Port Canaveral is a seaport, cargo, and naval port in Brevard County, Florida, United States. It is one of the world's busiest shipping ports with 3.9 million cruise passengers passing through 2014. Over 3,000,000 short tons (2,700,000 t) of bulk cargo are moving through each year. Common cargo includes cement, petroleum and aggregates. The port has a conveyor and hopper to load products directly to trucks, and facilities for bulk cargo containers. The channel is about 44 feet (13 m) deep.
There are 750,000 square feet (70,000 m 2 ) storage capacity of closed goods. The company handles 4,000,000 short (3,600,000 t) cargoes in 2004. The port is exporting fresh oranges; Bulk orange juice is stored in one of the largest freezer warehouses in the state; cement and building materials. The harbors receive wood, salt for water softening, cars, and steel sheets and plates. It transmits goods for land, sea, air and space. The Port Canaveral Overseas Trading Zone is one of the largest general purpose FTZs in the country - over 5 square miles (13 km 2 ).
Ten ships, on average, enter the harbor every day. This includes ships from cruise lines such as Carnival, Disney, Royal Caribbean, and more.
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The Port Canaveral Authority was established in 1953 by the State Legislature and consists of the Board of Commissioners and the Executive Management Team. The Council establishes policies such as fiscal, regulatory, and operating, while the executive is responsible for administrative and operational duties. In October 2015 the council voted unanimously to end the embattled CEO of John Walsh. Walsh clashed with residents over a controversial plan to build a cargo train through federal government-run wildlife protection. Walsh attracted public anger after calling the opposite of his plan "Luddites" and "dog chasing a moving car." Walsh lied about the documentation of the United States Air Force, which deals with the construction of the Canaveral Rail through Cape Canaveral Air Force Station.
The five Board Commissioners were selected from the surrounding area by popular vote. They had to live in certain areas but were elected by voters in the five districts. The race is partisan.
- District 1 (Kennedy Space Center/Titusville) - Jerry Allender
- District 2 (Area between Titusville and Cocoa and western US 1) - John H. Evans
- District 3 (Cocoa/Rockledge) - Wayne Justice
- District 4 (East United States 1 and Cape Canaveral) - Robert "Bruce" Deardoff was appointed by Florida Governor Charlie Crist to fill vacant seats until elections were held in November 2010. Deardoff was sworn in on March 3, 2010.
- District 5 (Port Canaveral/Cocoa Beach) - Thomas Weinberg
- The salary is $ 10,083,72 per year.
The Executive Management Team is headed by the Chief Executive Officer (CEO).
By 2013, there are 233 staff members, 162 permanent employees, 71 part-time.
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History Edit
A columnist classifies the history of the actual harbor into four eras, roughly aligning the requirements of several directors: 1) preliminary construction and operation of ports without clear separation from government and management 1947-2004, 2) expansion of port facilities. Ports became the second in the 2004-2013 worldwide shipping business, 3) political divisions between governance and management 2013-2016, 4) the modern era of 2016-present.
Artesia Edit
A post office in the area was built and registered in the US Post Office application as Artesia. and retained this name from 1893-1954; and then began working for Port Canaveral from 1954-1962.
Port dredging Edit
The idea of ​​developing a port in this location was first compiled in the 1880s. The port was dredged between 1951 and 1955.
Dedication took place November 4, 1953, with the Navy destroyer escorting the USSÃ, McClelland (DE-750) participating. US Senator Spessard Holland is the keynote speaker.
Noah Butts, former speaker of the Florida Representative Council, is the first Chairman of the Canaveral Port Authority. The first port manager, George King, was announced in 1954. Commercial fishing had begun at the port, and the following year commercial voyages began, with cement loads sent by SS MormacSpruce . In 1955, the Tropicana Corporation began building refrigerated warehouses to store orange juice, local agricultural products, before shipment.
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Cruise ship traffic appeared at the harbor in 1964, with SSÃ, Yarmouth Castle , recently purchased by Yarmouth Cruise Lines from Chadade Steamship Company. The ship is American, with registration from Panama. The ship was burning in the sea between Miami and Nassau, Bahamas in 1965, and cruise ship traffic was limited until the 1980s.
