Port Canaveral

The Canaveral Port Authority was established in 1953 by the State Legislature and consists of the Board of Commissioners and the Executive Management Team. The Board sets policies such as fiscal, regulatory, and operations, while the executives are responsible for administrative and operational duties. In October 2015 the board voted unanimously to terminate embattled CEO John Walsh. Walsh clashed with residents over a controversial plan to build a cargo railway through a federally managed wildlife refuge. Walsh drew community outrage after calling opponents of his plan "Luddites" and "dogs chasing moving cars." Walsh lied about documentation from the United States Air Force, relating to building the Canaveral Rail through the Cape Canaveral Air Force Station.{{Cite web|title = CPA: Walsh Ouster Recap|url = http://www.tedlund.com/outdoors/2015/9/25/cpa-walsh-outster-recap|website = by Ted Lund| date=25 September 2015 |access-date = 2016-01-30}}

The five Commissioners of the Board are elected from the surrounding area by popular vote. They must live in specific areas but are elected by voters in all five districts. The races are partisan.

• District 1 (Kennedy Space Center / Titusville) - Jerry Allender
• District 2 (Area between Titusville and Cocoa and west of the US 1) - Micah Loyd{{Cite web|url=https://www.portcanaveral.com/PortCanaveral/media/Finanacials/FY2017-Port-Canaveral-CAFR-TOC.pdf|title=COMPREHENSIVE ANNUAL FINANCIAL REPORT|website=www.portcanaveral.com|access-date=2019-01-09}}
• District 3 (Cocoa / Rockledge) - Wayne Justice
• District 4 (East of the US 1 and Cape Canaveral) - Bob Harvey
• District 5 (Port Canaveral / Cocoa Beach) - Robyn Hattaway{{Cite web|url=https://www.floridatoday.com/story/news/politics/elections/2018/11/06/election-results-port-canaveral-port-authority-district-5/1909280002/|title=Election results: Robyn Hattaway wins Canaveral Port Authority District 5|last=Emre.Kelly|website=Florida Today|language=en|access-date=2019-01-09}}

: Salary is $10,083.72 annually.

The Executive Management Team is headed by [https://www.portcanaveral.com/About/Leadership-en the Chief Executive Officer (CEO)].{{Cite web|title = Ted Lund Outdoors|url = http://tedlund.com/|website = by Ted Lund|access-date = 2016-01-30}}

In 2013, there were 233 staff members, 162 full-time, 71 part-time.{{Cite news | first=Dave | last=Berman | title=High turnover 'hemorrhaging talent' at Port | newspaper=Florida Today | location=Melbourne, Florida | pages= 1A | date=March 1, 2013 }}

In FY 2017, the Canaveral Port Authority had 223 full-time equivalent employees.

A columnist grouped the history of the actual port into four eras, roughly paralleling the terms of the several directors: 1) initial construction and operation of the port with no clearcut separation of governance and management 1947–2004, 2) expansion of port facilities. Port becomes second in cruise business worldwide 2004–2013, 3) political friction between governance and management 2013–2016, 4) modern era 2016–present.{{Cite news | first=John | last=Byron | title=Port Canaveral entering a new. steadier era | url=http://www.floridatoday.com/story/opinion/contributors/2017/01/27/port-canaveral-enters-new-steadier-era/97141808/| newspaper=Florida Today | location=Melbourne, Florida| pages= 18A | date=January 29, 2017 | access-date=February 1, 2017}}

A post office in the area was built and listed in the US Post Office application as Artesia.{{Cite book|title=Cape Canaveral |series=Images of America |page=42 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=gP8sHFpNXugC&q=Images+of+America:+Cape+Canaveral |last=Osborne |first=Ray |publisher=Arcadia Publishing |year=2008 |isbn=978-0-7385-5327-6}} and retained this name from 1893 to 1954; and then went into service for Port Canaveral from

1954–1962.

