Tuesday, 7 June 2011


Port Canaveral is a large cruise and cargo port which at the Brevard County Florida. It is known to be the second busiest cruise port of the world. The cruises that regularly dock at the six cruise terminals of Canaveral port are Disney, Carnival, Royal Caribbean International, Holland America and the Norwegian Cruise line. The Canaveral port also has operations of the casino ships such as the Sun Cruz Casinos and Sterling Casinos.
As port Canaveral is a first-rate deep water port, therefore it also has a high volume of cargo traffic. The cargo that is commonly shipped at the Canaveral port includes cement, petroleum and the aggregate. The Canaveral port also has conveyors and hoppers that help the products to load directly into the trucks. Moreover, Port Canaveral Transportation also has the facility of bulk cargo containers. The covered freight storage capacity present at the Canaveral port is 750,000 square feet. The exports that take place on the Canaveral port include fresh citrus and bulk frozen citrus juice which is stored in extremely large freezer warehouses. Furthermore, it also exports cement and other building materials. The port gets lumber, salt which is used for water softening, automobiles, and steel sheet and plate. It transports items from one ship to another, which are meant for land, sea, air and space.