b'30American Journal ofTransportation ajot.com(BOLSTERcontinued fromdrupled since 2018.page 28) In partnership with Ports in the ports 55-year history. America, Port Tampa Bay is furtherbeefingupits100-p Ortt AMpAb Ay acre container terminal, with BilledasFloridaslarg- anexpandedgatecomplex estandmostdiversifiednowinoperation,athird seaport,PortTampaBaydeepwatercontainerberth handledmorethan32mil- tobereadythisspringand liontonsofcargoinfiscalits post-Panamax crane con-2025,includingrecordcon- tingent slated to grow to six tainerthroughputofnearlyunits by the end of 2026.263,000twenty-foot-equiva- PortTampaBaygets lent units, or TEUs. Reflect- calls from weekly services of ingitsexpandingroleasanumerous container carriers, CentralFloridadistributionincluding the Gemini Coop-gateway along the Interstateeration of Maersk and Hapag-4corridor,theportsyearlyLloyd; the OCEAN AllianceTwo helideck-equipped Hornbeck Offshore Services Inc. vessels undergo work at Eastern Shipbuilding Group Inc.s container volumes have qua- of COSCO, Evergreen, OOCLPort of Port St. Joe facility.and CMA CGM; Mediterraneanbuildingwhichcurrently Shipping Co.; Zim Lines; Doleutilizestheportbulkhead OceanCargoExpress;andandarelookingtoestablish Seatrade Groups SeacatLine. an on-port maritime training academy with Triumph Gulf p Ort OFp OrtS t . j Oe Coastfundsrelatedtothe Theprimaryactivityat2010 Deepwater Horizon oil the Port of Port St. Joe, alongspill settlement.FloridasPanhandle,con- Also,legislationfiled tinuestobevesselmainte- Feb. 14 in the Florida House nance, repair and conversionof Representatives (HB 4105) workbyEasternShipbuild- isadvancingtoexpandthe ing Group Inc., breathing lifePortSt.JoePortAuthority, into a port that has scuffledwith two Gulf County repre-since St. Joe Co. shuttered itssentatives to be joined by one paper mill in 1999.membereachfromadjacent GulfCountyandportFranklin,LibertyandGads-authority officials are collab- dencounties,throughwhich oratingtogainfundingfortheraillinethathistorically A Mediterranean Shipping Co. ship steams toward the Ports America container terminal at Port Tampa Bay, Floridasconstruction of a floating dry- (BOLSTERcontinued on largest, most-diversified seaport. dock for lease to Eastern Ship- page 32)EXPANDING CAPACITY TOFLORIDAS DISTRIBUTUION HUBTampa/Orlando I-4 Corridor: Over 550 million square feetExpanded terminal capacity with plenty of room for growthof distribution center space Multiple round-trip truck deliveries per day from Port to E-commerce, consumer goods, perishables distribution centersand building materials New and expanded container services with Central The fastest growing region in the fastest growing state America, South America, Mexico, and AsiaWWW.PORTTB.COM'