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FARRIS BRYANT
GOVERNOR
STATE OF FLORIDA
Florida
PORT
AND
INTERNATIONAL
AIRPORT
FACILITIES
PUBLISHED BY
FLORIDA DEVELOPMENT COMMISSION
INDUSTRIAL DIVISION
INTERNATIONAL TRADE DEPARTMENT
TALLAHASSEE, FLORIDA
WENDELL JA RRARD,
CHA IRMA N-DIRECTOR
FACILITY REPORT ON THE STATE OF FLORIDA'S
DEEP WATER PORTS AND INTERNATIONAL AIRPORTS
Table of Contents
Page
Apalachicola, Florida --.........................---------------------- 2
Boca Grande, Florida --.....------.................---------- ---------------.. 3
Canaveral, Florida ---.....---...--......-- .------------------------------ 3
Fernandina Beach, Florida .................-.....--------.-- --------------4- 4
Fort Pierce, Florida -..--...----...... --..............---------- --------------- 5
Jacksonville, Florida .-........---..........--------------------------------- 7
Key West, Florida ---..-............-- ..-........------------ ----------------. 12
Miami, Florida ................. ------------------------------------------ ...14
Palm Beach, Florida -..-..-----....................--------------- ----------. 22
Panama City, Florida --..--................---------------------------------- 25
Pensacola, Florida -....................-------------------------------------- 27
Port Everglades, Florida ..---.....--..............----.--------- -------------. 29
Port St. Joe, Florida -..... --..........-.........-- -- --- ----------------------- 33
Tampa, Florida .........-- .....-............----------------------- ---------- 34
Broward County International Airport .....-......--- ....----------------- 39
Key West International Airport .............-- --------------------------------- 40
Miami International Airport .-.........-...........--------------------------.. 41
Palm Beach International Airport ..............------------------------ 43
St. Petersburg-Clearwater International Airport .........................-------- 44
Tampa International Airport ........----..........-------------------------.... 45
INTRODUCTION
For Florida, with its 14 sea ports and six international airports,
the movement of goods to and from the State represents a vital part
in its economic growth. The increasing importance of this vigorous
phase of the State's economy is reflected in the fact that Florida's total
international trade increased 196 per cent (from $247.9 million to
$734.1 million) between 1946 and 1960!
Florida's geographic location offers easy access to fast-growing
domestic and foreign markets, particularly those in Latin America,
whose population is expected to reach the 270 million mark in 1965.
Western Europe and the Far East, also traditional Florida markets,
are also served by steamship companies and air lines operating from
Florida's ports and international airports. Florida is rapidly becoming
the main departure point for Caribbean and world cruise ships, which
use the attractive facilities now available at many Sunshine State ports.
And this "Gateway to the Caribbean" has just begun to swing open.
Modern marine repair yards, mechanical handling, storage, rail-
road trackage and many other facilities are available, too, and ex-
pansions and improvements of these facilities are continuously being
planned and completed.
Florida offers international commerce the finest facilities, includ-
ing dockside and airport transportation, freight forwarders, custom
house brokers, international banking facilities and a statewide atmos-
phere of efficiency and hospitality.
The rapid growth and development of Florida is setting the pace
for modern trade.
ACKNOWLEDGMENTS
The International Trade Department of the Florida
Development Commission wishes to acknowledge the co-
operation rendered by the various port and international
airport authorities and chambers of commerce of the State
of Florida, which provided most of the information con-
tained in this publication.
Florida Development Commission
APALACHICOLA, FLORIDA
Under the Jurisdiction of the City of Apalachicola.
General Description of the Port
The Port of Apalachicola is located at the mouth of
the Apalachicola River on Apalachicola Bay and is the
Gulf of Mexico Terminus of the Apalachicola-Chattahoo-
chee-Flint River Valley.
The depth of the harbor entrance to the Port of
Apalachicola is 12' and measures 150' in width. At present
there are two seaward entrances to the harbor through
East Pass and West Pass. The depth of these channels
from entrance to the harbor proper is 12' and the width
is 125'. An additional entrance through St. George Island,
Bob Sikes' Channel, opposite the Port and City of Apalachi-
cola is 10' by 200'.
Docks & Basins
There are two public docks at Apalachicola, each 90'
long. Apalachicola Boat Basin is 200' wide by 700' long.
There are 1800 lineal feet of docking space. It is located
on the southeast tip of the City and connects with the
Intracoastal Waterway. Depth of Basin is 10' at entrance
and 6' in Basin proper.
The Scipio Creek Boat Basin, also in Apalachicola,
is now completed. It is a small craft harbor 220' by 900'
at a maintained depth of 9'+. Docking facilities are
under construction and will be completed by 1962.
Tides
Average tide range is about 22 inches.
Access by Inland and/or Intracoastal Waterways
The Port of Apalachicola is located at the end of the
Intercoastal Canal from the West. A 200 million dollar
federal project will provide a 9' by 100' navigation chan-
nel from Apalachicola, Florida to Columbus, Georgia on
the Chattahoochee River. This will enable the Port of
Apalachicola to provide service to world ports for the
commerce of West Florida and the States of Georgia and
Alabama. This is scheduled for completion in late 1962.
Port Charges
There is a small charge for docking at the two public
docks and there will be a small docking fee at Apalachi-
cola Boat Basin. Write City Clerk, Apalachicola, Florida
for current rates and more detailed information.
Warehouses
There are no public or private warehouses adjacent to
the harbor area.
Open Storage
Open storage area amounts to about one acre.
Cold Storage
There are no cold storage facilities at the Port of
Apalachicola. Quick freeze facilities are now under con-
struction.
Supplies
Water, gasoline and fuel oil are available.
Railroad Facilities
The Apalachicola Northern Railroad Company serves
the Port of Apalachicola direct.
Marine Repair Facilities & Equipment
Marine repair facilities are available and there are
three marine railways capable of hauling out boats up to
70' in length and weighing up to 70 tons.
Port Governing Body
City of Apalachicola, Florida
Inquiries Should Be Directed To:
City Clerk
City of Apalachicola
Apalachicola, Florida
Telephone: 3-3181
Improvements
Improvements under way at present and planned in-
clude additional public docks. A 200 million dollar federal
project scheduled for completion in late 1962 will provide
a 9' by 100' navigation channel from Apalachicola, Florida
to Columbus, Georgia on the Chattahoochee River and to
Bainbridge, Georgia on the Flint River. This will enable
the Port of Apalachicola to provide service to world ports
for the commerce of west Florida and the States of
Georgia and Alabama. Portion now completed includes
navigation between Apalachicola and Bainbridge, Georgia
on the Flint River and Columbia, Alabama on the Chatta-
hoochee River.
The Port of Apalachicola is a U.S. Custom port of
entry and a port of documentation.
Government Offices-City
City of Apalachicola
Court House
Apalachicola, Florida
Government Offices-County
Franklin County
Court House
Apalachicola, Florida
Chamber of Commerce
Apalachicola Chamber of Commerce
57 Market Street
Apalachicola, Florida
Industrial Division
BOCA GRANDE, FLORIDA
Important activities have been going on at Boca Grande
ever since the days when the pirate Gasparilla made the
harbor his hideout in the early 1800's.
After Gasparilla came fishing fleets to make the harbor
headquarters for smoking and salting down great cargoes
of mullet.
Then in 1885 phosphate was discovered nearby in the
inland section of mid-Florida and great barge-loads of this
mineral, valued mainly as fertilizer, were floated down
Peace River for transloading aboard sailing ships in Boca
Grande Harbor.
Phosphate has been pouring through Boca Grande
in increasing volume ever since, until now, although many
people may not know about it, this center is one of the
important export points in Florida.
The railroads brought the millionaries, but is was the
phosphate which brought the railroad. Booming produc-
tion made barges impractical, so a rail line, the Charlotte
Harbor & Northern, was built from the mine fields to
South Boca Grande, spanning the pass between island and
mainland with a long wooden trestle still in use.
The Seaboard Air Line Railway company acquired the
railroad to Boca Grande and its facilities on the island are
estimated at $3,500,000. This includes a great elevator
building over the water to raise the phosphate from the
railway cars and funnel it into the holds of ships.
An average of three big freight steamships a week
come into Boca Grande empty and sail out with great
cargoes of phosphate, bound for ports all over the world.
The railroad enters Gasparilla Island at its northern
tip, a commercial fishing village named, Gasparilla, and
runs the length of the 7-mile long, 1-mile wide island,
through Boca Grande proper, and on to South Boca
Grande at the southern tip where the ships are loaded.
Long trains of gondola cars loaded with phosphate rattle
into Boca Grande at all hours of the day and night. Fa-
cilities to Boca Grande have improved with the comple-
tion of a toll bridge from Placida to Gasparilla Island, on
which Boca Grande is located. There is also a light plane
landing strip at Boca Grande.
CANAVERAL, FLORIDA
Under the Jurisdiction of the Canaveral Port Authority
A. A. Dunn, Chairman
George J. King, Port Manager
General Description of the Port
Port Canaveral is located on the east coast of Florida,
midway between Miami and Jacksonville. The harbor has
an entrance channel 38' deep and 400' wide which extends
to a turning basin which is 35' deep, 2000' wide and 2000'
long. Two rock jetties, each 1,100' long are located at the
channel entrance. A barge canal, 8' deep and some 7
miles long, extends from the turning basin to the Intra-
coastal Waterway. However, this canal will not be useable
until U.S. engineers build lock in dyke that encloses port.
Port Canaveral has been recently made a U.S. Customs
Port of Entry.
Wharves
Port Canaveral now has four marginal wharves, one is
on the north side and 1200 ft. long, for deep draft vessels,
but the wharf is not public; it is for the use of the mili-
tary only. On the south side there is one marginal wharf
400 ft. long for deep draft vessels; one 600 ft. long for
the use of barges and shallow draft vessels and one 1000
ft. long for the use of the fishing fleet and small boats.
The mean tidal range at the Port Canaveral harbor
entrance is 31/'.
Access by Inland and/or Intracoastal Waterways
A barge canal, 8' deep and some 7 miles long, extends
from the turning basin to the Jacksonville-Miami Intra-
coastal Waterway, however, this cannot be used until U.S.
engineers build lock in dyke that encloses port.
Port Charges
Towing: Port Canaveral now has two tugs available,
owned by the Port Canaveral Towing Co. and charges can
be obtained by contacting that company.
Port Canaveral Tariff #1 itemizes charges and will be
furnished upon request.
Pilotage: According to draft of vessels:
0' 10' $4.00 per ft. draft
10' 14'
14' 20'
Over 20'
5.00 per ft. draft
6.00 per ft. draft
7.00 per ft. draft
Additional and more detailed information can be obtained
from the Canaveral Port Authority, P.O. Box 102, Port
Canaveral, Florida.
Florida Development Commission
Warehouses
18,000 sq. ft. of public storage space in the transit shed
adjacent to the marginal wharf.
Open Storage
Unlimited open storage space, public, next to the
marginal wharf.
Fuel and Juice Storage
300,000 barrels for petroleum products
vate). 1,000,000-gallon cold storage tank
orange juice (private).
storage (pri-
capacity for
Supplies
Water, gas, electrical current, oil bunkering available
at marginal wharf.
Mechanical Handling Equipment
Hoists, cranes, etc. (not owned by the Port) are avail-
able in the area, but the port does own two 8000 lb. fork-
lifts that may be leased.
Industrial Zone Sites
Considerable waterfront property available for industry.
About 850 acres in the harbor area.
Improvements
A multi-million dollar improvement program for Port
Canaveral is nearing completion. It includes wharves,
warehouses, piers, etc. on the north side of the Harbor.
These facilities to be used only by the military and are
not public. The Corps of Engineers, in charge of this
project, has begun the last phase of this program by deep-
ening the harbor to a depth of 38 ft. to accommodate the
large navy vessels and range supply ships that will work
out of the harbor in conjunction with the Guided Missile
Center operations.
A facility for bulk cargo unloading (tankers, bulk ce-
ment, etc.) is being built on the south side. This will be
public.
FERNANDINA BEACH, FLORIDA
General Description of the Port
Fernandina Beach is a U.S. Customs Port of Entry.
The entrance to Fernandina Harbor, Florida, is on the
Atlantic Coast 22/2 miles north of the entrance to Jack-
sonville Harbor, and 95 miles south of the entrance to
Savannah Harbor, Georgia. The harbor consists of the
lower 2 miles of the Amelia River, which flows southward
and empties into Cumberland Sound at the northern end
of Amelia Island about 3 miles from the outer end of the
jetties at the ocean entrance. The harbor is separated
from the ocean by Amelia Island, which at this point is
about 2 miles wide. The City of Fernandina is located on
the eastern bank of Amelia River about 2 miles above its
mouth and 5 miles from the outer end of the jetties.
There is a 28' channel at mean low water from deep
water in the Atlantic Ocean to deep water at the junction
of Lanceford Creek with Amelia River, with widths of
400' below Calhoun Street in the City of Fernandina and
300' above. The channel has been widened at the first
bend below Lanceford Creek to 1,000'to form a turning
basin.
Piers, Wharves & Docks
There are 16 piers or wharves at Fernandina which
are or could be used for handling water-borne commerce.
There are no facilities for handling general cargo, the piers
and wharves in general, being used for a particular com-
modity or kind of traffic.
The 16 facilities covered in this report have a total
berthing area of 4,973' with depths ranging from 30' to 2'
at mean low water. Very few of the piers and wharves have
sufficient depth alongside to permit berthing of deep-draft
vessels.
Tides and Tidal Currents
The mean tidal range on the entrance bar is 5.8' and
in the inner harbor 6', with minor fluctuations due to wind
and lunar effects.
The tidal currents at the entrance to Cumberland
Sound have great velocity and are especially dangerous on
the flood. Under normal conditions the flood tide has a
maximum velocity of 34 miles per hour and the ebb tide
a maximum velocity of 4 miles per hour. Under the worst
conditions of a flood on a spring tide and a northeast gale,
the velocity near the end of the north jetty is estimated to
be as much as 5 knots. Between the bell buoy and the end
of the north jetty the flood current sets southward, and
with northeasterly winds sets strongly in a south-southwest
direction. Vessels entering the port on the flood tide with
northeasterly winds will encounter an eddy current which
sets out close along the inside of the north jetty.
Anchorages
There is good anchorage covering an area of about
160 acres, with a general depth of 25', off the north-
western point of Amelia Island in Cumberland Sound.
There is good anchorage in the Amelia River from its
mouth to the City of Fernandina.
Pilotage
Pilots for Fernandina Beach, Florida and St. Marys',
Industrial Division
Georgia are available and will come out from their head-
quarters at Fernandina Beach when called. Usual pro-
cedure is to request their services directly to the Pilot Sta-
tion or through the vessels agent.
Towage
Towboats can be obtained from Jacksonville, Florida.
Harbor Master
For vessels over 500 tons, the Harbor Master's fee is
$20.00.
Transit Sheds
Five of the wharves at Fernandina Beach are equipped
with transit sheds, which provide a total of approximately
66,000 sq. ft. of floor area.
