Area ports closed to inbound traffic due to incoming storm

Landside operations like delivering local goods will continue until it has been deemed unsafe.

  • By Amanda Postma
  • | 4:05 p.m. September 26, 2022
Containers filled with fresh fruits are offloaded at SeaPort Manatee from the Del Monte Spirit, an energy efficient containership fleet.
Containers filled with fresh fruits are offloaded at SeaPort Manatee from the Del Monte Spirit, an energy efficient containership fleet.
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Area ports are now operating within port condition Zulu after the U.S. Coast Guard decided that gale force winds of 34-47 knots were possible within 12 hours. Water and landside operations have ceased and will stay that way until it is safe to reopen. 

 

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