Port Canaveral is the second busiest cruise port in the world with 4.6 million cruise passengers passing through during 2004. Carnival, Disney, Royal Caribbean International, Holland America, and Norwegian Cruise Line are some of the cruise lines which regularly dock at one of the six cruise terminals. The port also bears operations for the casino ships of SunCruz Casinos and Sterling Casinos.
A world-class deep water port, Port Canaveral also has a high volume of cargo
traffic. Over three million tons of bulk cargo moves through Port Canaveral
each year. Commonly shipped carge includes cement, petroleum and aggregate.
The port is equipped with conveyors and hoppers for loading products directly
into trucks, and facilities for bulk cargo containers. (Source: Wikipedia)
This port is rapidly growing, as these pictures will show. But the area has a long history, going back to when native Americans hunted and fished in this area. A new historical marker was recently dedicated to the battle that was fought just a mile offshore from Port Canaveral. The battle took place when the British Navy’s HMS Sybilland and two accompanying ships came across the Continental Navy’s slow-moving and treasure-laden ship DUC DE LAZUN, headed north from Havana to Philadelphia with silver and gold for the newly independent country’s first bank. The British Navy succumbed to temptation and attacked the treasure ship but were routed by the escort ship ALLIANCE under the command of Captain John Barry. Barry would go on to become the first admiral of the new navy of the United States. (source: Canaveral Port Authority)
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portcanaveralflorida01.jpg Pelicans on dock chatting among themselves |
portcanaveralflorida02 Looking across Port Canaveral to the Rinker cement handling facility |
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portcanaveralflorida03.jpg Commercial fishing boat 3 OF A KIND |
portcanaveralflorida04.jpg NASA ship (tug) FREEDOM STAR used to retrieve reusable parts of the space shuttle |
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portcanaveralflorida05.jpg Disney Cruise ship MAGIC docked at Port Canaveral, FL |
portcanaveralflorida06.jpg Green navigation bell buoy in the harbor inlet |
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portcanaveralflorida07.jpg Shrimp boat MICKEY ANNE at the dock |
portcanaveralflorida08.jpg Cruise ship AMBASSADOR departing Port Canaveral, FL |
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portcanaveralflorida09.jpg View of the cement holding silos of Rinker |
portcanaveralflorida10.jpg Shrimp trawler CAPT SCOTT B., Port Canaveral, Florida |
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portcanaveralflorida10a.jpg Shrimp trawler KATHERINE LUCILLE in harbor at Port Canaveral, FL |
portcanaveralflorida10b.jpg Fishing part boat MISS CAPE CANAVERAL at pier |
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portcanaveralflorida11.jpg Cruise ship SENSATION in port |
portcanaveralflorida12.jpg THE MARINER OF THE SEAS in Port Canaveral |
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portcanaveralflorida13.jpg THE MARINER OF THE SEAS and Disney's MAGIC in Port Canaveral |
portcanaveralflorida14.jpg Green harbor navigation bell buoy with seagull |
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portcanaveralflorida15.jpg Recreational fishermen with portable generator. |
portcanaveralflorida16.jpg Pelican taking note of sign reserving the fish cleaning table for the GRANDMASTER. |
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portcanaveralflorida17.jpg Pelican holding down a piling in Port Canaveral |
portcanaveralflorida18.jpg A favorite sign: "In memory of my ex-wife Kimberly - May God grant and keep her... far, far away." |
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portcanaveralflorida19.jpg Tugboat FALCON in the harbor |
portcanaveralflorida20.jpg Tug INDIAN RIVER, owned by Coastal, with barge. |
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portcanaveralflorida21.jpg Port Canaveral looking towards the ocean along the jetty. |
portcanaveralflorida22.jpg Looking towards the beach at the City of Cape Canaveral |
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portcanaveralflorida23.jpg Port Canaveral looking towards the harbor along the jetty. |
portcanaveralflorida24.jpg Looking to the Atlantic Ocean past the end of the breakwater at Port Canaveral |
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portcanaveralflorida25.jpg Airplane towing banner along beach of Cape Canaveral |
portcanaveralflorida26.jpg Sailboat exiting Port Canaveral into the open Atlantic Ocean. |
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portcanaveralflorida27.jpg Seagull flying over the Port Canaveral jetty |
portcanaveralflorida28.jpg Speed boat entering Port Canaveral |
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portcanaveralflorida29.jpg Jetski exiting Port Canaveral into the open Atlantic Ocean, judt past the jetty. |
portcanaveralflorida30.jpg Recreational fishers about to use the fishing pier at the Port under the watchful eye of "Captain Inspector". |
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portcanaveralflorida31.jpg US Environmental Protection Agency Research Ship BOLD entering Port Canaveral |
portcanaveralflorida32.jpg Pelican guarding the harbor entrance. |
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portcanaveralflorida33.jpg US EPA Research Ship BOLD entering Port Canaveral |
portcanaveralflorida34.jpg Portuguese man-of-war jellyfish adrift in the harbor channel |
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