Fuel Storage
Thirteen tanks with a storage capacity of approximately
4,800 barrels; two 8,000-gallon horizontal storage tanks,
and a 10,000-gallon tank operated by private companies
for their own use.
Supplies
Electric current, water, gasoline and oil bunkering are
available. Provisions and some ship chandlery can be ob-
tained.
Salvage and Wrecking Equipment
No special facilities available. Must be obtained from
Jacksonville, Florida.
Marine Repairs
Facilities not available for large vessels. Jacksonville,
Florida is the nearest place for repairs and haul-out serv-
ices. Three marine railways are capable of hauling out ves-
sels of 60' length and 6' draft. Hull and engine repairs can
be made.
Mechanical Handling Equipment
One wharf is equipped with mechanical devices for
loading bulk cargo at the rate of 400 tons per hour. Most
equipment consists of elevators and conveyor systems for
handling logs, fish, and phosphate rock.
Railroad Facilities
All rail service at the port is furnished by the Seaboard
Air Line Railway, whose tracks parallel the water front.
The Rayonier barge wharf has one surface track at the
upper end and approach. All of the other water front
facilities, except those north of Clarks Creek, have tracks
immediately in the rear, but there are none on the fa-
cilities.
Services
Railroads Serving
Fernandina Beach, Fla.
Seaboard Air Line Railway
11 South 2nd Street
Fernandina Beach, Florida
Government Offices-Federal
U. S. Coast Guard
Amelia Lighthouse
Fernandina Beach, Florida
U. S. Custom House
401 Atlantic Avenue
Fernandina Beach, Florida
Telegraph Companies
Western Union Telegraph Co.
North 4th Street
Fernandina Beach, Florida
Government Offices-City
Fernandina Beach City Manager
204 Ash Street
Fernandina Beach, Florida
Chamber of Commerce
Fernandina Beach Chamber of Commerce
Highway A1A P. O. Box 472
Fernandina Beach, Florida
FORT PIERCE, FLORIDA
Under the Jurisdiction of the Fort Pierce Port Authority
E. L. Taylor, Chairman
General Description of the Port
(Ft. Pierce, Florida)
The Port of Fort Pierce is a deep water port, located
on the east coast of Florida about 60 miles north of the
Port of Palm Beach and 210 miles south of the Port of
Jacksonville. All existing port facilities, including the
entrance channel, turning basin, docks and terminals, are
within the incorporated limits of the City of Fort Pierce,
the county seat of St. Lucie County. The surrounding land
is low-lying. The elevation in the immediate vicinity of
the port rarely exceeds ten feet above mean sea level.
The entrance channel has been cut through an island
separating the Atlantic Ocean from Indian River. The
channel continues across Indian River to a turning basin
and terminal facilities, located on the western shore of
the river. The total length of the channel is 3/2 miles.
The existing Federal project for Fort Pierce Harbor
provides for a channel 350' wide at the 27' contour in the
Florida Development Commission
ocean tapering to 200' west of the inlet, thence 200' wide
to a turning basin that flares to a width of 900'. The depth
of the channel is 27' in the outer portion and 25' in the
inner portion. The depth of the turning basin is 25'.
Rubblestone jetties and revetments 900' apart on the
north and south sides of the inlet protect the channel ap-
proaches from the ocean. The channel, turning basin, and
jetties are maintained by the Federal Government.
Piers & Wharves
The existing port facilities in Fort Pierce are located
on the west shore of Indian River. They consist of the
Municipal Pier and Slip and the Indian River Refrigera-
tion Terminal Company pier on the north side of that
slip. A marginal wharf owned by Gulf Oil Company is
located about 600' north of the Refrigeration Terminal.
This wharf is used by petroleum barges.
The Municipal Pier, lying along the south side of the
slip, is 330' long. It is flanked on the south by Seaway
Drive which connects the City with Causeway Island. The
pier bulkhead on the turning basin is 200' long. The depth
of water alongside the pier in the slip varies from about
20' at the outshore end to about 13' inshore. A single story
warehouse, of timber construction about 300' long and
75' wide, on the pier is used for storage and occasionally
for shrimp packing. Pipelines from the City Power Station
and Sinclair Refining Company terminating on the pier
are used to receive petroleum from barges.
The Indian River Refrigeration Terminal Company
is a finger type pier 177' wide. It is 330' long on the south
side and 422' long on the north side. The depth of water
alongside the pier is about 24'. A precooling plant for the
citrus trade occupies the greater part of the pier. The
widths of the aprons are 30' on the north side, 45' on the
south side, and 50' on the outshore end of the pier. Rail-
road tracks on the north and south aprons connect with
the Florida East Coast Railway. Electric conveyor systems
on the pier handle boxed citrus fruit between the pre-
cooling plant and truck, railcar or ship. The pier is not
equipped to handle other types of cargo.
Tides & Tidal Currents
The tidal ranges at the channel inlet and at the Muni-
cipal Pier in the port are given by the U.S. Coast and
Geodetic Survey as follows: Tidal Ranges (feet)
Location Mean Spring
Inlet 2.6 3.0
Municipal Pier 0.7 0.8
The maximum velocity of the tidal current through
the inlet at spring tides is 3.3 knots with an average of
2.8 knots. According to the U.S. Coast and Geodetic Sur-
vey, occasional velocities of up to 5 knots have been re-
ported.
Access by Inland and/or Intracoastal Waterway
The Intracoastal Waterway from Jacksonville to Miami
passes through Indian River at Fort Pierce. From Fort
Pierce, to Miami, the channel is 8' deep and 100' wide, and
from Fort Pierce to Jacksonville the depth is 12' and the
width is 125'. At Stuart, about 19 miles south of Fort
Pierce, the Intracoastal Waterway connects with the Okee-
chobee Waterway which crosses Florida to the West Coast.
The present minimum depth of this channel is 6'.
Cold Storage
Operated by Indian River Refrigeration Company,
has capacity for 75,000 standard fruit boxes of 1 3/5
bushels each or approximately 148 railroad cars.
Supplies
Electric power and water are supplied to the Port area
by the City of Fort Pierce.
Railroad Facilities
Railroad connection between Fort Pierce and other
ports on the east coast is provided by the Florida East
Coast Railway. A spur line from Fort Pierce to Lake
Okeechobee connects with the Atlantic Coast Line and
Seaboard Air Line serving the west coast of Florida.
Improvements
A capital stock company, "Ft. Pierce Port & Terminal
Co.", acquired a considerable portion of Port property in
August, 1956, for extensive development.
Plans for the bulkheading of a 55 acre port tract are
being prepared for submission to the Army for the first
of 6 piers, and a petition is in to the Army Engineers for
deepening of the channel to a minimum depth of 34' with
a possibility of a 40' channel being requested. Preliminary
plans for the first of the new piers to be built at the port
have been drawn up. This pier, it was reported, will be
650' long and 300' wide, and will contain a large transit
cargo shed, with a spur line railroad running out on it.
While preliminary plans for the pier call for only 34'
water depth, pier pilings are to be heavy enough for a
40' depth channel. The new pier will be built just to the
north of the existing pier of the old company, and a 300'
slip will separate the two piers.
On the mainland at the foot of the new pier, a large
warehouse, with a minimum of 50,000 sq. ft. floor space
is to be constructed fronting on an existing railroad spur.
It is planned eventually to construct a total of 6 such piers
on the port property, separated by 300' wide slips capable
of handling the largest freighter on the Atlantic. More than
3-million dollars will be spent for port development over
the next 2 or 3 years.
Port Governing Body
Fort Pierce Port Authority
P. O. Box 111
Fort Pierce, Florida
E. L. Taylor, Chairman
Industrial Division
JACKSONVILLE, FLORIDA
Under the Jurisdiction of the City Commissioners of Jacksonville, Florida
General Description of the Port
Jacksonville Harbor is in the northeastern part of
Florida on the St. Johns River, approximately 28 miles
above its mouth. It is 126 statute miles by water south of
Savannah, Georgia. The Harbor extends about 1 mile
above and 7 miles below the Florida East Coast Railway
bridge and includes the total width of the river. The Port
is about 18 miles from the Atlantic Ocean and has about
9 miles of developed frontage.
The entrance channel from the ocean between two
converging stone jetties, which extend out across the
ocean bar, and, at the sea ends, are parallel for 4,022',
have been dredged to a depth of 42' as far as the Naval
Air Auxiliary Station, Mayport. The balance of the chan-
nel has been dredged to a depth of 34'. Within the harbor
area there are 2 channels, terminal channel along the
terminals on the west bank of the river between Long
Branch Cut and Commodore Point, and Arlington Cut,
generally parallel to terminal channel. The St. Johns
River has navigable depths varying from 18' to 5' to Lake
Harney, 169 miles above Jacksonville. The Atlantic Inter-
coastal waterway from Norfolk to Miami crosses the St.
Johns River about 5 miles above its mouth. Adequate
anchorages are available within the harbor limits for both
deep draft and shallow draft vessels.
The world's largest carriers (Forrestal class) are cur-
rently utilizing the carrier basin at Mayport, Florida. Deep
draft ocean-going tankers have experienced no difficulty
in utilizing the St. Johns River Channel.
Piers, Wharves & Docks
There are 69 piers, wharves and docks at the Port of
Jacksonville, 53 of which are on the left bank of the St.
Johns River, and 16 on the right bank. Two of the piers
on the left bank are outside the city limits at the mouth
of Trout River. The U.S. Corps of Engineers owns and
operates one pier. The City of Jacksonville owns, in one
continuous plot, approximately 1 / miles of frontage on the
St. Johns River, on which are located the municipal
docks and terminals. Three piers are operated by the City
as public terminals.
Commodore Point Terminals owns a frontage extend-
ing 3760' along the north bank of the river at the bend.
Four terminal facilities are operated for handling foreign
and domestic general cargo. Much of the water front
property is owned and occupied by industrial plants.
Tides
The mean range of tide is 5.3' on the bar; 4.5' at
Mayport; 2.6' at Dames Point (14 miles above the en-
trance); and 1.1' at Jacksonville. High and low water
occur approximately two hours later at the foot of Hogan
Street in Jacksonville than at the jetties. Strong north-
easterly winds raise the water level about 2 feet at May-
port and Jacksonville, and strong southwesterly winds lower
the water level about 1/2' at Mayport and 1' at Jackson-
ville. Jacksonville Harbor has about a 2 knot mean velocity
in the channel at the strength of the tidal current. The
mean tidal range in Jacksonville Harbor is only 13 inches.
Anchorages
There are four permanent anchorages designed for
deep draft and shallow draft vessels in addition to several
other anchorages that may be used for specific purposes
such as awaiting quarantine inspection, explosives an-
chorages, etc.
Berthing Space
The Municipal Docks & Terminals piers, the Com-
modore Point Terminals and the Atlantic Coast Line Sea-
port Terminal provide over 10,000 linear feet of berthing
space, capable of handling deep water vessels. Other
private piers and wharves provide additional berthing
space for the various commodities privately handled by
vessel and barge.
Access By Inland Waterway
From the St. Johns River northward to Norfolk, Vir-
ginia, there is a continuous inland waterway along the
Atlantic coast with a project depth of 12' and a bottom
width of 90' in the land cuts and narrow creeks, and as
much as 300' in open waters. Southward from the St.
Johns River, a similar waterway 12' deep, 125' wide at the
bottom has been dredged for 221 miles to Fort Pierce,
south of Fort Pierce to Miami a depth of 7' at mean low
water is generally available in this waterway. Barge service
is being operated on this waterway as far north as Trenton,
New Jersey and southward to Miami.
The St. Johns River channel depth from Jacksonville
Harbor to Green Cove Springs, Florida, is 22'; from Green
Cove Springs to Sanford, Florida is 12'. Regular barge
service is maintained between Jacksonville and Sanford,
Florida, particularly fuel products. Upstream from Jack-
sonville this channel 12' deep extends some 150 miles
serving interior Florida cities, such as Sanford, situated
along the banks of the St. Johns River.
Port Charges
Terminal Tariff, F.M.B. No. 10, Municipal Docks and
Terminals of the City of Jacksonville, Florida sets out
the schedule of charges for wharfage storage, handling
and other port terminal services. Inquiries should be di-
rected to General Manager, Municipal Docks and Termi-
nals, P.O. Box 3005, Jacksonville, Florida.
Florida Development Commission
Warehouses
Over 1,000,000 sq. ft. of dry storage space is available
in 11 public warehouses. In addition, over 400,000 sq. ft.
of dry storage space is currently used as transit sheds on
the water front and occasionally for storage. Nearly all
of the warehouses in the port are within a few blocks
of the water front and all are equipped with rail sidings.
All warehouses with two or more floors have elevators
with capacities of 1/4 to 2/2 tons.
Cold Storage
Six cold storage warehouses in the City of Jacksonville
provide over 1,125,000 cu. ft. of cold storage space.
Open Storage
Approximately 150 acres of space are available at
various locations along the water front of Jacksonville
which provide for storing bulk commodities not requiring
weather protection. All of the areas are served by tracks
of one or more of the rail carriers at the port.
Fuel and Molasses Storage
Eighteen oil company terminals, including the U.S.
Navy Depot at Trout River, have a combined petroleum
storage capacity in excess of 5,000,000 barrels. The Florida
Molasses Company has storage for 3,500,000 gallons of
molasses in bulk tanks at the Municipal Docks & Termi-
nals.
Supplies
Fresh water, electricity, gasoline, oil bunkering, together
with a complete ship chandlery and provision services, in
addition to overhaul and repair services by several ship-
yards, are available to the port.
Salvage and Wrecking Equipment
Salvage and diving services are available to the port.
Marine Repairs
Jacksonville can handle every type of ship repair. Three
floating drydocks have a capacity range up to 18,000 tons.
In addition, marine railways handling up to 500 tons,
modern machine shops, and large stock of replacement
parts are available.
Mechanical Handling Equipment
In addition to the cranes, hoists, conveyors, and port
trucks to handle normal ship cargoes at the several ter-
minals, additional equipment is available in the port at
several locations with capacities of lift at a 50' reach of
40 tons. Several private terminals are equipped with
conveyors but are not normally available for public use.
Railroad Facilities
The St. Johns River Terminals Company, subsidiary
of the Southern Railway Co., has connections with all
lines entering Jacksonville, and reaches the several steam-
ship piers not served direct by the Atlantic Coast Line, the
Seaboard Air Line and the Florida East Coast Railway Co.
The Municipal Railway connects with all lines entering
the port except the Florida East Coast Railway Co. and
operates about 12 miles of main line track and performs
the switching to and from the Municipal piers.
Industrial Zone Sites
Waterfront industrial tracts, ranging in size from 25
to 1,000 acres, are available on the north bank of the St.
Johns River between the downtown metropolitan area
and the sea. Complete rail, highway, and petroleum serv-
ices are available at many of these tracts now. There is a
bountiful supply of ground water.
Improvements
A warehouse and modernized pier facilities have been
constructed at Commodores Point Terminal to provide
in excess of 176,000 sq. ft. of storage space for imported
newsprint, etc.
Specialized facilities for handling barge shipments of
iron and steel products have been installed by the Jax
Terminal and Warehouse Company at its waterfront ter-
minal.
