Port Canaveral in Florida

25 May 2015 | Author/Destination: | Rubric: General, Cruise Ships Reading Time:  7 minutes

Disney Wonder at Port Canaveral © flickr.com - Rennett Stowe/cc-by-2.0

Disney Wonder at Port Canaveral © flickr.com – Rennett Stowe/cc-by-2.0

Port Canaveral is a cruise, cargo and naval port in Brevard County, Florida. It is one of the busiest cruise ports in the world with nearly 2.8 million multi-day cruise passengers passing through during 2010. As a deep water cargo port, it has a high volume of traffic. Over 3,000,000 short tons (2,700,000 t) of bulk cargo moves through each year. Common cargo includes cement, petroleum and aggregate. 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.   read more…

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