In 1965, a dedicated key in the harbor, as part of the Canal Canal Canal. The Canaveral Key is still operating and managed by the United States Army Engineer Corps. The focus of the harbor during the 1960s and 1970s remained in the form of commercial and sailing fishing, with three 400 feet (120 meters) cargo docks built on the north side of Port in 1976, and a series of warehouses built in the harbor area.
Port Canaveral has played a role in supporting NASA projects from the nearest John F. Kennedy Space Center. During the Apollo program, the Saturn V transit segment transits through ports and keys. Recently the Space Shuttle external tank was flown to Port Canaveral for every mission, and solid rocket boosters pulled back through Port Canaveral after being taken from the Atlantic Ocean after each launch. NASA contributed $ 250,000 for key repairs in 1965.
In 1990, Morton Salt began operations at the port. By 2018, it imports salt from the Bahamas and produces 200,000 short tons (180,000 tons) of ponds, water softeners, sea salts, and agricultural salts.
Prior to disestablishment in 2000, Premier Cruise Line was based in Cape Canaveral.
In 2008, Sterling Casino Lines stopped doing business in the port. But just a week later, the Las Vegas Line Casino began operating a yacht gambling. On March 25, 2009, Las Vegas Casino Line filed for bankruptcy, joining Sterling Casino on the 'Casino Lines' list that failed to operate outside Port Canaveral.
In 2009, a commissioner resigned and the Florida Law Enforcement Department announced that they were investigating possible corruption at the port.
In 2009, the last shipping company offering gambling, SunCruz Casinos, filed Chapter 7 bankruptcy (liquidation). The companies failed because of competition from land-based gambling activities at Seminole Casinos, and the Greyhound racecourse. The gambling layer reached a high of 1.0 million passengers in 2004, before it began to decline. Casino operations generate about $ 5- $ 6 million per year for ports.
Mega Freedom of the Seas and Dream Carnival vessels were teleported at Port Canaveral in 2009, followed by Disney Dream in 2011.
In 2010, SpaceX began using ports for their autonomous spacecraft ship. In April 2016, ASDS Of Course I Still Liked You restored the first Falcon 9 trigger found at sea to Port Canaveral.
The Canaveral Seaport was completed in 2010. Vitol SA builds a fuel tank depot with a pipeline to Orlando International Airport. The 36 acres (15 acres), 117 gallons US (440Ã, l; 97Ã, Â ° c) million storage depots cost $ 150 million.
Cruise Terminal 6 opens in mid-2012, for Carnival Dream Carnival Sensation and other Carnival ships.
The recent addition to the harbor is the seven-storey Exploration Tower, which offers tourists nearly 550,000 square feet (51,000 m 2 ) from exhibition halls, interactive displays, two observation decks - one inside and one outside - 72 seat auditorium, event space, and café and souvenir shop.
Cruise ship traffic Edit
Carnival, Disney, Norway and Royal Caribbean International are several cruise lines anchored in one of five cruise terminals. The port accommodates 109,175 multi-day cruise ship passengers in October 2008. There were 307,005 passengers in April 2009. It fell to a seasonally low of 221,557 in October. With the loss of daily yacht gambling, the port authorities do not expect this to be exceeded for some time. There were 2.8 million passengers in 2010.
In the early 1980s, a new port director, Charles Rowland, turned his focus towards developing the port to Cruise's port. In 1982, a warehouse of 20,000 square feet (2,000 m 2 ) on the north side of the port was transformed into Cruise Terminal 1. The SS Scandinavian Sea , a 10,427- ton vessel, is the first cruise to the home-port at Port Canaveral. The cruise ships early in the simple days sailed into the sea and back. The harbor then purchased two former Bicentennial exhibition buildings from NASA in 1983 and they became Terminals 2 and 3 in 1983. The next year SS Royale from Cruise Line Premier is a porta-house in Port Canaveral. The first 3 and 4 day cruises to the Bahamas begin. A fourth cruise terminal was built in 1986. The expansion into the West Lembah was started with the construction of Terminal 5. The Fantasy Carnival began sailing from there at that time to being the first mega-ship to call the Port of the house.
In December 2014, Port Canaveral and Royal Caribbean International opened Terminal 1, a new terminal building built to handle Oasis class vessels. It was announced in March 2015 that Port Canaveral will become the new home port of the world's largest cruise ship, Oasis of the Seas.