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The idea of developing a port at this location was first conceived in the 1880s. The port was dredged between 1951 and 1955. Dedication occurred November 4, 1953, with the United States Navy destroyer escort {{USS|McClelland|DE-750|6}} participating. Florida U.S. Senator Spessard Holland was the keynote speaker.{{cite web|title=BREVARD COUNTY HISTORY: Port Canaveral is a Culmination of a Long Awaited Dream|date=May 23, 2021|url=https://spacecoastdaily.com/2021/05/brevard-county-history-port-canaveral-is-a-culmination-of-a-long-awaited-dream/|website=spacecoastdaily.com|access-date=May 7, 2023}}

Noah Butt{{Citation needed|date=February 2025}}, a former speaker of the Florida House of Representatives, was the first Chairman of the Canaveral Port Authority.{{cite web|url=http://www.portcanaveral.org/general/Port_Timeline.pdf|title=Official website|website=portcanaveral.org|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090327133628/http://www.portcanaveral.org/general/Port_Timeline.pdf|archive-date=2009-03-27}} The first port manager, George King, was announced in 1954. Commercial fishing had already begun at the port, and in the next year commercial shipping began, with a load of bagged cement delivered by the SS MormacSpruce. In 1955, the Tropicana Corporation began building a refrigerated warehouse for storing orange juice, a local agricultural product, prior to shipping.

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Cruise traffic appeared at the port in 1964, with the {{SS|Yarmouth Castle}}, recently purchased by Yarmouth Cruise Lines from the Chadade Steamship Company. The ship was American owned, with registration from Panama. The ship burned at sea between Miami and Nassau, Bahamas in 1965, and cruise traffic was limited until the 1980s.

In 1965, a lock was dedicated at the port, as part of the Canaveral Barge Canal. The Canaveral Lock is still in operation and is maintained by the United States Army Corps of Engineers. The focus of the port throughout the 1960s and 1970s remained commercial fishing and shipping, with three {{convert|400|ft|m|adj=on}} cargo piers built on the north side of the Port in 1976, and a succession of warehouses built in the port area.

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Port Canaveral has played a role in support of NASA projects out of nearby Kennedy Space Center. During the Apollo program, segments of the Saturn V rocket transited through the port and lock. Most recently, the external fuel tanks of the Space Shuttle were floated into Port Canaveral for each mission, and the solid rocket boosters towed back through Port Canaveral upon retrieval from the Atlantic Ocean after each launch. NASA contributed $250,000 for improvements in the lock in 1965.{{cite journal|title=1967 NASA authorization: Hearings, Eighty-ninth Congress|journal=Congressional Record|year=1967}}

In 1990, Morton Salt began operations at the port. In 2018, it imported salt from the Bahamas and produced {{convert|200000|ST}} of pool, water softener, sea salt, and agricultural salts.{{Cite news | first=Jessica | last=Saggio | title=10 things you probably don't know about the Space Coast | url=https://www.floridatoday.com/story/news/2018/01/18/10-things-you-probably-dont-know-space-coast/1028241001/| newspaper=Florida Today | location=Melbourne, Florida| pages= 3A,4A | date=January 21, 2018 | access-date=January 21, 2018}}

Prior to its disestablishment in 2000, Premier Cruise Line was headquartered in Cape Canaveral."[https://www.nytimes.com/1998/10/04/travel/fall-and-winter-cruises-where-to-get-information.html FALL AND WINTER CRUISES; Where to Get Information]." The New York Times. Sunday October 4, 1998. Retrieved on September 27, 2009.

In 2008, Sterling Casino Lines ceased doing business at the port.[http://www.floridatoday.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20080708/NEWS01/807080322/1006 Florida Today] retrieved July 8, 2008 {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150402181945/http://www.floridatoday.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=%2F20080708%2FNEWS01%2F807080322%2F1006 |date=April 2, 2015 }} A week later, the Las Vegas Casino Line began operating gambling cruises. On March 25, 2009, the Las Vegas Casino Line filed for bankruptcy, joining the Sterling Casino on the list of failed 'Casino Lines' to operate out of Port Canaveral.

