Category: port canaveral

Port Canaveral Commission Chairman Wayne Justice Details Record-Breaking Revenues During Propeller Club Meeting

Retired Admiral Wayne Justice, Chairman of the Canaveral Port Authority Board of Commissioners, was the guest speaker during a Propeller Club event and provided an update on Port operation. […]

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Port Canaveral Expands Cargo Handling Capacities with Addition of Second Mobile Harbor Crane

Port Canaveral welcomed a new addition to its landside cargo operations with the arrival of a second mobile harbor crane, marking a significant expansion in the Port’s ability to handle an increasingly diverse cargo portfolio. […]

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Marine Towing of Tampa Extends Fleet Operations to Serve as Tug Operator at Port Canaveral

Marine Towing of Tampa and E.N. Bisso & Son, Inc. recently executed and closed on an Asset Purchase Agreement to which Marine Towing of Port Canaveral acquired the Port Canaveral operations and assets associated with Bisso’s acquisition of Seabulk Towing Holdings, Inc. ship assist operations in Florida. […]

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Port Canaveral-Based U.S. Coast Guard Cutter Vigilant Rescues French Boaters Adrift for More Than a Week

Port Canaveral-based U.S. Coast Guard Cutter Vigilant and Coast Guard Cutter Richard Dixon crews rescued two boaters from a disabled sailing vessel recently in the Caribbean Sea, approximately 147 nautical miles south of Puerto Rico. […]

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WATCH: Liquefied Natural Gas at Port Canaveral Leads the Way in Meeting Fueling Needs of Cruise Partners, Space Industry

Port Canaveral is at the center point for the use of Liquefied Natural Gas as an aerospace and marine fuel. LNG is natural gas in its liquid form and is produced by purifying natural gas and super-cooling it to -260°F to turn it into a liquid. As the world’s second busiest cruise port, Port Canaveral has led the way in meeting the LNG fueling needs of our cruise partners, in addition to the space industry. On March 1, 2021, Port Canaveral became the first LNG cruise Port in the U.S. with the bunkering of Carnival Cruise Line’s Mardi Gras, the first LNG-powered cruise ship in North America. […]

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Cruise Hive Awards: Port Canaveral Voted Best U.S. Cruise Homeport, Set to Host 7.3 Million Passengers in 2024

Florida’s Port Canaveral has been named the Best U.S. Homeport for 2023 in the annual Cruise Hive Awards. It’s the fourth consecutive year the port has won the honor. Located on the Florida’s Space Coast, Port Canaveral earned 34% of the vote, more than twice the votes of second-place finisher PortMiami. Nearly 20 ports in total competed for the annual honor. […]

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Port Canaveral Welcomes American Glory ‘Coastal Cat’ for Inaugural Port-of-Call Visit

WELCOME AMERICAN GLORY: Port Canaveral had the pleasure of welcoming the brand-new American Glory “Coastal Cat” for its inaugural port-of call visit.  The American Glory is an American flagged vessel and part of American Cruise Lines. […]

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Royal Caribbean Icon-Class Ship Star of the Seas to Call Port Canaveral Home Beginning Summer 2025

Royal Caribbean International announced that Star of the Seas, above, will be homeported from Port Canaveral when she debuts in the summer of 2025. Star of the Seas’ sister ship, Icon of the Seas, is the world’s biggest cruise ship with the capacity to hold 7,600 guests and 2,350 crew members and will go into service next year. […]

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Disney Cruise Line’s New Ship Treasure to Debut at Port Canaveral in December 2024

This highly anticipated new ship will set sail from Port Canaveral with a variety of captivating itineraries in both the Eastern and Western Caribbean. The Treasure’s inaugural voyage is set for December 21, 2024. […]

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BREVARD HISTORY: Ocean Cruise Liner Carla C Inspired ‘The Love Boat’, Made Call On Port Canaveral in 1979

Port Canaveral once again came out on top of the Cruise Hive Cruise Ship Awards, an annual event recognizing the best in the industry. Port Canaveral is the second busiest cruise ports in the world with more than 4.5 million cruise passengers last year, but way before becoming a major cruise port, the ocean liner Carla C paid Port Canaveral a visit in September 1979. […]

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BUSINESS SPOTLIGHT: Port Canaveral CEO Capt. John Murray Delivers 2023 ‘State of the Port’ Address

Capt. John Murray, Port Canaveral CEO, presented a comprehensive overview of the Port’s strong performance in Fiscal Year 2023 and expressed a positive outlook for the upcoming FY 2024 during his annual “State of Port” address on Nov. 8 at Cruise Terminal 1. […]

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Port Canaveral Welcomes Royal Caribbean International’s 225,282-Ton ‘Allure of the Seas’ Oasis Class Cruise Ship

Port Canaveral welcomed home Royal Caribbean International’s Allure of the Seas, the first of the game-changing Oasis Class ships to sail 3- and 4-night getaways to The Bahamas and the cruise line’s award-winning private island, Perfect Day at CocoCay. […]

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Disney Cruise Line’s New Cruise Ship Disney Treasure to Debut at Port Canaveral in 2024

This highly anticipated new ship will set sail from Port Canaveral with a variety of captivating itineraries in both the Eastern and Western Caribbean. The Treasure’s inaugural voyage is set for December 21, 2024. […]

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