Other improvements include a new transit shed on
Pier 1 at Municipal Docks and Terminals.
The Jacksonville Chamber of Commerce, in connection
with other groups in the city has initiated action to petition
the U.S. Engineers to deepen the existing channel of the
St. Johns River to the ocean from 34 to 42 feet, present
depth of the entrance to Mayport. Congress has appro-
priated funds for the study currently being undertaken by
the Corps of Engineers.
Port Governing Body
Administrative authority over the port is exercised by
the City Commissioners of Jacksonville. The City Com-
mission of Jacksonville is composed of five members select-
ed by the qualified voters of the city on terms of four years
each. A general manager appointed by the City Commis-
sion and directly responsible to the Commissioner in charge
of Public Utilities is in immediate charge of the Municipal
Terminals.
The Duval County Port and Industrial Authority was
officially created November 5, 1956, by the Board of Coun-
ty Commissioners.
Jacksonville Traffic Bureau
Jacksonville Traffic Bureau, Inc., 227 West Forsyth
Street, F. C. Hillyer, Commerce Attorney-Captain N. A.
Helfrich, Executive Secretary, Port Section-E. A. Shaw,
Traffic Manager.
The Jacksonville Traffic Bureau, Inc., is a nonprofit
association supported by the City of Jacksonville and the
Industrial Division
Jacksonville Chamber of Commerce, which acts for the
shippers and receivers of freight before the Interstate Com-
merce Commission and the Florida Railroad & Public
Utilities Commission as well as various carrier rate con-
ferences and classification committees, in all matters per-
taining to rates, etc.
It also provides a Port Traffic Solicitation service
aimed at developing traffic and services through the Port
of Jacksonville. Information on rates, charges and tariffs
is supplied as a community service to all shippers in-
terested in moving freight through the Port of Jacksonville.
Other Port Services
Pilotage is compulsory for foreign vessels and for
United States vessels, except those whose masters are pilots
licensed by the Federal Government. Incoming vessels are
boarded by pilots at the ocean entrance, and outgoing
vessels are boarded at the pier on wharf.
Towboats are available at all times to assist vessels
arriving or departing, docking or undocking and shifting
within the harbor, and for convoying ships or tows.
Inquiries Should Be Directed To:
General Manager
Municipal Docks and Terminals
P.O. Box 3005
Jacksonville, Florida
For all other port information, to:
Captain N. A. Helfrich, Executive Secretary
Port Section, Jacksonville Traffic Bureau
604 Hogan Street
Jacksonville 2, Florida
For Further information on the Port of Jacksonville
see:
"JACKSONVILLE SEAFARER," published monthly
by Jacksonville Seafarer, Inc., 26 West Bay St., Jackson-
ville 2, Florida, David A. Howard, Editor.
"PORT & INDUSTRIAL SURVEY OF JACKSON-
VILLE, FLORIDA," June 20, 1945, Coverdale & Colpitts,
Consulting Engineers, 120 Wall St., New York, N.Y.
U. S. Customs Collections- Port of Collections, Florida
Fiscal Year
Ending
June 30
1955 ........................ ..................
1956 ....................... ....................
1957 ............................. ........... ...............
1958 ...........................................
1959 ..................... .............
1960 ..................................................
Total
Collections
$2,294,262.43
2,878,809.20
4,189,030.11
5,510,425.61
7,136,261.42
7,726,037.35
Services
Banks With Foreign Departments
Atlantic National Bank
121 Hogan Street
Jacksonville, Florida
Barnett National Bank
106 West Adams Street
Jacksonville, Florida
Florida National Bank
Hogan & Adams Streets
Jacksonville, Florida
Custom House Brokers
John G. McGiffin
McGiffin & Company
P.O. Box 3
Jacksonville 1, Florida
Herbert B. Moller
Atlantic Bank Building
Jacksonville 2, Florida
Henry E. Sullivan, Jr.
P.O. Box 512
Jacksonville 1, Florida
Foreign Consuls
Belgium
1746 E. Adams Street
Jacksonville 2, Florida
Costa Rica
3255 Herschel Street
Jacksonville, 5, Florida
Denmark
5111-13 Beach Boulevard
Jacksonville 11, Florida
Dominican Republic
Atlantic National Bank Building
Jacksonville 2, Florida
Finland
3228 Talleyrand Avenue
Jacksonville 6, Florida
France
1822 Barnett Building
Jacksonville 2, Florida
Guatemala
6 West Bay Street
Jacksonville 2, Florida
Netherlands
98 East 56th Street
Jacksonville 8, Florida
Florida Development Commission
Norway
Independent Life Building
Jacksonville, Florida
Panama
P.O. Box 5425
Jacksonville, Florida
Sweden
2365 Riverside Avenue
Jacksonville 5, Florida
Uruguay
1010 East Adams Street
Jacksonville 2, Florida
Venezuela
3681 Hedrick Street
Jacksonville 5, Florida
Foreign Freight Forwarders
Caldwell Shipping Company
1630 East Adams Street
Jacksonville 2, Florida
Kaufmann Shipping Co.
2080 Talleyrand Avenue
Jacksonville 6, Florida
McGiffin & Co.
1510 Talleyrand Avenue
Jacksonville 6, Florida
Herbert B. Moller
Atlantic Bank Building
Jacksonville 2, Florida
Republic Carloading &
Distributing Co., Inc.
1315 Canal Street
Jacksonville, Florida
Southern Shipping Co.
3226 Talleyrand Avenue
Jacksonville 6, Florida
Strachan Shipping Co.
Independent Life Building
Jacksonville 2, Florida
Jacksonville Shippers
Cooperative, Inc.*
840 West Forsyth St.
Jacksonville 2, Florida
* A membership organization which assembles shipments in New
York, Chicago, and Philadelphia for carload lot movements to
Jacksonville.
Railroads Serving the Port of Jacksonville
Atlantic Coast Line
500 Water Street
Jacksonville 2, Florida
Florida East Coast Railway Company
10 Jefferson
Jacksonville 2, Florida
Jacksonville Terminal Co.
1000 West Bay Street
Jacksonville 2, Florida
Municipal Docks Railway
Talleyrand Avenue
Jacksonville 6, Florida
Seaboard Air Line
3019 Warrington Avenue
Jacksonville 6, Florida
Southern Railway System
621 East Bay Street
Jacksonville 2, Florida
Ship Chandlers
Jacksonville Ship Chandlery & Awning Co.
239 East Bay Street
Jacksonville 2, Florida
Jacksonville Yacht & Ship Supply, Inc.
1430 East Adams Street
Jacksonville 2, Florida
Southern Marine Co.
15 Riverside Avenue
Jacksonville 2, Florida
Steamship Agents & Companies
American Coastal Lines
P.O. Box 778
Jacksonville 1, Florida
Buccaneer Line, Inc.
P.O. Box 4321
Jacksonville 1, Florida
Caldwell Shipping Co.
P.O. Box 1913
Jacksonville 1, Florida
Kaufman Shipping Co.
P.O. Box 1866
Jacksonville 1, Florida
McGiffin & Co.
P.O. Box 3
Jacksonville 1, Florida
Sea-Land Service, Inc.
P.O. Box 3281
Jacksonville 6, Florida
South Atlantic Steamship Line
P.O. Box 4010
Jacksonville 1, Florida
Southern Shipping Co.
P.O. Box 4668
Jacksonville, Florida
Industrial Division
Stevens Shipping Company
P.O. Box 4613
Jacksonville 1, Florida
Strachan Shipping Co.
P.O. Box 4010
Jacksonville 1, Florida
Suwannee Steamship Co.
P.O. Box 4069
Jacksonville 1, Florida
TMT Trailer Ferry, Inc.
P.O. Box 4787
Jacksonville 1, Florida
Trosdal Shipping Co.
P.O. Box 4010
Jacksonville 1, Florida
C. G. Willis, Inc.
800 East Bay Street
Jacksonville 2, Florida
Stevedores
Caldwell Shipping Co., Inc.
1630 East Adams Street
Jacksonville, Florida
Kaufmann Shipping Co.
P.O. Box 1866
Jacksonville, Florida
McGiffin & Co.
P.O. Box 3
Jacksonville, Florida
Tom McGiffin
2725 Market Street
Jacksonville, Florida
Southern Shipping Co.
Foot of Catherine St.
Jacksonville, Florida
Strachan Shipping Co.
Independent Life Building
Jacksonville, Florida
Steamship Lines & Their Jacksonville Agents
Alcoa SS Line-............... -.-.... .-..................... Caldwell
American Coastal Lines ........................................American
American President Lines....................---- ............ Southern
American Scantic Line............................................Southern
American Star Line ...................................------... ..Kaufmann
Amerind Shipping Line..........--....--.........---...... McGiffin
Armement Deppe Line .-------................. ---..................Southern
Aralon Line ...................-----.........- .....Kaufmann
Argentine State Line ................----...................-----..Strachan
Argyle Line ...................................................... K aufmann
Arrow Lines .................... .....................------ Strachan
Baron lino Line......................... .........................Kaufmann
Belgian Line ...................... ..... .............. Southern
Booth Line ......................... ................. Strachan
Buccaneer Line, Inc. ....----...............-.. .......... Buccaneer
Bulk Carriers, Inc. ................. ...................... Southern
Bull Line ................................ .............. .......... Stevens
Caribbean Fruit & SS Co........................---- .............. Service
Chilean Line ................--- ............-----......McGiffin
Coldemar Line ..-----.... ........................--- -- Kaufmann
Columbus Line .................----------------......................Kaufmann
Creole Line .................. --- ...................McGiffin
Daido Line ........------.............................Kaufmann
Dalpha Line ................. -......................Kaufmann
Fabre Line ..- --------------------.....-.McGiffin
Farrell Line ...---..- .--------------.....Strachan
Fern-Ville Line ..................... --- -----.... ...... ...... Kaufmann
Funch-Edye Line ....................-----------...............--..Strachan
Garcia Line ................---... .......---- ..- ....McGiffin
Glaessel Shipping Co....................----................---......McGiffin
Grace Line, Inc. ............-------- --... ......... --. McGiffin
Grancolombiana Line ..----..........--------..........................Southern
Gulf Atlantic Towing Corp.............................Gulf Atlantic
Gypsum Transportation Co..................------............Caldwell
Hamburg American Line .---...................................Kaufmann
Hellenic Line ----.................- .................McGiffin
Hess, Inc ............------......----.....---..Caldwell
Holland-American Line ...........----........................... McGiffin
Independent Gulf ......---- --...............................McGiffin
Kerr Line .-............... .....................M cGiffin
Keystone Shipping Co. ...........................................Caldwell
Lloyd Brazileiro ...................... .....................------ Strachan
Lykes Bros. Steamship Co..................-----------..................Strachan
Maersk Line ..-.. --.. .---------------..--Southern
Mamenic Line .....................---- -----................Kaufmann
Manchester Liners .----..............................----McGiffin
Marine Transport .--------------..........................---..........--....Caldwell
Mathieson's Tanker Industries, Inc.......................----Caldwell
Moore-McCormick Line .----...............................-----.....--Strachan
North Atlantic & Gulf Line ..---------................................Caldwell
North German Lloyd ....................------....................-----Kaufmann
Orion Shipping & Trading Co....--------.............................Caldwell
Ozean-Stinnes Line ..................------------......................Kaufmann
P & Line .... ---..............-- -----------................. Southern
Robin Line ........................................----------------........McGiffin
Royal Netherlands Steamship Line........................Strachan
Scandinavian-American Line..-----...............................McGiffin
Shinnihon Line .. ------------.................-----............McGiffin
Sidarma Line ..................... ...................Kaufmann
South African Marine Corp ....................................Southern
Southern Trading Co .........---------......... ---.................. Caldwell
States Marine Line .--------................... --..................-----Southern
Stevenson Lines .................... ...............----------- Southern
Stockard SS Co.................... ...-------- .........-----Southern
Suwannee SS Co ...-----------................---.................---Suwannee
Swedish-American ...------------.......................................Strachan
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Florida Development Commission
Sword Line ......-..-...........---.--------------Southern
TMT Trailer Ferry, Inc...............- ........... TMT
Torm Line ....--...........---------........................ Strachan
United States Line ---...--.... ....----------Strachan
Venezuelan Line ...................-----------................ McGiffin
Waterman SS Corp. ........................................--Strachan
W est Coast Line ............... .................. ...... Southern
Weyerhaeuser ................... ----------...................--- Strachan
Wilhelmsen Line ...................--------------................ Strachan
W illis, C. G., Inc. ..................-.. ......... ...-----. W illis
Zim-Israel Line ....................... ................. Strachan
Telegraph Companies
Western Union Telegraph Co.
510 Hogan Street
Jacksonville 2, Florida
Government Offices-Federal
U.S. Department of Agriculture
Animal Quarantine Branch
311 West Monroe Street
Jacksonville 2, Florida
U.S. Department of Agriculture
Plant Quarantine Branch
311 West Monroe Street
Jacksonville 2, Florida
U.S. Bureau of Foreign Commerce
311 West Monroe Street
Jacksonville 2, Florida
U.S. Coast Guard
311 West Monroe Street
Jacksonville 2, Florida
U.S. Custom House
311 West Monroe Street
Jacksonville 2, Florida
U.S. Immigration & Naturalization Service
311 West Monroe Street
Jacksonville 2, Florida
Government Offices-County
Board of County Commissioners
Duval County Court House
Jacksonville 2, Florida
Government Offices-City
City Commissioner's Office
City Hall
Jacksonville 2, Florida
Municipal Docks & Terminals
Talleyrand Avenue
Jacksonville, Florida
Chamber of Commerce
Jacksonville Area Chamber of Commerce
604 North Hogan Street
Jacksonville 2, Florida
Other
Jacksonville Traffic Bureau
604 North Hogan Street
Jacksonville 2, Florida
"Jacksonville Seafarer"
6 West Bay Street
Jacksonville 2, Florida
Foreign Trade Council of Jacksonville
c/o U.S. Department of Commerce
Federal Building
Jacksonville 2, Florida
KEY WEST, FLORIDA
General Description of the Port
Key West is a U.S. Customs Port of Entry.
Key West is located on the island of Key West near
the western end of the Florida Keys. It is about 516
statute miles from Jacksonville, Florida; 157 miles from
Miami; 644 miles from New Orleans, La.; and 220 miles
south of the entrance to Tampa Bay. The inner harbor
lies along the western front of the city and is protected
on the eastern side by the island and on the other sides by
submerged reefs and sand flats. It has a total length of
about 42 miles and a width of about 1/4 miles. Man-of-
War Harbor, which extends 1/2 miles in a northerly
direction from Key West, has an available depth of from
22' to 28' over a width of about one-quarter mile, but
there are no terminal facilities within this area.
There are four channel approaches to Key West Har-
bor, which are known as Southeast, Southwest, Northwest,
and Main Ship Channels. Most of the vessels enter and
leave the port either through the Northwest or the Main
Ship Channel, deep-draft vessels using the Main Ship
Channel only. The Main Ship Channel enters the harbor
from a southerly direction, and is well marked for both
day and night navigation. The controlling depth as last
ascertained in 1930 was 30' with some possible reduction
in the normal 300' width. Northwest Channel has a depth
of 18' over a width of 250'; however, in May 1940 the
Industrial Division
controlling depth was 17' over a 160' width. In the Middle
Ground, which is an area 800' wide off the channel in
front of the main water front, the depth was 26' in 1929,
the last year in which complete soundings were made.