In 2009, a commissioner resigned and the Florida Department of Law Enforcement announced that it was conducting an investigation into possible corruption at the port.{{cite web |url=http://orlando.bizjournals.com/orlando/stories/2009/11/09/story2.html |title=Florida probes possible corruption at Canaveral Port Authority |author=Melanie Stawicki Azam |date=2009-11-06 |work= Orlando Business Journal }}

In 2009, the last cruise company to offer gambling, SunCruz Casinos, filed for Chapter 7 bankruptcy (liquidation). The companies failed due to competition from land-based gambling activities in Seminole Casinos, and Greyhound racing venues. Gambling liners hit a high on 1.0 million passengers in 2004, before starting to decline.{{Cite news | first=Wayne T. | last=Price | title=SunCruz offers apologies | url=http://www.floridatoday.com/article/20100111/BUSINESS/1110305/1006/news01/SunCruz+offers+apologies| work=Florida Today | location=Melbourne, Florida | pages= 14A | date=11 January 2010 }} Casino operations generated about $5–$6 million annually for the port.{{Cite news | first=Wayne T. | last=Price | title=Is there a future for casino ships | url=http://www.floridatoday.com/article/20100110/BUSINESS/1100314/1003/rss03| work=Florida Today | location=Melbourne, Florida | pages= 3E | date=10 January 2010 }}

Mega-cruise ships {{MS|Freedom of the Seas||2}} and {{ship||Carnival Dream}} were homeported in Port Canaveral in 2009, followed by the {{ship||Disney Dream}} in 2011.

In the 2010s, SpaceX began using the port for their autonomous spaceport drone ships (ASDS). In April 2016, the ASDS {{ship||Of Course I Still Love You}} returned the first Falcon 9 booster recovered at sea to Port Canaveral.{{cite news |url= https://spaceflightnow.com/2016/04/08/spacex-lands-rocket-on-floating-platform-after-station-resupply-launch/ |title= SpaceX lands rocket on ocean-going drone ship |date= 9 April 2015 |author= Stephen Clark |publisher= Spaceflight Now}}

Seaport Canaveral was completed in 2010. Vitol SA built a fuel-tank depot with a pipeline to Orlando International Airport. The {{convert|36|acre|adj=on}}, {{convert|117000000|USgal|adj=on}} storage depot cost $150 million.{{Cite news| title=2010| url=http://www.floridatoday.com/article/20101226/BUSINESS/12260313/TOP-STORIES-IN-BUSINESS-IN-2010| publisher=Florida Today| location=Melbourne, Florida| pages=1E| date=26 December 2010| url-status=dead| archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150402181942/http://www.floridatoday.com/article/20101226/BUSINESS/12260313/TOP-STORIES-IN-BUSINESS-IN-2010| archive-date=2 April 2015}}

Cruise Terminal 6 opened in mid-2012, for Carnival Dream, Carnival Sensation, and other Carnival ships.

A recent addition to the port is the seven-story Exploration Tower, which offers tourists almost {{convert|550000|sqft}} of exhibit space, interactive displays, two observation decks – one inside and one outside – a 72-seat auditorium, event rooms, and a café and gift shop.[http://www.explorationtower.com/ "About Exploration Tower"] The Exploration Tower at Port Canaveral website

In the year 1968 the Canaveral Pilots Association was founded by pilots Frederick Dezendorf and Frederick Jonassen.{{Cite web |title=Canaveral Pilots Association – Retired Pilots |url=https://canaveralpilots.com/retired-pilots/ |access-date=2022-10-08 |language=en-US}} The Canaveral Pilots Association is the local association of state and federally licensed harbor pilots who board all inbound and outbound foreign-flagged ocean-going ships, as well as select U.S. flagged vessels who call on the port. While on board the ships, the pilot take conn and direct the movement of the vessels when navigating the channels and basins of Port Canaveral.{{Cite web |title=Canaveral Pilots Association – About Us |url=https://canaveralpilots.com/about-canaveral-harbor-pilots/ |access-date=2022-10-08 |language=en-US}} The association currently owns two single screw, aluminum hull Bill Preston designedpilot boats that are used to pick up and drop off pilots from a vessel.{{Cite web |title=Canaveral Pilots Association – Vessels |url=https://canaveralpilots.com/vessels/ |access-date=2022-10-08 |language=en-US}} As of September 2022, there is currently eight state licensed pilots (Unit K, M, N, O, P, Q, R, S) at the port with two deputy pilot (Unit U, T).{{Cite web |title=Canaveral Pilots Association – Our Pilots |url=https://canaveralpilots.com/our-pilots/ |access-date=2022-10-08 |language=en-US}} In Port Canaveral the pilot boarding station for most large foreign flagged inbound vessels is two miles southeast of sea-buoys 3/4. Pilot boarding/disembarkation speed is 6-to-8 knots.

