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Canaveral Pursues Inland Port Development

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With the start this fall of the widening and deepening of the three-and-a-half-mile channel, Port Canaveral also is pursuing the development of an inland port in an area of Brevard County that has lost thousands of aerospace-related jobs.

"An inland port will create a commerce hub and expand opportunities for business creation, retention and attraction in North Brevard," said Canaveral Port Authority Commission Vice Chairman Jerry Allender. "In addition, it will help us offer a complete multi-modal transportation system with sea, land, air, and space links."

Dedicated barges will carry cargo from Port Canaveral to inland transfer points and connect to the Florida East Coast Railway. The project involves reactivation of a rail spur in Port St. John, just south of the city of Titusville. 

The port is planning for the potential of containerized cargo via the domestic marine highway or international feeder service from other ports to Central Florida distribution hubs and consumer markets. The port says that development of an inland port could serve these goals while furthering the port’s market reach to the Southeast and Midwest.

Port Canaveral is building two new deepwater cargo berths that will offer 1,872 feet of new space and has purchased two ship-to-shore post-Panamax harbor cranes. It now has 60 acres available for container and cargo terminal development.
 

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