Piers, Wharves and Bulkheads
There are 13 piers, wharves, and bulkheads at Key
West, which are or can be used for commercial traffic.
These facilities have a combined berthing space of 12,059
linear feet with depths ranging from 25' to 3' at mean low
water.
Tides and Tidal Currents
The mean range of tide is 2.5 feet at the northwest
entrance and 1.3 feet in the Main Ship Channel and in
the harbor. The spring range of tide is 3.1 feet at the
northwest entrance and 1.6 feet in the Main Ship Channel
and in the harbor. Strong winds seem to have little effect
on the water level, but hurricanes from a southerly di-
rection have raised the level in the harbor 4' above mean
low water.
The tidal currents in Key West Harbor and Northwest
Channel set fair with the channels, and the times of maxi-
mum current at these places are nearly simultaneous, the
strength of the flood (flowing north) occurring about
/2V hours before high water, and the ebb about 2 hours
before low water at Key West. Slack water occurs about
/2 hour and 2 hours, respectively, after high and low water
at Key West. The average velocity at strength of both flood
and ebb is about 1 knot between Whitehead Spit and King-
fish Shoals; 1 / knots in Man-of-War Harbor and its
entrance; and 1 /2 knots in Northwest Channel abreast of
Middle Ground. Normal conditions are greatly modified
by winds.
Anchorages
There are no prescribed anchorage areas at Key West.
There are various points within the inner Man-of-War
Harbor and outside the harbor where vessels may find
safe anchorage in depths ranging from 3/2 to 6 fathoms.
Warehouses
There is a total storage space of 91,050 sq. ft. or 1,008,-
074 cu. ft. available in 11 warehouses, some of which also
serve as transit sheds.
Open Storage
There are no concerns at Key West engaged in storing
bulk commodities on a large scale.
Cold Storage
The only cold storage available at Key West is a small
amount of space in an ice-manufacturing plant. This space
is limited to the needs of local merchants.
Fuel Storage
Tank capacity of about 75,500 barrels in the area.
Supplies
Electric current, water and oil bunkering are available
at the Port. There are no facilities for supplying bunker
coal to vessels.
Mechanical Handling Equipment
No facilities for making heavy lifts are available at the
port. Practically all cargo moving over the docks consists
of commodities which can be handled by ship's tackle or
through side ports of vessels.
Foreign Freight Forwarders
Key West Terminal Co., Inc.
Box 671, Stock Island
Key West, Florida
Overseas, Inc.
Box 388-1101 Eaton St.
Key West, Florida
Charles S. Lowe
1418 Sixth Street
Key West, Florida
Telegraph Companies
Western Union Telegraph Co.
416 Greene Street
Key West, Florida
Government Offices-Federal
U.S. Coast Guard
Navy Yard
Key West, Florida
U.S. Customs
Federal Building
Key West, Florida
U.S. Immigration & Naturalization Service
Federal Building
Key West, Florida
Government Offices-County
Monroe County
Court House
Key West, Florida
Government Offices-City
City Manager
City of Key West
Poinciana Place
Key West, Florida
Chamber of Commerce
Key West Chamber of Commerce
530 Whitehead Street
Key West, Florida
Florida Development Commission
MIAMI, FLORIDA
Under the Jurisdiction of the Board of County Commissioners
of Dade County, Florida
Arthur E. Darlow, Seaport Director
General Description of the Port*
Miami Harbor is on the Atlantic Coast of the State
of Florida near the southern extremity of the peninsula
about 335 miles south of the mouth of the St. Johns River
and 160 miles north and east of Key West, Florida. The
City of Miami is located on the west shore of Biscayne
Bay at Miami River. The City of Miami Beach is located
on the peninsula on the east side of the Bay, opposite
Miami. The harbor embraces the artificial basins, slips,
and channels that have been dredged along the Bay front
of the two cities and in the Bay and through the shoal water
of Biscayne Bay to the Ocean.
The entrance to the main channel is directly east of
the City of Miami, approximately 5.8 miles. The sea buoy
marking the channel entrance through the reef is about
2 miles offshore. The entrance is an artificial cut 1,000'
wide, known as Government Cut, dredged across the
southern end of Miami Beach. It is protected by jetties
and is well marked. A channel has been dredged 30' deep
and 500' wide on the sea end and 300' wide through the
Cut to Biscayne Bay. This entrance affords the most direct
access to the Port, has the greatest navigable capacity, and
is now the only channel used by ocean vessels bound to and
from the Port of Miami.
A channel 300' wide and 30' deep has been dredged
across Biscayne Bay leading from the channel dredged
through the land cut to a turning basin in front of the
municipal docks.
Three connecting basins are situated along the Miami
waterfront. The municipal turning basin, located in front
of the commercial docks, is 1,400' north and south, 1,350'
east and west, with a controlling depth of 30'. Immediately
south is the Florida East Coast Railway Terminal Basin,
with a controlling depth of 13'. Further south is located the
Municipal Yacht Anchorage Basin with a depth of 16',
extending along Bayfront Park to the mouth of the Miami
River.
Miami River has a channel dredged to 15' at high
water, 150' wide for a distance of 3 miles above the
mouth, thence 125' wide to a point 4.1 miles above the
mouth, thence 90' wide to a point 5/2 miles above the
mouth.
Dock Facilities*
The following is a description of the commercial docks
owned and controlled by the City of Miami:
Municipal Pier No. 1:
Dim ensions................................
Depth of water, MLW............
Berthing space available...........
W idth of apron..........................
Deck above MLW ...................
Railway facilities ---.....................
Municipal Pier No. 2:
Dimensions...............................
Depth of water, MLW...........
Berthing space available..........
Width of apron...................-
Deck above MLW ---.............--.
Railway facilities ...................
Municipal Pier No. 3:
Dimensions............................
Depth of water, MLW...........
Berthing space available..........
Width of apron---.....................
Deck above MLW-...............
Railway facilities---...................
1,008 ft., slip side
330 ft., face or end
28 ft., slip side
30 ft., face or end
1,008 ft., slip side
330 ft., face or end
25 ft., slip side
65 ft., face or end
30 ft., both sides
700 ft. track on
apron; 2 depressed tracks,
total length 1,800 ft., in
rear of transit sheds.
1,004 ft.,
1,004 ft.,
226 ft.,
28 ft.
1,004 ft.,
1,004 ft.,
226 ft.,
north side
south side
face or end
north side
south side
face or end
16 ft., north side
12-23-33 ft., south side
25 ft., face or end
30 ft., all sides
2,000 ft., depressed
tracks between transit sheds
1,200 ft.,
1,001 ft.,
228 ft.,
30 ft.,
28 ft.,
30 ft.,
1,200 ft.,
1,001 ft.,
228 ft.,
20 ft.,
27 ft.,
south side
north side
face or end
south side
north side
face or end
south side
north side
face or end
south side
north side
75 & 31 ft., face or end
6 ft., all sides
2,000 ft., of depressed
tracks between transit sheds
*Dade County, Tariff #9
Industrial Division
Causeway Terminal, privately owned, is located at
MacArthur Causeway, Miami Beach, Florida.
Tides & Tidal Currents*
The mean tidal range at the entrance to Miami Harbor
is 2.5 feet, and in the Bay it is about 2 feet. The extreme
tidal range is about 4.5 feet at the entrance. Easterly winds
sometimes raise the water level 1.5 feet at the entrance
and 1 foot at the Bay, while westerly winds lower the water
level about 1 foot at the entrance and about 0.5 foot in
the Bay.
The tidal currents at the entrance to Biscayne Bay
have considerable velocity, and care should be taken in
entering the channel. The currents have a velocity of 3
to 4 knots through the main ship channel.
Anchorages*
The prescribed anchorage area for vessel anchoring
outside the harbor is located eastward of a line about 1.5
nautical miles offshore and northward of a line about 0.5
nautical mile north of the sea buoy at the entrance to the
ship channel. The northern and southern extremities of
this area are marked by spar buoys.
Vessels desiring to anchor off the entrance to the har-
bor of Miami are required to do so within this area, to
avoid possible injury to cables laid on the Ocean bottom
in the vicinity.
Intracoastal Waterways*
The Intracoastal Waterway is in general 100' wide and
8' deep at local mean low water from Jacksonville to
Miami, a distance of 372 miles. The controlling water
depth is 7.5 feet.
From Miami south there is an inland waterway 75'
wide and 7' deep at mean low water to a point immediate-
ly south of Cross Bank, Florida Bay, a distance of 63 miles.
A partially protected channel with a ruling depth of about
5' is available from Miami to Key West.
Port Charges
Dade County, Tariff No. 9, "Rates, Rules and Regu-
lations Governing the Port Facilities of Dade County,
Florida" sets out the current rates in effect. For further
information write, Seaport Director, City of Miami, 853
Biscayne Boulevard, Miami, Florida.
Warehouses*
Dade County owns and operates the following ware-
houses:
Pier No. 1
Warehouse No.
Warehouse No.
Warehouse No.
Warehouse No.
Warehouse No.
Capacity
Sq. Ft.
6........................... ....... .. 10,842
6-B.......... -..............---. 10,877
7.......................................... 57,467
8................. ........ ......... 65,364
10.............................. .......... 9,106
Pier No. 2-North Side
Warehouse No. 3.....
Warehouse No. 4....
Warehouse No. 6-A.
Pier No. 2-South Side
Warehouse No. 1 ..
Warehouse No. 2...
Warehouse No. 5.....
28,542
37,587
10,579
12,713
27,390
10,583
Pier No. 3-North Side
W warehouse No. 11............................................. 29,673
Warehouse No. 12........................................... 29,750
Pier No. 3-South Side
Warehouse No. 13
First Floor ...................................................... 8,628
Second Floor ............................................... 8,628
Warehouse No. 14
First Floor .................... ........ .. ............ 10,548
Second Floor ............................................... 14,388
Warehouse No. 15
Second Floor ................................................ 5,760
Warehouse No. 16............................................ 9,802
Cold Storage Plant:
Warehouses 14 and 15................................... 9,848
Cold Storage
A cold storage plant, owned and operated by Dade
County, is located on Pier 3. Water dockage is available
on one side of the pier and railroad and trailer platform
on the other. The approximate storage capacity of the
plant is fifty average freight cars, or 9,848 sq. ft. The one-
hundred ton freezer plant uses Freon Gas, direct expansion
and can maintain a minimum temperature of ten degrees
below zero. The fully automatic temperature controls pro-
vide for quick conversion from freezer to chill rooms when
needed. The machinery consists of multiple unit compres-
sors which permit repair and replacements without stop-
ping the machinery completely.
Fuel Oil
A major oil company receives about 55 oil tankers a
year at Pier 1, Port of Miami. These vessels bring in bulk
cargoes of Bunker C. Fuel Oil, Diesel Fuel and Road As-
phalt products. The aggregate total gross tonnage repre-
sented by these tankers is approximately 50,000 tons. These
products are distributed by barge and transport truck from
Vero Beach to Key West on the Atlantic Coast and to the
Okeechobee Region and to Ft. Myers on the Gulf of
Mexico.
The asphalt products are used on the highways and
air fields of South Florida.
*Dade County, Tariff #9
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Florida Development Commission
Marine Repairs & Mechanical Handling Equipment
Private interests maintain two dry docks, of 1,000-ton
capacity each, which are located on the P.O. docks. The
main building of this dry dock company has an area of
20,000 sq. ft. and the shops are well equipped to handle
heavy commercial work. This organization also owns a
50-ton stiff leg crane which is the only crane capable of
handling heavy cargo and machinery, from shipside to rail
cars, in the Miami Area.
Port Governing Body
Board of County Commissioners
Dade County Court House
Miami, Florida
Port Director: Arthur E. Darlow
853 Biscayne Boulevard
Miami, Florida
U. S. Customs Collections Miami, Florida
Fiscal
Year
1955
1956
1957
1958
1959
1960
Total
Collections
............................ ..................... $ 6,492,751.15
............ ................................... 8,134,122.00
..------------------...... ................. 9,279,697.89
................ ...................................... 9,998,020.32
........................................................ 13,975,297.05
--....................... .................. 14,088,098.36
SERVICES
Banks With Foreign Departments
Central Bank & Trust Co.
1310 N.W. 36th Street
Miami, Florida
Coconut Grove Bank
2765 S. Bayshore Dr.
Miami, Florida
First National Bank of Miami
101 E. Flagler Street
Miami, Florida
Florida National Bank & Trust Co.
DuPont Building
Miami, Florida
Metropolitan Bank of Miami
117 N.E. 1st Avenue
Miami, Florida
Pan American Bank of Miami
Pan American Bank Building
Miami, Florida
Custom House Brokers
Air Cargo Brokerage Co.
Pacific Building
Miami, Florida
Air Express International Agency, Inc.
P.O. Box 925
Miami 48, Florida
Albury & Co.
MacArthur Causeway Terminal
Miami, Florida
Intra-Mar Shipping Corp.
P.O. Box 157
Miami, Florida
Mader & Co.
Pier #1, City Docks
Miami, Florida
Railway Express Agency
P.O. Box 7
Miami 48, Florida
Howard S. Reeder
603 Biscayne Blvd.
Miami, Florida
Reedy Forwarding Co.
Pacific Bldg.
Miami, Florida
Foreign Consuls
Austria
501-502 Ingraham Bldg.
Miami, Florida
Bolivia
1425 DuPont Bldg.
Miami, Florida
Brazil
100 Biscayne Blvd.
Miami, Florida
Chile
10 Biscayne Blvd.
Miami, Florida
Colombia
1308 Congress Bldg.
Miami, Florida
Costa Rica
1513 Congress Bldg.
Miami, Florida
Denmark
1270 N.W. 11th St.
Miami, Florida
Dominican Republic
1038 Brickell Ave.
Miami, Florida
Industrial Division
Ecuador
Calumet Bldg.
Miami, Florida
El Salvador
Congress Bldg.
Miami, Florida
Finland
3360 SW., 3rd Ave.
Miami, Florida
France
310 SE, 1st. St.
Miami, Florida
Germany
9553 Harding Ave.
Miami, Florida
Great Britian
723 Ingraham Bldg.
Miami, Florida
Guatemala
247 SE., 1st. St.
Miami, Florida
Haiti
Congress Bldg.
Miami, Florida
Honduras
721 Seybold Bldg.
Miami, Florida
Israel
Suite 507
420 Lincoln Road
Miami Beach, Florida
Italy
1005 Congress Bldg.
Miami, Florida
Liberia
4720 NW., 31st. Ave.
Miami, Florida
Mexico
111 NE., 2nd Ave.
Miami, Florida
Netherlands
Shaw Bros. SS. Co., Pier 3
Miami, Florida
Nicaragua
327 NE., 1st Ave.
Miami, Florida
Norway
707 Ingraham Bldg.
Miami, Florida
Panama
McAllister Arcade
Miami, Florida
Paraguay
First National Bank Bldg.