Carnival, Disney, Norwegian, MSC Cruises and Royal Caribbean International are some of the cruise lines which dock at one of the six cruise terminals. Princess Cruises will begin to homeport a ship at Port Canaveral in 2024, along with Celebrity Cruises{{cite web | url=https://www.travelweekly.com/Cruise-Travel/Worlds-busiest-cruise-port-is-now-Port-Canaveral | title=The title of world's busiest cruise port shifts to Port Canaveral }} The port hosted 109,175 multi-day cruise passengers in October 2008. There was a high of 307,005 passengers in April 2009. This fell to a seasonal low of 221,557 in October. With the loss of daily gambling ship cruises, port authorities do not expect this high to be exceeded for some time.{{Cite news | first=Wayne T. | last=Price | title=Competition heats up for port | url=http://www.floridatoday.com/article/20100530/BUSINESS/5300319/1003/rss03| publisher=Florida Today | location=Melbourne, Florida | pages= 1E | date=30 May 2010 }} There were 2.8 million passengers in 2010.{{Cite news | first=Wayne T. | last=Price | title=Disney, port linked in success | url=http://www.floridatoday.com/article/20110109/BUSINESS/101090307/Disney-port-linked-in-success| publisher=Florida Today | location=Melbourne, Florida | pages= 1E | date=9 January 2011 }}

In the early 1980s, a new port director, Charles Rowland, shifted the focus towards developing the port to a Cruise port. In 1982, a {{convert|20000|sqft|m2|-3}} warehouse on the north side of the port was converted into Cruise Terminal 1. The {{SS|Scandinavian Sea}}, a 10,427-ton ship, was the first cruise ship to home-port at Port Canaveral. Early cruises were simple day cruises out into the ocean and back. The Port then purchased two former Bicentennial exhibit halls from NASA in 1983 and they became Terminals 2 and 3 in 1983. The following year the {{SS|Royale}} of Premier Cruise Line was home-ported at Port Canaveral. The first year-round 3- and 4-day cruises to the Bahamas began. A fourth cruise terminal was built in 1986. Expansion into the Western Turning Basin began with the construction of Terminal 5. The {{ship||Carnival Fantasy}} started sailing from there at that time becoming the first mega-ship to call the Port home.

In December 2014, Port Canaveral and Royal Caribbean International opened Terminal 1, a new terminal building built to handle the {{sclass|Oasis|cruise ship|0}} ships. It was announced in March 2015 that Port Canaveral would become the new home port of the world's largest cruise ship, the {{ship||Oasis of the Seas}}.{{cite news|last1=Tribou|first1=Richard|url=http://www.orlandosentinel.com/travel/florida-cruise-guide/os-travel-oasis-of-the-seas-port-canaverl-20150305-story.html|title=Oasis of the Seas heading to Port Canaveral|publisher=Orlando Sentinel}}

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The following ships are home-ported at Port Canaveral:

• Mardi Gras{{Cite web|url=https://www.portcanaveral.com/PortCanaveral/media/Cruise-Assets/2016%20Images/Port-Canaveral-Cruise-Schedule-8-1-19-to-9-30-20.pdf|title=Port Canaveral 2020 Cruise Schedule|website=Port Canaveral}}
• Carnival Freedom
• Carnival Liberty
• Carnival Magic
• Disney Fantasy
• Disney Wish
• Norwegian Escape
• Mariner of the Seas
• Independence of the Seas
• Jewel of the Seas
• MSC Meraviglia
• Wonder of the Seas
• Marella Discovery
• Carnival Vista
• MSC Seashore

