Hurricane Milton Recovery Update – Oct. 12, 3:00 p.m.

SeaPort Manatee is open to ship traffic with restrictions and open to limited landside operations. Open to port users for mitigation and assessment during daylight hours.

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SeaPort Manatee to receive $9.5 million from state to jumpstart hurricane recovery
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SeaPort Manatee is to receive $9.5 million to jumpstart recovery from Hurricane Milton, Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis announced today [Monday, Oct. 14] at the port.

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SeaPort Manatee resumes fuel distribution, serving hurricane-impacted region
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Fuel is again flowing from SeaPort Manatee terminals to Southwest and Central Florida and beyond, serving needs of a region impacted by the Oct. 9 landfall of Hurricane Milton.

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All visitors must proceed to the Access Control Center located at the SeaPort Manatee North Gate, 1705 Piney Point Road, Palmetto, FL 34221
Coordinates: 27°38’01 “N 82°33’41*W

About The Port

Located “Where Tampa Bay Meets the Gulf of Mexico,” SeaPort Manatee is the closest U.S. deepwater seaport to the expanded Panama Canal, with 10 40-foot-draft berths serving container, bulk, breakbulk, heavylift, project and general cargo customers. SeaPort Manatee generates more than $7.3 billion in annual economic impact while providing for more than 42,000 direct and indirect jobs, all without benefit of local property tax support.


SeaPort Manatee is one of Florida’s largest and fastest growing ports, handling a variety of cargos.

Bulk

  • Mobile harbor cranes equipped with clam-buckets and grabs
  • 40 feet deep water draft

Break-Bulk

  • Mobile harbor cranes with a lift capacity of 120 tons each, 165 tons combined

Containers

  • Four container spreaders
  • Fast efficient truck turn times
  • Closest US port to the Panama Canal

Project

  • Four mobile harbor cranes, highest tandem lift capacity of any Florida port 

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