Miami Beach, Florida
Peru
Seybold Bldg.
Miami, Florida
Sweden
1150 SW., 1st St.
Miami, Florida
Thailand
600 Brickell Ave.
Miami, Florida
Uruguay
Congress Bldg.
Miami, Florida
Venezuela
Ingraham Bldg.
Miami, Florida
Foreign Freight Forwarders
Peru
707 Seybold Bldg.
Miami, Florida
Thailand
600 Brickell Avenue
Miami, Florida
Uruguay
Congress Bldg.
Miami, Florida
Venezuela
904 Ingraham Bldg.
Miami, Florida
Acme Fast Freight, Inc.
P.O. Box 505, N.W. Branch
Miami 47, Florida
Aero-Mar Shipping Co.
2881 N.E. 36th St.
Miami, Florida
Air Agency, Inc.
Miami International Airport
Miami 48, Florida
Air Cargo Brokerage Co.
Pacific Bldg.
Miami, Florida
Air Express International Agency, Inc.
P.O. Box 925
Miami 48, Florida
Florida Development Commission
Air Freight Agency
3337 N.W. S. River Dr.
Miami Springs, Florida
Airfreight Service Corp.
4505 N.W. 7th St.
Miami, Florida
Air-Sea Forwarding Service, Inc.
3736 N.W. 36th St.
Miami, Florida
Alac Ibero-Americanas Agency
744 Biscayne Boulevard
Miami, Florida
Albury & Co.
MacArthur Causeway Terminal
Miami Beach, Florida
Alfa Aerofreight Service
3736 N.W. 36th St.
Miami, Florida
Alonso Merito
Chamber of Commerce Bldg.
Miami, Florida
Frank Arevalo
P.O. Box 4551
Miami 28, Florida
Atlantic Freight Co.
P.O. Box 4453
Miami 27, Florida
AAA Freight Forwarding Co.
3990 N.W. 26th St.
Miami, Florida
Peter A. Bernacki
Miami International Airport
Miami 48, Florida
Barr Shipping Co., Inc.
4471 N.W. 36th St.
Miami Springs, Florida
Bry LP Freight Forwarding Co.
5714 W. Flagler St.
Miami, Florida
Carib-Wide Forwarding Co.
1795 Coral Way
Miami, Florida
Caribbean West Indies Express Co.
Metropolitan Bank Bldg.
Miami, Florida
Commercial Airways Agency, Inc.
3240 N.W. 27th Avenue
Miami, Florida
Copex Express, S.A.
Box 249
Miami, Florida
Cromex Transportation Co., S.A.
P.O. Box 1025
Miami 48, Florida
Cuban American Export
Seybold Bldg.
Miami, Florida
Cuban Colonial Air Express Corp.
P.O. Box 206
Miami 48, Florida
Cuban Star Express
Chamber of Commerce Bldg., Room 403
Miami, Florida
D. Garcia & Son
901 N.W. 40th Avenue
Miami, Florida
Dixie Export Co.
1751 N.W. 17th Ave.
Miami, Florida
D. C. Andrews & Co., Inc.
Box 719
Hialeah, Florida
Diaz-Wandembergh
Room 405, Calumet Bldg.
Miami, Florida
Eagle Docks & Warehouses
P.O. Box 237
Allapattah Station
Miami, Florida
Flynn, Thos E. & Co.
1227 Biscayne Blvd.
Miami, Florida
Enterprises Many, Inc.
Room 1202, Chamber of Commerce Bldg.
Miami, Florida
Florida International Forwarders
5373 N.W. 36th St.
Miami Springs, Florida
Florida Freight Terminals
P.O. Box 206
Miami 48, Florida
Frontier Freight Forwarders, Inc.
1431 E. 4th Ave.
Hialeah, Florida
General American Trading Co.
354 Sevilla Ave., Coral Gables
Miami, Florida
Harvison International Forwarders
228 S.W. 2nd Avenue
Miami, Florida
Industrial Division
Reinaldo Herrera
84 N.W. 27th Court
Miami, Florida
International Forwarding Co.
1200 Seaboard Drive
Hialeah, Florida
International Sales Corp.
1543 S.W. 8th Street
Miami, Florida
International Shipping Corp.
Metropolitan Bank Bldg.
Miami, Florida
Intramar Shipping Corp.
P.O. Box 157
Miami International Airport
Miami 48, Florida
Wm. E. H. Johnson
P & O Docks
Miami, Florida
Robert L. Keller
9518 N. Miami Ave.
Miami, Florida
Kunex Transportation Co.
P.O. Box 1038
Miami, Florida
Latin American Air Cargo Expediters, Inc.
2189 N.W. 36th St.
Miami, Florida
Mader & Co.
Pier #1, City Docks
Miami, Florida
Carl Matusek Shipping Co., Inc.
Pier #2
Biscayne Blvd. & 10th St.
Miami, Florida
Metro Shipping Co., Inc.
1200 N.W. 21st Terrace
Miami, Florida
Miami Shippers, Inc.
P.O. Box 1828
Miami, Florida
Miro & Co.
Room 1207, Congress Bldg.
Miami, Florida
Pan-Maritime Cargo Services, Inc.
Miami International Airport
Miami 48, Florida
Roland Thompson Agency
68 N.W. 7th St.
Miami, Florida
Railway Express Agency
P.O. Box 7
Miami, Florida
Rainbow Shipping Co., Inc.
6600 N.W. 36th Street
Miami, Florida
Howard S. Reeder
603 Biscayne Blvd.
Miami, Florida
Reedy Forwarding Co.
P.O. Box 349
Miami, Florida
Carl D. Sawyer SS Agency
Terminal Docks
Miami, Florida
Security Forwarding Service
2307 W. Flagler St.
Miami, Florida
Servi Cargo Agency
706 Seybold Bldg.
Miami, Florida
Shaw Bros. Shipping Co.
Pier #3, City Docks
Miami, Florida
Surface Freight Corp.
6600 N.W. 36th St.
Miami, Florida
Tideway Shipping Corp.
Dade Commonwealth Bldg.
Miami, Florida
Tuya Cuban Express
P.O. Box 51
Miami 48, Florida
United Forwarders Service
Congress Bldg.
Miami, Florida
Universal Carloading & Distributing Co., Inc.
1200 Seaboard Drive
Hialeah, Florida
Marine Towing Companies
American Marine Corp.
3301 N.W. S. River Drive
Miami, Florida
B. and G. Marine Repairs
790 N.E. 79th Street
Miami, Florida
Belcher Oil Co.
1217 Biscayne Blvd.
Miami, Florida
Florida Development Commission
Danials Towing and Drydocks, Inc.
316 S.W. N. River Drive
Miami, Florida
Des Rocher Towing Co., Inc.
3660 N.W. N. River Drive
Miami, Florida
Florida Tank Lines
2400 Collins Road
Fort Lauderdale, Florida
St. Phillip A P
1217 Biscayne Blvd.
Miami, Florida
Ships, Inc.
3301 N.W. S. River Drive
Miami, Florida
Railroads Serving the Port of Miami
Florida East Coast Railway Co.
200 N.W. 1st Avenue
Miami, Florida
Seaboard Air Line RR Co.
1925 N.W. 7th Avenue
Miami, Florida
Ship Chandlers
Miami Grocery Co., Inc.
1044 N.E. 2nd Avenue
Miami, Florida
Miami Shipchandlery
Pier #1, Commercial Docks
Miami, Florida
Red Top Super Markets, Inc.
102 N.W. 8th Street
Miami, Florida
Ship Service
1034 N.E. 2nd Avenue
Miami, Florida
Snug Fit Marine Products, Wholesale
2804 Bird Road
Miami, Florida
Tropical Marine Agency, Inc.
943 Biscayne Blvd.
Miami, Florida
Steamship Agents & Companies
Albury & Co.
MacArthur Causeway
Miami Beach, Florida
American Marine Corp.
3301 N.W. S. River Drive
Miami, Florida
Atlantic Cruise Line, Inc.
530 Biscayne Blvd.
Miami, Florida
Bahamas Line
2956 N.W. N. River Drive
Miami, Florida
Borinquen SS Co.
1625 N.W. 20th Street
Miami, Florida
Canadian Gulf of Florida, Inc.
Municipal Docks, Pier #2
Miami, Florida
Caribbean Cruise Lines
Roper Bldg.
Miami, Florida
Caribbean Florida Shipping Co., Inc.
Municipal Pier #3
Miami, Florida
Caribbean Shipping Corp.
3301 N.W. S. River Drive
Miami, Florida
Chester, Blackburn & Roder, Inc.
1040 Biscayne Blvd.
Miami, Florida
Coinmar International Agency, Inc.
2974 N.W. North River Drive
Miami, Florida
Container Transport International, Inc.
Chamber of Commerce Bldg.
Miami, Florida
Cromar Lines of Florida, Inc.
3040 N.W. N. River Drive
Miami, Florida
Eagle Shipping Corp. of Cuba
3218 N.W. River Drive
Miami, Florida
Eagle Stevedores Agents, Inc.
Municipal Docks
Miami, Florida
Eastern Steamship Co.
Municipal Docks, Pier #3
Miami, Florida
Eller & Co.
Roper Bldg.
Miami, Florida
Florida International Forwarders
5373 N.W. 36th Street
Miami Springs, Florida
Industrial Division
Fordmac Shipping Co., Ltd.
10 N.E. 3rd Avenue
Miami, Florida
French Line SS Co.
Congress Bldg.
Miami, Florida
Gulfstream Shipping Agency
Congress Bldg.
Miami, Florida
Harvison Int'l Forwarders
228 S.W. 2nd Avenue
Miami, Florida
Isthmus SS Co. of Panama
Ainsley Bldg.
Miami, Florida
Wm. E. H. Johnson
P&O Docks
Miami, Florida
Johnson Shipping Agency
603 Biscayne Blvd.
Miami, Florida
Kirsten SS Agency
3064 Grand Avenue
Miami, Florida
Mader & Co.
Municipal Docks, Pier #1
Miami, Florida
Marine Import-Export Co.
10 N.E. 3rd Avenue
Miami, Florida
Metro Shipping Co., Inc.
1200 N.W. 21st Terrace
Miami, Florida
Miami Marine Agency
777 Biscayne Blvd.
Miami, Florida
Oceanica of Canada Ltd.
Municipal Pier #3
Miami, Florida
O S K Line Agency
Municipal Docks
Miami, Florida
Roland Thompson Agency, Inc.
68 N.W. 7th Street
Miami, Florida
Carl D. Sawyer SS Agency
Terminal Docks
Miami, Florida
Sea-Highways, Inc.
Pan American Bank Bldg.
Miami, Florida
Sea Land Service, Inc.
6300 N.W. 37th Avenue
Miami, Florida
Seaboard Shipping Co.
236 S.W. N. River Drive
Miami, Florida
Sips, Inc.
3301 N.W. S. River Drive
Miami, Florida
Shaw Bros. Shipping Co.
Municipal Docks, Pier #3
Miami, Florida
TMT Trailer Ferry, Inc.
(Puerto Rico Trailer Ferry)
Municipal Docks, Pier #2
Miami, Florida
Peninsular & Occidental SS Co.
Municipal Docks, Pier #2
Miami, Florida
West India Fruit & SS Co., Inc.
(Key West-Havana Auto Ferry)
344 Biscayne Blvd.
Miami, Florida
West India Shipping Co., Inc.
777 Biscayne Blvd.
Miami, Florida
Trailer Service to Central America
Rath Unitized Navigation (RUN), Inc.
2974 N.W. N. River Drive
Miami, Florida
Stevedores
Biscayne Stevedoring Co.
Causeway Terminal
Miami Beach, Florida
Canadian Gulf of Florida, Inc.
Municipal Docks, Pier #2
Miami, Florida
Eagle Docks & Whses., Inc.
Municipal Docks, Pier #3
Miami, Florida
Mader & Co.
Municipal.Docks, Pier #1
Miami, Florida
Miami Burnet-Cox, Inc.
Municipal Docks, Pier #2
Miami, Florida
Shaw Bros. Shipping Co.
Municipal Docks, Pier #3
Miami, Florida
Florida Development Commission
Telegraph Companies
All America Cables & Radio, Inc.
125 S.E. 3rd Avenue
Miami, Florida
RCA Communications
327 N.E. 1st Avenue
Miami, Florida
Western Union Telegraph Co.
32 West Flagler Street
Miami, Florida
Government Offices-Federal
U.S. Dept. of Agriculture
Meat Inspection Branch
300 N.E. 1st Avenue
Miami, Florida
U.S. Dept. of Agriculture
Plant Quarantine Branch
Plant Inspection House
Miami International Airport
Miami 48, Florida
U.S. Coast Guard
150 S.E. 3rd Avenue
Miami, Florida
U.S. Dept. of Commerce
Bureau of Foreign Commerce
300 N.E. 1st Avenue
Miami, Florida
U.S. Custom House
300 N.E. 1st Avenue
Miami, Florida
U.S. Quarantine Station
Fisher Island & Miami International Airport
Miami, Florida
U.S. Immigration & Naturalization Service
District Headquarters
3915 Biscayne Boulevard
Miami, Florida
U.S. Dept. of State
Reception Center
Pan American Bank Bldg.
Miami, Florida
U.S. Dept. of State
Office of Security
Special Agent in Charge
300 N.E. 1st Avenue
Miami, Florida
Government Offices-County
Dade County Commissioners
Court House
Miami, Florida
Seaport Director
853 Biscayne Blvd.
Miami, Florida
Dade County Port Authority
Miami International Airport
Miami 48, Florida
Government Offices-City
City of Miami
City Hall, Dinner Key
Miami, Florida
Chambers of Commerce With
Foreign Trade Departments
International Affairs Dept.
Miami-Dade County Chamber of Commerce
345 N.E. 2nd Avenue
Miami, Florida
PALM BEACH, FLORIDA
Under the Jurisdiction of the Board of Commissioners of the
Port of Palm Beach District
Joel Wilcox, Port Director
General Description of the Port
The Port of Palm Beach is located in 80 degrees 03'
west latitude, 26 degrees 46' north longitude, in Palm
Beach County, on the eastern coast of the southern part
of the Florida peninsula.
The Port of Palm Beach is located 71 miles north
of Miami Harbor on a salt water sound known as Lake
Worth and is 1 1/3 miles from the 27' contour of the
Atlantic Ocean to which it is connected by an artificial
cut at the north end of Lake Worth and known as Lake
Worth Inlet. The Inlet is located within the town limits
of Riviera Beach, Florida.
Entrance to the harbor is by a dog-leg channel running
due west through the jetties and then turning southwest-
erly to the terminals. The Channel is 300' wide narrowing
to 200' in width as it continues across the lake another
3,000' leading into a trapezoidal turning basin 1,250' by
1,225' adjacent to the port terminals on the west shore.
Industrial Division
Minimum depth in the channel and turning basin is 27'
below MLW.