File:MS Freedom of the Seas, Port Canaveral, Florida.jpg at Port Canaveral in 2016]]

File:MS MSC Divina, Port Canaveral, Florida.jpg at Port Canaveral in 2016]]

• Adventure of the Seas
• AIDAvita
• Anthem of the Seas
• Carnival Pride
• Enchantment of the Seas
• Grandeur of the Seas
• Mein Schiff 6
• MSC Divina
• Norwegian Bliss
• Norwegian Breakaway
• Norwegian Gem*
• Oasis of the Seas{{Cite web|url=http://www.portcanaveral.com/PortCanaveral/media/Port-Canaveral/Content%20Images/FY15-Cruise-Ship-Schedule.pdf|title=2015 Port Canaveral Fiscal Year Cruise Schedule}}{{Cite web|url=https://www.portcanaveral.com/PortCanaveral/media/Cruise-Assets/2016%20Images/2016-Master-Cruise-Schedule.pdf|title=2016 Port Canaveral Fiscal Year Cruise Schedule}}

• Carnival Glory (May 2024)
• Utopia of the Seas (Summer 2024) {{cite web | url=https://www.royalcaribbean.com/utopia-of-the-seas | title=Utopia of the Seas: The World's Biggest Weekend }}
• Carnival Venezia (December 2024)
• Caribbean Princess (November 2024)
• Celebrity Equinox (December 2024)
• Disney Treasure (December 2024)
• Norwegian Aqua (April 2025)
• Star of the Seas (Summer 2025)
• Sky Princess (November 2025)
• MSC Grandiosa (December 2025)

The Naval Ordnance Test Unit operates the naval port. They have 100 sailors and 70 subcontractors.{{Cite news | first=Tyler | last=Vazquez | title=Cape Canaveral NOTU gets homegrown leader | url=http://www.floridatoday.com/story/news/2017/09/29/cape-canaverals-notu-gets-homegrown-commander/716926001/| newspaper=Florida Today | location=Melbourne, Florida| pages= 3A | date=September 30, 2017 | access-date=September 30, 2017}}{{cite web|url=http://www.navymwrcapecanaveral.com|title=NOTU Cape Canaveral|website=www.navymwrcapecanaveral.com}}

In 2011, the support ship {{USNS|Waters|T-AGS-45|6}} was homeported at the port.{{Cite news | first=R. Norman | last=Moody | title=Navy support ship sails back to port | url=http://www.floridatoday.com/article/20110917/NEWS01/109170309/Navy-support-ship-returns-Port-Canaveral| newspaper=Florida Today | location=Melbourne, Florida | pages= 6B | date=September 17, 2011 }}

The Trident Turning Basin supports Navy ballistic missile submarines.{{cite web|url=http://www.nrlmry.navy.mil/~cannon/tr8203nc/portcana/text/sect3.htm |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120402134648/http://www.nrlmry.navy.mil/~cannon/tr8203nc/portcana/text/sect3.htm |url-status=dead |archive-date=April 2, 2012 |title=Hurricane Havens Handbook for the North Atlantic Ocean (U) Unclassified |publisher=Nrlmry.navy.mil |access-date=2012-08-13}}

In 2011, about 75 percent of cargo was fuel. Overall tonnage rose 40 percent ahead of 2010.{{cite news | title=Not all bad:Some things to be thankful for | publisher=Florida Today | location=Melbourne, Florida | pages= 1D | date=November 27, 2011 }}

In fiscal year 2007–2008, there was a 44.5% drop in cargo in October and November compared with the preceding year. Multi-day cruise passengers dropped 14.4%, and gambling passengers dropped 23.7%. Cargo slowdown was attributed to a slowdown in construction in Florida due to the weakened housing market. In 2008, cruise passengers held fairly steady at about 200,000 per month for the year.{{cite news | title=Cruise lines offer deals | publisher=Florida Today | location=Melbourne, Florida | pages= 8C | date=March 30, 2009 }}

