Transportation
Port Container Volume Up 52 Percent
The port moved 39,726 20-foot-equivalent container units during its most recent fiscal year.
Del Monte’s Antwerp Trader
Image: Courtesy Virginia Zimmermann
Port Manatee broke its previous annual record for container volume during its most recent fiscal year, which ended on Sept. 30. The port moved 39,726 20-foot-equivalent container units last year, a 52 percent increase over the number of units moved through the port during the previous fiscal year. The previous annual record was 30,431, reported during the fiscal year that ended on Sept. 30, 2010.