The Port District owns and controls a total of 173
acres of land, extending from the water front on the east
side of the property to U.S. Highway #1 on the west and
including marginal lands surrounding Peanut Island on a
strip extending northeast to the Riviera Bridge. The Dis-
trict has acquired a strip of land lying west of Highway
#1 to provide trackage to a new 900' loading platform be-
longing to the West Palm Beach Terminal Company.
Slips, Wharves & Berthing Space
The Port of Palm Beach has 2 slips. Slip #1 is 690'
long, 210' wide and 30' deep and is leased by the West
Palm Beach Terminal Co., in operation of the West India
Fruit & Steamship Co., car ferries from a loading ramp
located at the west end of the slip. It is enclosed with a
marginal wharf bulkhead providing 1,380 linear feet of
berthing space.
Slip #2 is 650' long, 225' wide with an average water
depth of 30' at-MLW. It has a marginal wharf of 450
linear feet along the north side. A marginal wharf running
north and south for 450' is located along the west side of
the turning basin. The Port of Palm Beach operates Slip
#2 and the marginal wharf.
Piers
The designation of the piers on north and south sides
of Slips #1 and #2 are Piers 1, 2, 3, and 4.
Tides & Currents
The mean tidal range in the ocean at Lake Worth
Inlet is 2.8'; at the Port of Palm Beach terminals it is
1.8'. Variations of 7' in water surface elevations have re-
sulted from storms.
The current through the inlet is ordinarily 3 miles per
hour or less, but under certain combinations of wind and
tide, velocities up to 6 miles per hour have been observed.
Access By Intracoastal Waterway
The Intracoastal Waterway traverses Lake Worth and
passes through the port turning basin. A depth of 12' and
width of 125' for this waterway was authorized in 1945
but present depth is 8' and width 100'.
Port Charges
Port of Palm Beach Tariff #4 sets out the current
rates in effect. Inquiries should be directed to The Man-
ager, Freight & Traffic Dept., Port of Palm Beach, P.O.
Box 990, West Palm Beach, Florida.
Warehouses
Two large transit sheds provide 43,400 sq. ft. of ware-
house space at ship-side for general cargo and an additional
steel warehouse provides 21,600 sq. ft. for bagged cargo.
Open Storage
200,000 sq. ft. of lumber storage and delivery area lo-
cated with 1,200' of ship-side. Open storage space of ap-
proximately 50,000 sq. ft. is available adjacent to the two
slips and additional space can be utilized on port grounds
nearby.
Fuel & Fuel Storage
Adequate pipe lines for the discharge of bulk petroleum
cargoes are available in Slip #2 and along the marginal
wharf of Slip #1. Florida Power & Light Company's fuel
oil tanks have a capacity of 4,620,000 gallons or 110,000
barrels.
Supplies
There are no facilities available at the Port for coal
bunkering but oil bunkering is available for the fueling of
ships.
Electric current is available at the waterfront over the
lines of the Florida Power & Light Company.
Water is supplied to the facilities of the Port through
a 6" main from the town water plant in Riviera Beach
and is available at all ship berths.
The town of Riviera Beach Fire Department has access
over paved streets to all waterfront facilities of the Port
and has adequate pumpers for fire protection. Water
mains, hydrants, hose and extinguishers have been provided
on the marginal wharves and in the warehouses and transit
sheds.
Marine Repair Facilities
Minor repairs only can be handled at the Port through
special arrangement with the dockmaster. The nearest
dry dock is located at Jacksonville, Florida, 280 miles north
of the Port of Palm Beach.
Industrial Zone Sites
There are a few choice sites available.
Mechanical Handling Equipment
There are no fixed cranes, elevators or other hoisting
facilities at the Port. General cargo is usually handled to
and from vessels by ship's tackle, hand-operated trucks and
portable hoisting equipment. The West India Fruit and
Steamship Company owns and operates its own conveyors
and other stevedoring equipment. Mobile equipment is
available for public use at standard rental rates.
Railroad Trackage and Facilities
A spur railroad under lease to and operated by the
West Palm Beach Terminal Company and connecting di-
rectly with the Florida East Coast Railway serves the entire
Port area. There are 5Y2 miles of track capable of spotting
600 cars.
Florida Development Commission
Improvements
A new $80,000 administration building has been com-
pleted and occupied; additional railroad tracks are being
laid and a second railroad car ferry transfer bridge is be-
ing built in Slip #1.
Port Governing Body
The Port of Palm Beach is administered by a Port Dis-
trict composed of three members known as the Board of
Commissioners of the Port of Palm Beach District and
elected from a district comprising nearly half of Palm
Beach County. The Board has jurisdiction and control
over the Port including wharves, sheds, warehouses and
all other facilities owned and operated by it. The ad-
ministration, operation and maintenance of the Port of
Palm Beach is under the direction of the Port Director,
Joel C. Wilcox, appointed by the Board of Commissioners.
Board of Commissioners of the
Port of Palm Beach District
Billy B. Burns, Chairman
C. Markham Langham, Vice-Chairman
Banks With Foreign Departments
Atlantic National Bank of West Palm Beach
302 Datura
West Palm Beach, Florida
First National Bank in Palm Beach
255 South County Road
Palm Beach, Florida
Florida National Bank & Trust Co.
at West Palm Beach
303 First
West Palm Beach, Florida
Riviera Beach Bank
46 West 20
Riviera Beach, Florida
Custom House Brokers
R. R. Brown
P.O. Box 712
West Palm Beach, Florida
Frank Pullara
P.O. Box 551
West Palm Beach, Florida
Railway Express Agency, Inc.
P.O. Box 885
West Palm Beach, Florida
Reedy Forwarding Co.
P.O. Box 551
West Palm Beach, Florida
G. N. Stambaugh, Secretary-Treasurer
Charles B. Fulton, Attorney
Port Director
Joel C. Wilcox
Port of Palm Beach
P.O. Box 990
West Palm Beach, Florida
Telephone: VIctor 4-0281
For further information on the Port of Palm Beach
see:
PORT OF PALM BEACH (pictorial/information
brochure)
HISTORICAL DEVELOPMENT & STATISTICAL
SUMMARY, PORT OF PALM BEACH
TARIFF #4, PORT OF PALM BEACH
CHART OF PORT OF PALM BEACH (property,
lessees, etc.) by Gee & Jenson, dated February, 1961.
SERVICES
West Palm Beach Terminal Co.
P.O. Box 551
West Palm Beach, Florida
Foreign Consuls
Cuban Consulate
125 Lakeview Avenue
West Palm Beach, Florida
Foreign Freight Forwarders
Acme Fast Freight, Inc.
519 Northwood Road
West Palm Beach, Florida
Fast Freight Clearances
P.O. Box 517
Riviera Beach, Florida
International Forwarding Co.
West 1st
West Palm Beach, Florida
Motor Freight Lines, Inc.
Port Road
Riviera Beach, Florida
Pan American Freight Lines, Inc.
Port Road
Riviera Beach, Florida
Industrial Division
Universal Carloading & Distributing Co., Inc.
West 1st
West Palm Beach, Florida
West Palm Beach Terminal Co.
Port of Palm Beach
Riviera Beach, Florida
Railroads Serving the Port of Palm Beach
Florida East Coast Railway Co.
Division Freight Agent
311 Datura
West Palm Beach, Florida
Seaboard Air Line Railroad Co.
District Freight Agent
West 1st
West Palm Beach, Florida
Steamship Companies
Palm Beach Steamship Agency
Port of Palm Beach
Riviera Beach, Florida
Hawse Steamship Agency
Port of Palm Beach
Riviera Beach, Florida
West India Fruit & Steamship Co.
Port of Palm Beach
Riviera Beach, Florida
West Palm Beach Terminal Co.
Port of Palm Beach
Riviera Beach, Florida
Stevedores
West Palm Beach Terminal Co.
Port of Palm Beach
Riviera Beach, Florida
Chambers of Commerce
West Palm Beach Chamber of Commerce
600 N. Flagler Drive
West Palm Beach, Florida
Chamber of Commerce
City of Riviera Beach
P.O. Box 9791
Riviera Beach, Florida
Telegraph Companies
Western Union Telegraph Co.
200 Clematis
West Palm Beach, Florida
Government Offices-City
City Manager
City of West Palm Beach
320 Second
West Palm Beach, Florida
City Manager
City of Riviera Beach
P.O. Box 10085
Riviera Beach, Florida
Government Offices-Federal
U.S. Coast Guard
Port of Palm Beach
West Palm Beach, Florida
U.S. Custom House
Port of Palm Beach
West Palm Beach, Florida
U.S. Immigration & Naturalization Service
Port of Palm Beach
West Palm Beach, Florida
Government Offices-County
County Commission
810 Datura
West Palm Beach, Florida
Board of Commissioners of the Port of Palm Beach
Riviera Beach, Florida
Joel Wilcox, Port Director
Port of Palm Beach
P.O. Box 990
West Palm Beach, Florida
PANAMA CITY, FLORIDA
Under the Jurisdiction of the Panama City Port Authority
Mr. J. H. Sherman, Chairman
General Description of the Port
The Port of Panama City is located on Dyer's Point
on St. Andrews Bay of the Gulf of Mexico. It is approx-
imately 100 miles east of the City of Pensacola on the Gulf
of Mexico.
The approach channel in the Gulf of Mexico has a
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minimum depth of 34' and is 450' wide. The land cut in
St. Andrews Bay has a minimum depth of 32' and is 300'
wide.
The Port of Panama City has one public wharf and
three piers, one of which is private and the remaining two
are public. The port's one Slip is 30' deep. The mean
range of tides at the port entrance is 1 /2' and the harbor
provides excellent anchorages. East access to the Inter-
coastal waterways can be made from the port.
Port Charges
Wharfage: 28 per 2,000 lbs.
Warehousing: 690 per 200 lbs.
Pilotage: 10' $4.00; 10'-14' $5.00; 14'-20' $6.00; over
20' $7.00. $10.00 for shifting vessel.
Dockage: (per gross tonnage rate) 4 for 1st day; 3
for 2nd day; 2 for 3rd day; and 1 for 4th
day through the 21st day. Thereafter the
charges recommence.
Other Charges: 500 per 2,000 lbs by truck.
Storage: $35.00 per 2,000 Ibs. for 30 days.
Other details on port charges can be secured by writing
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Banks
Bay National Bank of Panama City
230 West 5th Street
Panama City, Florida
Commercial Bank of Panama City
638 Harrison Avenue
Panama City, Florida
Custom House Brokers
John A. Merritt
Box 1309
Pensacola, Florida
Railroads-Panama City
Atlanta & St. Andrews Bay Railway Company
West 6th Street
Panama City, Florida
Foreign Freight Forwarders
Fillette-Green & Co.
Bay Harbor
Panama City, Florida
John A. Merritt
P.O. Box 27
Panama City, Florida
John A. Merritt & Co.
P.O. Box 591
Panama City, Florida
to: Panama City Port Authority, %City Hall, Panama
City, Florida.
Warehouses
Public Warehouse #1: 35' x 325', or 11,472 sq. ft.
Public Warehouse #2: 118' x 300', or 15,400 sq. ft.
Private Warehouse #3: 118' x 400', or 17,200 sq. ft.
Total warehouse space: 44,075 sq. ft.
Open Storage
Public: Measure 150' x 50', or 7,500 sq. ft. (adjacent
to or in the immediate port area).
Supplies
Fresh water, electricity and gasoline. Oil bunkering
only in emergency.
Industrial Zone Sites
Available in the port area.
Governing Body
The Panama City Port Authority, %City Hall, Pan-
ama City, Florida. J. H. Sherman, Chairman.
VICES
Smith Stevedoring & Forwarding Co.
Bay Harbor
Panama City, Florida
Steamship Agencies
Fillette-Green & Co.
Bay Harbor
Panama City, Florida
John A. Merritt & Co.
P.O. Box 591
Panama City, Florida
Smith Stevedoring & Forwarding Co.
Bay Harbor
Panama City, Florida
Southern Steamship Agency, Inc.
207 East 4th Street
Panama City, Florida
Steamship Companies
Southern Steamship Agency, Inc.
207 East 4th Street
Panama City, Florida
Stevedores
Fillette-Green & Co.
Bay Harbor
Panama City, Florida
Industrial Division
Pate Stevedore Co.
Bay Harbor
Panama City, Florida
Ryan Stevedoring Co.
Dock #2 Bay Harbor
Panama City, Florida
Smith Stevedoring & Forwarding Co.
Bay Harbor
Panama City, Florida
Government Offices-Federal
U.S. Bureau of Customs
Federal Building
Panama City, Florida
U.S. Coast Guard
City Pier St. Andrews
Panama City, Florida
Government Offices-County
Bay County Court House
Panama City, Florida
Government Offices-City
City Manager
City Hall
Panama City, Florida
Telegraph Companies
Western Union
39 Harrison Avenue
Panama City, Florida
Port Authority
J. H. Sherman, Chairman
Panama City Port Authority
c/o City Hall
Panama City, Florida
Chamber of Commerce
Panama City Chamber of Commerce
Chamber of Commerce Building
Panama City, Florida
PENSACOLA, FLORIDA
Under the Jurisdiction of the Pensacola Port Authority
Mr. Henry N. Folk, Chairman
General Description of the Port
The Port of Pensacola is situated in the extreme
western part of the State of Florida on Pensacola Bay.
With a natural land-locked harbor, the Port of Pensa-
cola has an area of more than seven square miles, ranging
from 30' to 55' in depth. Escambia Bay, East Bay and
Black Water Bay, together with Santa Rosa Sound, all
are arms of Pensacola Bay, forming a total water surface
of approximately 250 square miles. Escambia River (Cone-
chu) flows into Escambia Bay and drains southern Ala-
bama. Navigable conditions join the Escambia and Cone-
chu Rivers with the Alabama River.
The entrance channel has a minimum depth of 32' at
mean low water and a minimum width of 500'. There are
no obstructions or bridges from the sea buoy to the docks.
This depth of 32' is maintained at all railroad and cargo
piers. Pensacola has a natural depth of 35' at mean low
tide over much of its area, providing a large anchorage
with excellent holding ground.
The Port of Pensacola is located 300 miles by rail from
the coal and iron fields of Alabama and has a cheap and
abundant supply of natural gas.
Wharves, Docks and Berthing Space
There are nine wharves and docks having approxi-
mately 10,000 linear feet of dock space. The Pensacola
Port Authority owns and operates the Tarragona Street
Docks, (City Dock), having berthing space for two steam-
ships; they operate Frisco Pier #2, now known as "Bar-
celona Street Pier, West, Wharf No. 4 and 60,000 sq. ft.
of open storage adjoining this pier; and the Louisville and
Nashville Railroad wharves which can berth four vessels.
Tides
The tide at the Port of Pensacola averages 13 inches.
Access By Intracoastal Waterway
The Intracoastal Waterway, from the Mexican border
to St. Marks, Florida, is an integral part of the port feeder-
system and passes through Pensacola harbor at the lower
end of the Bay.
Port Charges
The Port of Pensacola Tariff sets out the current rates
in effect. Inquiries should be directed to Mr. P. M.
Alvarez, Director for Pensacola Port Authority, General
Office 2759 North Palafox St., P. O. Box 889, Pensacola,
Florida. Telephone: HE 8-8537.