In 2007, cement imports, tied to construction, was {{convert|13917|ST}}, a drop of 87.6% for the two-month comparison with the previous year.{{cite web |url=http://theportcanaveral.com/information-on-port-canaveral |title=Port Canaveral Port Canaveral | Port Canaveral Parking, Port Canaveral | Port Canaveral Info, Port Canaveral |access-date=2013-06-10 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150315071251/http://theportcanaveral.com/information-on-port-canaveral/ |archive-date=2015-03-15 }} Petroleum, the ports largest single import, was {{convert|129256|ST}}, a drop of 25% over the same period.{{cite book | author = Blake, Scott|title = Port sees decrease in cargo and cruising | publisher = Florida Today | date = January 16, 2008}} The port handled {{convert|11.3|Moilbbl|m3}} of petroleum, equivalent to {{convert|473|e6USgal|m3}} of fuel in 2010.{{Cite news | first=R. Norman | last=Moody | title=Guidelines tight to drive a fuel tanker | url=http://www.floridatoday.com/article/20110130/NEWS01/101300318/Beachline-huge-artery-tankers| newspaper=Florida Today | location=Melbourne, Florida | pages= 2A | date=January 30, 2011 }}

Carnival has 140 employees resident at the port.{{Cite news | first=Wayne T. | last=Price | title=Carnival cruisers like Canaveral | url=http://www.floridatoday.com/article/20110408/BUSINESS/104080311/Carnival-cruisers-like-Port-Canaveral| newspaper=Florida Today | location=Melbourne, Florida | pages= 8C | date=April 8, 2011 }}

The channel leading to the port is {{convert|400|ft}} wide and {{convert|3.5|miles}} long.{{Cite news | first=Ledyard | last=King | title=Senate authorizes port widening | url=http://www.floridatoday.com/article/20130516/NEWS01/305160057/Senate-authorizes-Port-Canaveral-widening| newspaper=Florida Today | location=Melbourne, Florida | pages= 1A | date=May 16, 2013 | access-date=May 16, 2013}} The maximum allowable draft for vessels calling at Port Canaveral is 40″ 00″. Any vessel with a draft that does not exceed 38′ 00″ may transit the channels and basins at any time and stage of the tide. Vessels that draft more than 38″ 00″ are considered “tide jobs” and generally are scheduled to transit inbound two hours prior to high tide.{{cite web | url=https://www.canaveralpilots.com/operations/ | title=Operations – Canaveral Pilots }}

The SeaFest seafood festival was first held in 1983.{{cite book | author = Balancia, Donna |title = SeaFest short on funding, canceled | publisher = Florida Today | date = March 11, 2008}} The celebration occurred over three days in early spring, and was co-hosted by the Cocoa Beach Area Chamber of Commerce and the Canaveral Port Authority. It featured live music, local artists, and seafood. In 2005, the final year of the festival at the port, {{convert|5000|lb}} of freshly caught fish, including flounder, Florida rock shrimp, blue crab claws and {{convert|100|USgal}} of seafood chowder were consumed at the festival. In 2006, because of security concerns and the site being needed for cargo, the festival was forced to move elsewhere and was renamed. In 2008 it tried to move back but was canceled.

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Two cranes, {{convert|273|ft}} tall, and weighing {{convert|387,600|lb}}, were installed for use with cargo in 2014.{{Cite news | first=Dave | last=Berman | title=Cranes here to give port a lift | url=http://www.floridatoday.com/article/20140322/BUSINESS/303220024/Cranes-here-give-port-lift| newspaper=Florida Today | location=Melbourne, Florida| pages= 1A,5A | date=March 22, 2014 | access-date=March 22, 2014}} These were used, cost $50,000 and required remodeling.{{Cite news | first=Matt | last=Reed | title=Port prepares 'low-tech' boom with cargo | url=http://www.floridatoday.com/story/opinion/columnists/matt-reed/2014/03/31/matt-reed-port-prepares-low-tech-boom-cargo/7127737/| newspaper=Florida Today | location=Melbourne, Florida| pages= 8A | date=April 1, 2014 | access-date=April 1, 2014}}

