Florida Seaport System Plan - SeaCIP

Florida Seaport System Plan
Figure 3.1 Florida’s Seaport System
Source: Florida SIS.
Total Tonnage
Figure 3.2 details the total waterborne cargo tonnage by port. This data
includes tonnage associated with all handling types: containers, break-bulk
(packaged, palletized, and smaller unit cargo handled with conventional
stevedoring equipment), neo-bulk and project cargo (typically very large or
very heavy units requiring special handling), dry bulk (dry cargo shipped
without packaging in vessel holds), liquid bulk (liquid cargo shipped without
packaging in vessel holds), and roll-on/roll-off cargo (automobiles, construction
equipment, boats on trailers, containers on trailers, etc. which are physically
rolled on and off vessels). It also includes import and export cargo moving
between the United States and foreign countries, as well as domestic cargo
moving between U.S. states and territories (including Puerto Rico).
Additionally, Port Manatee’s reported tonnage includes approximately four
million tons of natural gas, which is moving through the Port via pipeline, but is
not transferred to or from waterborne vessels at the port.
3-2 Florida Department of Transportation
December 2010