Warehouses
Adjacent to the Port of Pensacola facilities are ap-
proximately 300,000 sq. ft. of enclosed warehouse space
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encompassing seven storage warehouse buildings. The Port
of Pensacola has about nine acres of ground storage for
any commodity not requiring cover.
Other Facilities
The Port of Pensacola operates one of the South's
largest high density cotton compresses. Coal and oil bunk-
ering services are available along with the other general
services offered by a first class port.
Railroad Trackage & Facilities
The Port of Pensacola offers shipside trackage which
can accommodate approximately 500 railroad cars.
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Banks With Foreign Departments
Citizens & Peoples National Bank of Pensacola
213 South Palafox Street
Pensacola, Florida
First Bank & Trust Co. of Pensacola
2 North Palafox Street
Pensacola, Florida
Florida National Bank at Pensacola
Florida National Bank Building
Pensacola, Florida
Custom House Brokers
John A. Merritt
717 S. Palafox Street
Pensacola, Florida
Foreign Freight Forwarders
Fillette-Green & Company
11 North Palafox Street
Pensacola, Florida
John A. Merritt & Company
804 South Palafox Street
Pensacola, Florida
Pensacola Shipping Agency
717 South Palafox Street
Pensacola, Florida
Smith Stevedoring, Forwarding & Steamship Agency
Brent Annex
Pensacola, Florida
Walsh Stevedoring Company, Inc.
P. O. Box 143
Pensacola, Florida
Foreign Consuls
Royal Norwegian Consul-Richard H. Merritt, Jr.
Guatemalan Vice Consul-E. P. Nickinson, Jr.
Industrial Zone Sites
The Port of Pensacola has about 25 acres of water-
front property for development of port facilities and in-
dustrial sites.
Port Governing Body
The Pensacola Port Authority is composed of the fol-
lowing members: Mr. Henry N. Folk, Chairman; Mr.
Philip M. Alvarez, Director; W. Dudley Hunt, W. S.
Underwood; Mr. J. T. (Pat) Murphy, Mr. Randall Bell,
Mr. Ashton Hayward, Mr. J. H. McCormack, Mr. Calvin
Todd, Mr. Owen Ward, Mr. J. E. Watson, Mr. W. S.
Duncan.
VICES
Railroads Serving the Port of Pensacola
Frisco Lines
21 South Coyle Street
Pensacola, Florida
L & N Railroad Co.
230 N. Alcaniz Street
Pensacola, Florida
Steamship Agencies
Fillette-Green & Co., Inc.
11 North Palafox Street
Pensacola, Florida
John A. Merritt & Co.
804 South Palafox Street
Pensacola, Florida
Smith Stevedoring, Forwarding
& Steamship Agency
Brent Annex
Pensacola, Florida
Strachan Shipping Co.
Florida National Bank Bldg.
Pensacola, Florida
Three Bays Line
705 South Palafox Street
Pensacola, Florida
Walsh Stevedoring Co., Inc.
P. O. Box 143
Pensacola, Florida
Steamship Companies
Three Bays Line
Caribbean Cargo Cruisers
705 South Palafox Street
Pensacola, Florida
Industrial Division
Stevedores
John A. Merritt & Company
804 South Palafox Street
Pensacola, Florida
Pate Stevedoring Co.
Frisco Dock
Pensacola, Florida
Smith Stevedoring, Forwarding
& Steamship Agency
Brent Annex
Pensacola, Florida
Strachan Shipping Co.
Florida National Bank Bldg.
Pensacola, Florida
Walsh Stevedoring Company
P. O. Box 143
Pensacola, Florida
Government Offices-Federal
U.S. Department of Agriculture
Plant Quarantine Branch
Federal Building
Pensacola, Florida
U.S. Border Patrol
Federal Building
Pensacola, Florida
U.S. Coast Guard
Santa Rosa Island
Pensacola, Florida
U.S. Customs Service
Federal Building
Pensacola, Florida
Government Offices-County
Board of Commissioners
Escambia County
County Court House Annex
Pensacola, Florida
Santa Rosa Island Authority
Santa Rosa Island
Pensacola, Florida
Government Offices-City
City Hall
330 Jefferson Street
Pensacola, Florida
Pensacola Port Authority
2759 North Palafox Street
Pensacola, Florida
Telegraph Companies
Western Union Telegraph Co.
8 West Romana Street
Pensacola, Florida
Chamber of Commerce
Pensacola Chamber of Commerce
107 East Romana Street
Pensacola, Florida
PORT EVERGLADES, FLORIDA
Under the Jurisdiction of the Broward County Port Authority
Mr. R. T. Spangler, Port Manager
General Description of the Port
Port Everglades is located on the Lower East Coast of
Florida, approximately 23 miles north of Miami and 48
miles south of Palm Beach. The port is located within
the south city limits of Fort Lauderdale and the north
city limits of Hollywood, county of Broward.
The harbor location is in 20 degrees, 05-y' north
latitude and 80 degrees, 05' west longitude.
A landlocked harbor, Port Everglades lies on the At-
lantic Ocean, a little less than a mile and a half from the
main route of ships plying between North Atlantic, Gulf
and Caribbean ports.
The distance from the 35-foot contour of the ocean
through the entrance channel to the turning basin is only
1.7 miles.
Port Everglades has a project depth of 35' MLW.
Entrance to the harbor is by a straight 7300' channel,
measured from the 35' contour of the ocean to the east
edge of the turning basin.
The channel runs in a due east/west direction. It is
500' wide at its seaward end, 400' wide at the jetty en-
trance, and 300' wide from a point 1000' within the jetty
entrance to a point 500' east of the turning basin. From
this point, it flares to a width of 1000' at the turning basin.
The turning basin measures 1200' wide, east and west,
and 2250', north and south.
Federal Project (Improvements)
Dredging was started in March, 1961, on a $3,291,210
federal contract for improvements to the entrance chan-
nel and turning basin. Main features of the project, which
will be completed in 1963, are: dredging the existing turn-
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ing basin and inner channel to 37 feet; dredging the outer
entrance channel from the jetty line to the east extremity
to 40 feet; extending the turning basin northwardly 1,200
feet to a depth of 31 feet, and southwardly on a diagonal
line some 1700', then east 1275' to a depth of 37 feet. All
dredging is being done with two-foot overdredge.
The Broward County Port Authority awarded in 1961
a $427,000 contract for dredging its three slips and within
100 feet of all marginal wharves to a depth of 37 feet.
Piers and Berths
The following is a description of facilities owned and
operated by the Broward County Port Authority:
Pier 4-Berths 1, 2 and 3
Dimensions 1,600 lin. ft., marginal, north to south
Depth, MLW 32'
Height to Deck 8'
Apron 100', asphalt concrete surface
Berth 4
Dimensions 700 lin. ft., north side of Slip No. 2,
east and west
Depth, MLW 35'
Height to Deck 7'
Apron 50' on the east 300' adjacent to Building
No. 41
Railway Facilities Two tracks shipside, 28' from
string piece to track center line.
Pier 2
Berth 5
Dimensions 700 lin. ft., south side of Slip No. 2,
east and west
Depth, MLW 35'
Height to Deck 7'
Apron 30' wide along Bldg. No. 22 for 200' and
150' wide for 500', asphalt concrete surface.
Railway Facilities Two tracks shipside, 30' from
string piece to track center line.
Berth 6
Dimensions 375', east end of pier, north and
south.
Depth, MLW 35'
Height to Deck 7'
Apron 100' wide; asphalt concrete surface.
Railway Facilities two tracks, end 35' from string
piece on the north; three depressed tracks 100'
from the center.
Berths 7 & 8
Dimensions 1200 lin. ft., north side of Slip No. 1,
east and west
Depth, MLW 35'
Height to Deck 7'
Apron 35' wide, asphalt concrete surface, along
Building No. 21.
Railway Facilities Car Ferry bridge at west end.
Pier 1
Berths 9 & 10
Dimensions 1200 lin. ft., south side of Slip No. 1,
east and west.
Depth, MLW 35'
Height to Deck -7'
Apron 30' wide, asphalt concrete surface at Berth
10; 100' wide, rocked surface, at Berth 9.
Railway Facilities Single track 21' from string
piece. A cold storage and fertilizer mixing plant
alongside Berth No. 9.
Berth 11
Dimensions 500 lin. ft., east end of Pier, north
and south.
Depth, MLW 35'
Height to Deck 7'
Apron 100' wide, asphalt concrete surface.
Railway Facilities single track 125' from string
piece.
Berths 12 & 13
Dimensions, 1200 lin. ft., north side of Slip No. 3,
east and west.
Depth, MLW 35'
Height to Deck 7'
Apron Large oiled rock surface area for open
storage.
Pier 3
Berths 14 & 15
Dimensions 1200 lin. ft., south side of Slip No. 3,
east and west.
Depth, MLW 35'
Height to Deck 8'
Apron 50' wide at Berth 14 alongside bulk cement
silos; 100' wide at Berth 15 alongside Building 31.
Berth 16
Dimensions 875 lin. ft., marginal, north to south
Depth, MLW 37'
Height of Deck 8'
Apron 100' wide, asphalt concrete surface, along-
side Building 31.
Pier 6
Dimensions 240 lin. ft. on east with water depth
of 12' MLW; 400 lin. ft., east and west, with water
depth of 19', MLW.
Height of Deck 8'
Apron 100' wide, oiled rock surface.
(This pier used primarily to berth Port tugs and
USCG Cutter).
Slips and Bulkheads
Description of the three slips owned and operated by
the Port Authority::
Slip No. 1 1200' long, 300' wide;
Slip No. 2 700' long, 300' wide;
Slip No. 3 1200' long, 300' wide;
Industrial Division
All bulkheads are constructed of sheet steel piling with re-
inforced capwalls, fabricated wales, steel anchor rods with
concrete deadmen, and greenheart piling and fender
system.
Tides
The mean tidal range at the Port Everglades harbor
entrance is 2.5' with a spring tide range of 3.0'. The tide
range in the slips is from 2 to 3 tenths of a foot or less.
Anchorages
An anchorage area is available at the bar where ships
are anchored under instruction of the bar pilots.
Berthing Space
The docking facilities provide a total of 10,490 linear
feet of berthing space.
Port Charges
Port Everglades Tariff No. 4 sets out the current rates
in effect. Inquiries should be directed to Mr. R. T.
Spangler, Port Manager, Port Everglades Station, Florida.
Access by Inland and/or Intracoastal Waterways
The Intracoastal Waterway from Jacksonville to Miami
passes through the Port Everglades turning basin. The
Waterway is a Federal project and is part of the Intra-
coastal Waterway System of the Atlantic seaboard. The
Waterway has been dredged to project depth of 125' wide
at the bottom and a depth of 12' at MLW for the 171
miles south from Jacksonville to Eau Gallie. South of Eau
Gallie, the Waterway has a general depth of 7' at MLW.
One hundred twenty miles north of Port Everglades
on the Intracoastal Waterway at Stuart, the Okeechobee
waterway furnishes a connection with the Gulf Coast at
Fort Myers. This waterway is 154 miles long and has a
minimum project depth of 8' at MLW.
Warehouses
The Broward County Port Authority owns and operates
the following transit warehouses:
Pier 2
Warehouse No. 21
Warehouse No. 22
Pier 4
Warehouse No. 41
Warehouse No. 42
Warehouse No. 43
Pier 3
Warehouse No. 31
TOTAL
Capacity
Sq. Ft.
84,000
16,000
30,000
72,000
72,000
90,000
364,000
Open Storage
Port Everglades currently has approximately 100 acres
of open storage area.
Cold Storage
A private industry owns and operates a pre-cooling and
cold storage plant at ship's side on Pier No. 1. The storage
plant has a capacity of 210,000 cu. ft.
Fuel and Molasses Storage
Petroleum tank storage capacity exceeds 5,600,000 bar-
rels. One of the largest molasses storage plants in the
United States, with a capacity of 1,000,000 barrels, is also
located at Port Everglades.
Supplies
Fresh water, electricity, gasoline, oil bunkering, together
with a complete ship chandlery and provision service are
available to the port.
Marine Repair Facilities:
Salvage and Wrecking Equipment
Ship repair companies are located within the port area;
however, no dry docks are available. Salvage and wreck-
ing equipment are not available at facilities located at the
port but are brought in as needed.
Mechanical Handling Equipment
Cranes, hoists, conveyors and fork trucks to handle
normal ship cargoes are provided by stevedoring companies
located at the port. The equipment includes: cranes of
40, 25, 20 and 15-ton capacity; cargo handling equip-
ment; 3 straddle carriers; 30 fork lifts up to 7 2 tons
capacity; wood pallets for handling and storage, and a
complete tackle and gear for a variety of cargo.
Railroad Trackage and Facilities
A port-owned belt line railroad serves all the facilities
and industries at Port Everglades, connecting them with
the Seaboard Air Line and Florida East Coast railroads
at Port Everglades Junction. Two diesel electric 100-ton
locomotives are employed in the port switching operation.
The following car-handling capacity is available: Inter-
change tracks (FEC Railroad), 220 cars; Interchange
tracks (SAL Railroad) 110 cars; dock track capacity 226
cars; petroleum loading tracks, 92 cars; other storage
tracks, 272 cars total, exclusive of switching cars, 920 cars.
Industrial Zone Sites
There are no industrial sites available immediately
adjacent to the port facilities. Land zoned for industrial
use is available in the vicinity, however, which is easily
accessible to port facilities by both rail and truck.
Florida Development Commission
Port Governing Body
The Broward County Port Authority, comprised of
five members elected by the qualified voters of the
Broward County Port District at general elections, is the
governing body of Port Everglades. Mr. R. T. Spangler
is the Port Manager.
Inquiries Should Be Directed To:
Mr. R. T. Spangler, Port Manager
Port Everglades
Port Everglades, Florida
Telephone: JA 3-3404
For Further Information:
Write for brochures and statistical report.
U. S. Customs Collections
Port Everglades, Florida
Total Collections
1956........................$1,332,435
1857........................$1,832,995
1958........................$2,173,702
1959......................$2,460,540
1960........................$2,775,661
SERVICES
Banks With Foreign Departments
Broward National Bank
25 S. Andrews Avenue
Fort Lauderdale, Florida
First National Bank
225 E. Las Olas Boulevard
Fort Lauderdale, Florida
Fort Lauderdale National Bank
201 S.E. 6th Avenue
Fort Lauderdale, Florida
Bar Pilots
I. G. Shuman, Jr.
Port Everglades Bar Pilots
Port Everglades, Florida
Bonded Warehouse
Broward County Port Authority
Port Everglades
Port Everglades, Florida
Custom House Brokers
P. L. Copeland
Port Everglades
Port Everglades, Florida
Howard Reeder
603 Biscayne Boulevard
P. O. Box 4381
Miami, Florida
Foreign Freight Forwarders
Acme Fast Freight
135 N. W. Third Avenue
Dania, Florida
P. L. Copeland
Port Everglades, Florida
Port Everglades Terminal Co.
Port Everglades, Florida
Shaw Brothers Shipping Co.
Port Everglades, Florida
Universal Carloading & Distributing Co.