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The following cruises are transported at Port Canaveral:
- Carnival Carnival
- Carnival Liberty
- Sunshine of Carnival
- Disney Dream
- Disney Fantasy
- Noble Ocean
- Oasis of the Seas
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- AIDAvita
- Anthem of the Seas
- Carnival Pride
- Grandeur of the Seas
- Mein Schiff 6
- MSC Divina
- Norwegian Breakaway
- Norwegian Gem
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- Carnival Breeze (coming 2018)
- Carnival Camaraderie (coming 2018)
- Disney Wonder (formerly based in Port Canaveral, coming back 2018)
- Norwegian Epic (formerly based in Port Canaveral, coming back 2018)
- Norwegian Sun (formerly based in Port Canaveral, coming back 2018)
- Norwegian Escape (coming soon in Port Canaveral by 2018)
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The Naval Ordnance Test Unit operates a seaport. They have 100 sailors and 70 subcontractors.
In 2011, the support vessel USNSÃ, Waters (T-AGS-45) was transferred to the port.
Trident Turning Basin supports Navy ballistic missile submarine.
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In 2011, about 75 percent of cargo is fuel. The overall tonnage rose 40 percent by 2010.
In the fiscal year 2007-8, there was a 44.5% decrease in cargo in October and November compared to the previous year. Passenger cruise multiday down 14.4%, and passengers gambled down 23.7%. The cargo slowdown was associated with a slowdown in development in Florida as the housing market weakened. In 2008, cruise ship passengers survived quite steady at around 200,000 per month for this year.
In 2007, cement imports, which were linked to construction, were 13,917 short tons (12,625 tons), down 87.6% for a two-month comparison with the previous year. Petroleum, the largest single import port, was 129,256 short tons (117,259 t), down 25% over the same period. The port handles 11.3 million barrels (1,800,000 m 3 ) of petroleum, equivalent to 473 million gallons US (1,790,000 m 3 ) of fuel in 2010.
The carnival has 140 employees living in the harbor.
The channel that leads to the port is 400 feet (120 m) wide and 3.5 miles (5.6 km) long.
SeaFest Edit
The SeaFest seafood festival was first held in 1983. The celebration lasted for three days in early spring, and was jointly organized by the Cocoa Coastal Trade Chamber and the Canaveral Port Authority. It features live music, local artists, and seafood. In 2005, the final year of the festival at the harbor, 5,000 pounds (2,300 kg) of freshly caught fish, including flounder fish, Florida crayfish, blue crab claws and 100 gallons of US (380Ã,Â,; 83Ã, c) seafood chowder is consumed at the festival. In 2006, due to security concerns and sites needed for cargo, the festival was forced to move elsewhere and renamed. In 2008 it tried to retreat but was canceled.
Twenty-first century Edit
Two cranes, 273 feet (83 m) tall, and a weight of 387,600 pounds (175,800 kg), are installed for use with cargo in 2014. This is used, costing $ 50,000 and in need of renovation.
In FY 2017-8, the port is estimated to be worth $ 100 million, and net $ 3 million. About 60% of revenue comes from shipping lines. The parking associated with the cruise ship is 18%. About 22% comes from cargo. Oil and related packaging products represent 43% of cargo.
By 2017, the port is planned to replace a small third terminal with $ 150 million, 190,000 square feet (18,000 m 2 ), by 2019.
Recreation Edit
The Brevard County Recreation Department runs Jetty Park, which is owned by the harbor. By 2016, 325,000 people visit the park.
Impact Edit
Ocean currents move sand along the coast in a natural process known as longshore drift. Because Port Canaveral interrupts the movement of this sand, every year about 200,000 cubic yards (150,000 m 3 ) sand accumulates on shore 1 to 2 miles (1.6 to 3.2 km) north of the harbor pier , and sand eroded from the coast 10 to 15 miles (16 to 24 km) south of the pier.
To counteract this effect the Canaveral Federal Sand Bypass Project transfers sand from the northern shoreline of the harbor entrance to the southern shoreline area of ​​the entrance. This plan is implemented through the partnership of the Canaveral Port Authority, US Army Engineer Corps (Jacksonville District), and the State of Florida and Brevard.
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- Canaveral Port Authority
- Kanaver Lock
- Webcam Port Canaveral
- Port Canaveral History
- Port Canaveral Timeline ( In pdf format )
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