R&I – FS
As dozens of ships remain off the coast of Los Angeles due to a bottleneck in the city’s ports Thursday, Florida’s shipping port lobby rolled out the welcome mat.
“Let’s save Christmas,” the Florida Ports Council Twitter account declared, inviting ships to reroute through the Panama Canal. “Florida is where your success comes in.”
It’s true: the Sunshine State’s cargo terminals don’t come with a queue. As cruise ships arrived and departed from Port Canaveral Thursday afternoon, the cargo area sat quietly waiting for its next arrival.
While Canaveral is far from Florida’s largest port, officials said it makes up 20% of its capacity.
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