Scrap Steel: Canaveral, Manatee

Port Canaveral Scrap Terminal LLC (PCST), a bulk ferrous scrap exporter, has signed a lease with the Canaveral Port Authority to operate a terminal in the north cargo area at Port Canaveral. Port Manatee Scrap Metal Inc. began exporting scrap metal to Mexico from Port Manatee with the September call of the bulk carrier Sen Treasure.

Port Canaveral Scrap Terminal LLC (PCST), a bulk ferrous scrap exporter, has signed a lease with the Canaveral Port Authority to operate a terminal in the north cargo area at Port Canaveral.

The one-year agreement calls for PCST to lease four acres with a 100,000-ton minimum annual guarantee. Vessel calls are anticipated at eight per year with an average of 35,000 tons per call. Local stevedore Ambassador Services Inc. (ASI) will handle the loading operations.

"This company helps us with diversification of our cargo mix," said Port Canaveral CEO John E. Walsh. "More importantly, it helps our planet since recycling scrap metal reduces greenhouse gas emissions and uses less energy than making metal from virgin ore."

Scrap recycling is big business in the United States. According to the ISRI Scrap Yearbook 2013 published by the Institute of Scrap Recycling Industries, the United States in 2012 recycled 135 million tons of scrap metal, paper, plastics, electronics, textiles, glass and rubber and exported 47 million metric tons of scrap commodities valued at nearly $28 billion to 160 countries.

Port Manatee Scrap Metal Inc. began exporting scrap metal to Mexico from Port Manatee with the September call of the bulk carrier Sen Treasure.

The Sen Treasure departed Port Manatee bound for Veracruz on the evening of September 10, after loading with more than 13,325 metric tons of material that had been trucked to the dock from the Port Manatee Scrap Metal facility less than 2 miles away. The facility features a state-of-the-industry shredder system.

"Port Manatee is delighted with its relationship with Port Manatee Scrap Metal and looks forward to numerous similar shipments for years to come," said Port Manatee Executive Director Carlos Buqueras. "These shipments exemplify the diversification strategy we are advancing here at Port Manatee."

Port Manatee hopes to cash in on its proximity across the Gulf of Mexico from Mexican automaking plants.That includes its partnership with The Pasha Group, through a memorandum of understanding for development and marketing of a full-service, multipurpose roll-on/roll-off terminal and vehicle processing facility.

At Port Manatee, the bulk carrier Sen Treasure is loaded with more than 13,325 metric tons of scrap metal bound for Mexico.
Photo/Port Manatee

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