SeaPort Manatee in Florida, US has established a new container record, moving 85,383 TEUs during the first six months of its current fiscal year, which started on 1 October. This figure represents a 26% increase over a year earlier, according to the port’s data.
Similarly, the Florida Gulf Coast port has marked a 32.2% growth in containerised cargo tonnage, handling an all-time high of 660,847 short tons.
“SeaPort Manatee’s sustained growth in all sectors of cargo activity demonstrates continuing ability to adeptly meet the needs of consumers and industry throughout Central and Southwest Florida and beyond,” said Carlos Buqueras, executive director of Manatee County’s global trade hub, which in February was rechristened as SeaPort Manatee.
“With completion of expansion of dockside container yard facilities and other infrastructure enhancements, as well as thousands of on- and near-port acres available for future growth, SeaPort Manatee is perfectly poised to keep moving even more commerce,” he added.
Reggie Bellamy, chairman of the Manatee County Port Authority, commented, “The remarkable ongoing activity gains at SeaPort Manatee are a testament to our ability to provide leading-edge facilities for efficient movement of a wide range of vital goods. Meanwhile, a team of expert consultants, in concert with a broad spectrum of stakeholders, is working to complete a blueprint for further growth and still-greater contributions to our region’s economy.”
