Florida Seaport System Plan - SeaCIP

Florida Seaport System Plan
commodities despite limited berthing, limited land, and navigation
constraints. It offers good on-dock and near-dock rail connectivity, and is
well-connected to its key markets.
• Constraints. Like the Port of Miami, the Port of Palm Beach reports
constraints that largely reflect its past success. These include: channel,
berth, navigation and marine environmental constraints; terminal berthing
and storage; limited land availability and landfill potential; compatibility
with adjoining land uses (both existing and planned); connectivity to
warehouse/distribution clusters; automobile access and parking; and ability
to finance needed improvements.
• Moving Forward. The Port of Palm Beach’s last Master Plan Update
included a variety of planned projects. Implementation of these projects
will address many existing constraints. Remaining concerns include:
marine environmental issues; sufficiency of berths and passenger-serving
structures; truck and rail turn times; landfill potential and land availability;
compatibility with adjoining uses; auto access and parking; local congestion
and potential impacts; and ability to fund improvements.
Port of Panama City
• Throughput. 1.3 million tons; and 41,820 TEUs.
• Anticipated Growth. For Fiscal Year 2013/2014, the Port of Panama City
anticipates handling 2.3 million tons, and 100,000 TEUs.
• Strengths to Build On. The Port of Panama City is a diversified facility
that handles important bulk and break-bulk commodities, and serves a fastgrowing
geographic region of Florida that is not easily reached from other
ports. It offers good waterside conditions and accessibility to local markets
and generally good terminal operating conditions.
• Constraints. Some of the Port of Panama City’s near-term constraints are
related to growth in its core commodities, while others are due to the new
influx of container traffic. Panama City reports constrained conditions with
respect to open storage, landfill potential and land availability, compatibility
with adjoining land uses, truck access, near-dock rail, local congestion and
impacts, and overall ability to finance needed improvements.
• Moving Forward. The Port of Panama City does not anticipate needing
significant waterside improvements, but sees the possible emergence of
pressures from increased activity. Planned terminal improvements will
address a number of constraints, but berthing for passenger vessels, open
storage for non-container cargo, and lack of land and landfill potential will
remain as issues. Local congestion resulting from port growth and rapid
growth in the surrounding community will remain as an issue, as will
overall ability to fund needed improvements.
Florida Department of Transportation 4-6
December 2010