TAMPA BAY area seaport Manatee keeps setting records, posting a 32 per cent year-on-year increase in container cargo in the six months ending March 31 for a total of 660,847 tons, reports the American Journal of Transportation.
Some 85,383 TEU moved across SeaPort Manatee's docks, a 26 per cent increase over a year earlier, also setting a new record.
'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 Manatee County's chief Carlos Buqueras.
'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.'
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Some 85,383 TEU moved across SeaPort Manatee's docks, a 26 per cent increase over a year earlier, also setting a new record.
'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 Manatee County's chief Carlos Buqueras.
'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.'
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