyrocketing containerized cargo trade continues to rise to record heights – soaring more than 53 percent in the just-ended fiscal year – while total cargo tonnage moving through the seaport has also reached an all-time high, according to figures reported today [Tuesday, Oct. 19].
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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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