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Port Canaveral is a cruise, cargo and naval port in Brevard County, Florida, United States. It is one of the busiest cruise ports in the world with 3.9 million cruise passengers passing through during 2014. As a deep water cargo port, it has a high volume of traffic. Over of bulk cargo moves through each year. Common cargo includes cement, petroleum and aggregate. The port has conveyors and hoppers for loading products directly into trucks, and facilities for bulk cargo containers. The channel is about deep. There is of covered freight storage capacity. It handled of cargo in 2004. The port exports fresh citrus; bulk frozen citrus juice stored in one of the largest freezer warehouses in the state; cement and building materials. The port receives lumber, salt for water softening, automobiles, and steel sheet and plate. It transships items for land, sea, air and space. Port Canaveral's Foreign Trade Zone is among the largest general purpose FTZs in the nation - over . The port boosts Brevard's economy by 1/2 billion dollars annually. In April 2007, shipping was off 25.6% for the previous six months compared to the previous year, down to per months. This had risen to in August 2010. Ten ships, on average, enter the port each day. ==Governing authority== 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. 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) - John H. Evans District 3 (Cocoa / Rockledge) - Wayne Justice District 4 (East of the US 1 and Cape Canaveral) - Robert "Bruce" Deardoff appointed by Florida Governor Charlie Crist to fill vacant seat until elections were held in November 2010. Deardoff sworn in on 3/3/2010. District 5 (Port Canaveral / Cocoa Beach) - Thomas Weinberg Salary is $10,083.72 annually. The Executive Management Team is headed by the Chief Executive Officer (CEO). Chief Executive Officer - John Walsh Chief Operations and Public Safety / Chief of Police - Joe Hellebrand Deputy Executive Director / Chief Financial Officer - Jeff Long Deputy Executive Director / Infrastructure - John Walsh In 2013, there were 233 staff members, 162 full-time, 71 part-time. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Port Canaveral」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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