In FY 2017–2018, the port expected to gross $100 million, and net $3 million. About 60% of revenue came from cruise lines. Cruise-related parking was 18%. About 22% was derived from cargo. Petroleum and related bottled products constituted 43% of cargo.{{Cite news | first=Dave | last=Berman | title=Port reaches milestone for the first time after estimated $95 million for current year | url=http://www.floridatoday.com/story/news/local/2017/08/23/port-canaveral-expects-exceed-100-m-budget-milestone/592291001/| newspaper=Florida Today | location=Melbourne, Florida| pages= 3A | date=August 25, 2017 | access-date=August 25, 2017}}

In 2017, the port planned to replace the small third terminal with a $150 million one, {{convert|190000|ft2}}, in 2019.{{Cite news | first=Dave | last=Berman | title=Putting a new face on Port | url=https://www.floridatoday.com/story/news/local/2017/09/28/miami-firm-selected-design-new-port-canaveral-cruise-terminal/711433001/| newspaper=Florida Today | location=Melbourne, Florida| pages= 3A | date=September 29, 2017 | access-date=September 29, 2017}}

In 2018, the port announced a planned agreement with Carnival Cruise Line to accommodate Carnival's new {{convert|180000|ST|adj=on}} ship. This ship would use the now under construction Terminal 3 as its home-port.{{Cite news | first=Ginny | last=Burke | title=$150 Million Port Canaveral Cruise Terminal Plans | url=https://www.parkcruise.com/2018/05/02/port-canaveral-cruise-terminal-plans/| newspaper=Port Canaveral Cruise Life | location=Port Canaveral, Florida| date=August 21, 2018 | access-date=August 23, 2018}}

The Canaveral Port Authority owns and operates Jetty Park.{{Cite web|url=https://www.floridatoday.com/story/news/local/2018/07/10/brevard-county-commission-approves-jetty-park-land-deal-port/773850002/|title=Brevard County Commission approves Jetty Park land deal with port, ending long dispute|website=Florida Today|language=en|access-date=2019-01-10}}{{Cite news | first=Jim | last=Barfield | title=Commissioner:Port chairman's words on park 'payback' | url=http://www.floridatoday.com/story/opinion/2017/02/08/commissioner-port-chairmans-words-park-payback/97651222/| newspaper=Florida Today | location=Melbourne, Florida| pages= 7A | date=February 9, 2017 | access-date=February 9, 2017}} In 2016, 325,000 people visited the park.{{Cite news | first=Tom | last=Weinberg | title=Selling 'priceless' Jetty Park land shouldn't be option | url=http://www.floridatoday.com/story/opinion/2017/02/06/losing-jetty-park-land-developers-shouldnt-option/97555194/| newspaper=Florida Today | location=Melbourne, Florida| pages= 6A | date=February 7, 2017 | access-date=February 7, 2017}}

Ocean currents move sand along the coast in a natural process known as longshore drift. Because Port Canaveral interrupts this movement of sand, each year about {{convert|200000|yd3}} of sand builds up on the beaches located {{convert|1|to|2|mi}} north of the port's jetties, and sand erodes from the beaches 10 to 15 miles (16 to 24 km) south of the jetties.

To counteract this effect the Canaveral Harbor Federal Sand Bypass Project transfers sand from the shoreline north of the harbor entrance to areas of shoreline south of the entrance. This plan is implemented through a partnership of Canaveral Port Authority, the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers (Jacksonville District), and the State of Florida and Brevard County.{{Cite web| url= http://www.portcanaveral.com/About/Environmental-Stewardship/Beach-Renourishment| title= Beach Renourishment| access-date= 17 April 2016 |publisher= Canaveral Port Authority}}

• PortMiami and Port Everglades, South Florida ports competing for most cruise passengers

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