Port Canaveral

This article is about the port. For the city, see Cape Canaveral, Florida.
Port Canaveral
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Location
Country United States
LocationBrevard County, Florida
UN/LOCODEUSPCV[1]
Details
Opened1953
Operated byPort Canaveral
No. of berths18[2]
Draft depth39.5 feet (12.0 m)[2]
Statistics
Annual cargo tonnage6 million tons
Passenger traffic4.07 million
Website
Canaveral Port Authority
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Port Canaveral is a cruise, cargo, and naval port in Brevard County, Florida, United States. The port has the busiest cruise terminals in the world. In 2022, the port had over 4 million passengers passing through it during the fiscal year.[3] Additionally, over 5.4 million tonnes of bulk cargo moves through each year.[4]

Primary cargoes include slag, salt, vehicles, containers, petroleum, heavy equipment, lumber, and aggregate.[5] The port has conveyors and hoppers for loading products directly into trucks and facilities for bulk-cargo containers. The channel is about 44 feet (13 m) deep.[6]

The port exports fresh citrus; bulk-frozen citrus juice stored in one of the largest freezer warehouses in the state; cement; and building materials. The port receives lumber, salt for water-softening, automobiles, and steel sheet and plate. It transships items for land, sea, air, and space.

On average, ten ships enter the port each day. This includes ships from cruise lines such as Carnival, Disney, Royal Caribbean, Norwegian, and more.[7][8]

  1. ^ "UNLOCODE (US) - UNITED STATES". service.unece.org. Retrieved 23 September 2020.
  2. ^ a b "Port of Port Canaveral, U.S.A." www.findaport.com. Shipping Guides Ltd. Retrieved 23 September 2020.
  3. ^ "Port Canaveral surpasses Miami as world's busiest cruise port". www.floridatoday.com. Retrieved 2023-03-02.
  4. ^ "Port Canaveral". www.portcanaveral.com. Retrieved 2019-01-10.
  5. ^ "AAPA Seaports of the Americas - 2018 Membership Directory". www.nxtbook.com. Retrieved 2019-01-10.
  6. ^ Waymer, Jim (5 April 2010). "Transfer replenishes Brevard's beaches". Melbourne, Florida: Florida Today. pp. 1A.
  7. ^ "Port Canaveral". www.portcanaveral.com. Retrieved 2019-01-09.
  8. ^ Peterson, Patrick (1 March 2010). "Harbor pilots steer clear of rule change". Melbourne, Florida: Florida Today. pp. 14A. Archived from the original on 2 April 2015.