300 S. W. 21st Terrace
Fort Lauderdale, Florida
Railroads Serving Port Everglades
Port Everglades Belt Line Railroad
Port Everglades, Florida
Florida East Coast Railway
1801 SW 1st Avenue
Fort Lauderdale, Florida
Seaboard Air Line Railroad Company
Freight Office
West Broward Boulevard
Fort Lauderdale, Florida
Ship Chandlers
Burchell, Charles
Port Everglades, Florida
Miami Wholesale Grocery, Inc.
Port Everglades, Florida
Red Top Super Markets Inc.
102 NW 8th Street
Miami, Florida
Southeastern Marine Supply Co. Inc.
Port Everglades, Florida
Steamship Companies & Agents
Albury & Company
P. O. Box 4221
Miami, Florida
Eller & Co. Inc.
Port Everglades, Florida
Canadian Gulf Line of Florida, Inc.
Port Everglades, Fla.
Port Everglades Terminal Co., Inc.
Port Everglades, Florida
Industrial Division
Shaw Brothers Shipping Co.
Port Everglades, Florida
Strachan Shipping Co.
Port Everglades, Florida
Stevedores
Canadian Gulf Line of Florida, Inc.
Port Everglades, Florida
Eller & Co.
Port Everglades, Florida
Port Everglades Terminal Co.
Port Everglades, Florida
Shaw Brothers Shipping Co.
Port Everglades, Florida
Strachan Shipping Co.
Port Everglades, Florida
Telegraph Companies
RCA Communications, Inc.
Lawrence Road
Boynton Beach, Florida
Tropical Radio Telegraph Co.
West Dixie Highway
Fort Lauderdale, Florida
Western Union Telegraph Co.
307 S. W. 1st Ave.
Fort Lauderdale, Florida
Government Offices-Federal
U. S. Department of Agriculture
Plant Quarantine Division
Port Everglades, Florida
U. S. Customs
Port Everglades, Florida
U. S. Coast Guard
Pier No. 6
Port Everglades, Florida
U. S. Public Health Service
Broward International Airport
Fort Lauderdale, Florida
U. S. Immigration & Naturalization Service
Port Everglades, Florida
U. S. Naval Ordinance Laboratory
Broward International Airport
Fort Lauderdale, Florida
Government Offices-City
City of Fort Lauderdale
301 N. Andrews Ave.
Fort Lauderdale, Florida
City of Hollywood
Administrative Center
Hollywood, Florida
Government Offices-County
Board of Commissioners
Broward County Court House
Fort Lauderdale, Florida
Department of Airports
Broward County International Airport
Fort Lauderdale, Florida
Chambers of Commerce
Fort Lauderdale Chamber of Commerce
208 SE Third Ave.
Fort Lauderdale, Florida
Hollywood Chamber of Commerce
330 N. Federal Highway
Hollywood, Florida
Traffic Association
Broward County Traffic Assn.
R. J. Healey, Manager
Port Everglades, Florida
PORT ST. JOE, FLORIDA
Under the Jurisdiction of the Port St. Joe Port Authority
T. S. Coldeway, Chairman
General Description of the Port
The Port of Port St. Joe is located on St. Joseph's Bay
and is one of the large ports of Florida. It is located on
the northwest coast of Florida about 115 miles east of
Pensacola. The area surrounding the port is one primarily
devoted to light and medium industry. The port is easily
accessible through a deep channel through the north
entrance to the bay. The Federal project at Port St.
Joe provides for a channel 37' deep by 500' wide, gradual-
ly narrowing to a channel 400' wide and then inner chan-
nels of 35' deep by 300' wide with a channel into and
within the Turning Basin of 35' deep by 250' wide. The
remainder of the Turning Basin is 32' deep by 1,000' wide
by 2,000' long.
(The above mentioned dimensions will be available as
of September 15, 1961.)
Dock Facilities
There is a dock facility made of interlocking sheet steel
piling, part of which is concrete top, 2700' long. This dock
is privately owned by three different companies, but public
use is permitted.
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Tides
The normal range of tides is from 12 to 18 inches.
Anchorage
There is plenty of anchorage space available in na-
turally deep water, and the Coast Guard has established
an anchorage area for the handling of explosives.
Access By Intercoastal Waterway
The port is accessible to the Intercoastal Waterway,
as St. Joseph's Bay and the Intercoastal Waterway are
linked by the Gulf County Canal. This canal also links up
with the Apalachicola-Flint Rivers system, providing
navigable water in inland commerce from the west and
from the north into South Georgia, and from the south-
east to Apalachicola and beyond.
Warehouses
There is in excess of 100,000 sq. ft. of warehouse space
in the area. This is privately owned, but is available for
public use.
Open Storage
Open storage adjacent to dock or quay is unlimited.
Supplies
Water, gasoline, electric current, oil bunkering, and
other supplies of a general nature are available.
Mechanical Handling Equipment
Portable cranes and conveyors are available.
SERVICES
Foreign Freight Forwarders
Southern States Shipping Company
P.O. Box 280
Port St. Joe, Florida
Foreign Countries & Ports Served
Cargo and limited passenger service, principal ports
of United Kingdom, South Africa, Continental Europe
and Cuba.
Railroads
Apalachicola Northern Railroad Company
502 5th Street
Port St. Joe, Florida
Shipping Agents
Fillette, Green & Co., Inc.
214 Reid Avenue
Port St. Joe, Florida
Tapper & Company
P.O. Box 280
Port St. Joe, Florida
Stevedores
St. Joe Stevedoring Company, Inc.
P.O. Box 280
Port St. Joe, Florida
Telegraph Companies
St. Joseph Telephone & Telegraph Company
(wire and cable service via Western Union)
317 Reid Avenue
Port St. Joe, Florida
Government Offices-County
Gulf County Commissioners
Wewahitchka, Florida
Government Offices-City
Port of Port St. Joe Authority
P.O. Box 280
Port St. Joe, Florida
City of Port St. Joe
Municipal Building
Port St. Joe, Florida
Chamber of Commerce
Port St. Joe Chamber of Commerce
City Hall
Port St. Joe, Florida
TAMPA, FLORIDA
Under the Jurisdiction of the Hillsborough County Port Authority
W. J. Barritt, Jr., Chairman; Jack P. Fitzgerald, Manager
General Description of the Port
The Port of Tampa is a land-locked harbor located on
a large natural indentation of the Gulf of Mexico about
midway on the West Coast of Florida some 35 miles from
the open sea. Within the boundaries of the Port District are
included parts of Tampa Bay, Hillsborough Bay, Hills-
borough River and Old Tampa Bay. Egmont Key Light-
house marks the entrance to Tampa Bay. Deep-draft ves-
sels enter Tampa Harbor by way of the Egmont Relocation
Channel which is 34' deep and 600' wide. A dredged
Industrial Division
channel leads through Tampa Bay, from which similar
channels lead to the turning basin at Port Tampa and to
the City of Tampa. At Tampa, Hillsborough Bay Chan-
nel is separated by Sedden Island into Sedden and Gar-
rison Channels, each 300' wide, and Sparkman Channel
which is 400' in width. Ybor Channel is a deadend water-
way, 500' wide, extending northerly from Sparkman Chan-
nel. The governing depth of Tampa Harbor and its chan-
nels is 34'.
Piers, Wharves & Berthing Space
The Port of Tampa has 60 public and private piers and
wharves. The Controlling depth of water to the sea at the
Port of Tampa is 34' at MLW. The tidal range on the
entrance bar is 12/' and in the harbor 2/2'. The Port of
Tampa has approximately 37,500 linear feet of berthing
space.
Port Charges*
Pilotage: Ten feet or less draft of vessel, $4.00 per
foot; over 10 feet to 14 feet inclusive, $5.00 per foot; over
14 feet to 20 feet inclusive, $6.00 per foot; over 20 feet,
$7.00 per foot.
Docking: Vessel of 300' or less, $10.00; vessel over
300', $15.00. Shifting rates for vessels with power for a
distance less than three miles, $15.00; for a distance of
three miles or more $35.00. Shifting rates for vessels with-
out power on main engine or steering gear for a distance
less than three miles, $25.00; for a distance of three miles
or more, $50.00.
Port Authority Dues: The Hillsborough County Port
Authority dues are: Tugs and tows, $5.00; tankers, $7.50.
Vessels under 1,000 gross registered tonnage, $5.00; over
1,000 gross registered tonnage, $10.00. All banana boats,
$5.00. Switching to and from the wharves, $26.49 intra-
terminal.
Tug Boat Rates: Tampa, $100.00 per assist; Port
Tampa, $100.00 per assist per single tug and $165.00 per
assist per two tugs; East Tampa, $150.00 per assist per tug;
Black Point, $150.00, per tug per assist. The above rates
apply to the Port of Tampa. At Port Tampa The Atlantic
Coast Line Railroad Company owns the Terminal and the
Tug.
SER'
Banks with Foreign Departments
Broadway National Bank
1701 East Broadway Avenue
Tampa, Florida
Warehouses
Warehousing facilities total in excess of two million
square feet at the Port of Tampa.
Cold Storage
Of the one million sq. ft. of cold storage space in Tampa
proper, more than 95% is adjacent to the waterfront.
Fuel & Grain Storage
The Port of Tampa has 2 grain elevators of 310,000 to
360,000 bushels capacity, and storage capacity for over
6/2 million barrels of oil products.
Improvements
The U. S. Congress has approved a channel depth of
34' for the Port of Tampa and work has already been
completed.
In addition, the Port Authority is working on face 1
of a proposed project for the development of Tampa harbor
which would provide suitable areas for industrial sites,
roads, railroad trackage and waterfront facilities. This pro-
posed development would provide a channel to serve two
separate upland areas. The channel would be 400 feet wide
by 34 feet deep and 9,000 feet in length. The development
would provide also 22 additional deepwater berths (500
feet long) on the extension to Hooker's Point, as compared
with the same number of deepwater berths, 500 feet or
longer, now in the entire Port.*
Port Governing Body
Hillsborough Port Authority
Box 981, Tampa 1, Florida
James L. Ferman, Chairman
Port Manager
Jack P. Fitzgerald
Hooker's Point, Tampa, Fla.
U.S. Customs Collections-Port of Tampa,
Fiscal Year
1956 ...................... .......................$3,896,962
1957 ..................- .. ..................- 4,812,985
1958 .......................-....... .........- 5,701,908
1959 .............................----.... 6,673,202
1960 .............. ......---...---------... 7,549,817
Tampa Harbor Development, Hillsborough County Port Au-
thority Praeger-Kavanagh-Waterbury's project, pp. 11,12.
VICES
Exchange National Bank of Tampa
601 Franklin Street
Tampa, Florida
Florida Development Commission
First National Bank
416 Franklin Street
Tampa, Florida
International Bank
Fortune and Spring Streets
Tampa, Florida
Marine Bank & Trust Co.
Franklin and Madison Streets
Tampa, Florida
Customs House Brokers
A. J. Arango
612/2 Florida Avenue
Tampa, Florida
Joseph A. Cortina
416 Tampa Street
Tampa, Florida
Delia Failde
Harbor & 14th Streets
Tampa, Florida
Humphrey & MacGregor, Inc.
312 Twiggs Street
Tampa, Florida
Sack & Menendez, Inc.
Greyhound Building
Tampa, Florida
Foreign Consuls
Belgium
1403 Tampa Street
Tampa, Florida
Colombia
416 Tampa Street
Tampa, Florida
Costa Rica
416 Tampa Street
Tampa, Florida
Denmark
109 Madison Street
Tampa, Florida
El Salvador
426 West Shore Blvd.
Tampa, Florida
Ecuador
325 Plant Avenue
Tampa, Florida
Guatemala
1019 W. Platt Street
Tampa, Florida
Italy
1914 East Broadway Avenue
Tampa, Florida
Mexico
516 Bay Street
Tampa, Florida
Netherlands
7009 Central Avenue
Tampa, Florida
Nicaragua
1527 Grand Central Avenue
Tampa, Florida
Norway
501 Jackson Street
Tampa, Florida
Panama
First National Bank Bldg.
Tampa, Florida
Sweden
P.O. Box 2481
Tampa, Florida
Foreign Freight Forwarders
A. J. Arango
612/2 Florida Avenue
Tampa, Florida
Atlantic-Gulf Shipping Inc.
416 Tampa Street
Tampa, Florida
Clark Shipping Co.
1137 Ellamae Avenue
Tampa, Florida
Joseph Cortina
416 Tampa Street
Tampa, Florida
Crenshaw's Inc.
901 Twiggs Street
Tampa, Florida
Delia Failde
Harbor & 14th Street
Tampa, Florida
Fillette, Green & Co. of Tampa
Wallace S. Building
Tampa, Florida
General Shipping Co.
1st National Bank Bldg.
Tampa, Florida
Hamilton Bros., Inc.
622 13th Street
Tampa, Florida
Hille-Baum, Inc.
202V/ North 13th Street
Tampa, Florida
Industrial Division
Humphrey & MacGregor, Inc.
312/2 Twiggs Street
Tampa, Florida
Interore Shipping Corp.
521 Water Street
Tampa, Florida
International Forwarding Co.
19th St. & 6th Ave.
Tampa, Florida
Pan-Atlantic Dispatch
13th St. & York
Tampa, Florida
Peninsular Shipping Co.
219 Whiting Street
Tampa, Florida
Railway Express Agency, Inc.
Union Station
Tampa, Florida
Sack & Menendez, Inc.
Greyhound Bldg.
Tampa, Florida
A. R. Savage & Son
501 Jackson Street
Tampa, Florida
States Marine-Isthmian Agency
Foot of Franklin Street
Tampa, Florida
Tampa Shipping Co.
Dale Mabry Hwy. & ACL Viaduct
Tampa, Florida
Tropicana Importing Co.
215 North 11th Street
Tampa, Florida
Universal Carloading
& Distr. Co.
1701 19th Street
Tampa, Florida
Railroads Serving the Port of Tampa
Atlantic Coast Line RR Co.
402 Ashley Street
Tampa, Florida
Seaboard Air Line RR
Florida Ave. & Whiting St.
Tampa, Florida
Ship Chandlers
Bonanni Ship Supply
1135 Ellamae
Tampa, Florida
Tampa Marine Supply Co., Inc.
202 No. 13th St. Estuary
Tampa, Florida
Tracey's Ship Supply
936 Twiggs Street
Tampa, Florida
Wilson Supply Company
112 E. Jackson Street
Tampa, Florida
Steamship Agencies
A. H. Bull SS Co.
1101 Ellamae
Tampa, Florida
A. J. Arango
612/2 Florida Avenue
Tampa, Florida
Atlantic-Gulf Shipping, Inc.
616 Tampa Street
Tampa, Florida
Erickson Shipping Co.
529 Water St.
Tampa, Florida
General Shipping Co.
P.O. Box 2536
Tampa, Florida
Louisiana Sulphore Carriers, Inc.
612 South Flower Street
Los Angeles, California
States Marine Co.
P.O. Box 3382
Tampa, Florida
Sam G. Scott Co.
P.O. Box 2008
Tampa, Florida
South Port Terminal Operating Corp.
P.O. Box 27777
Tampa 1, Florida
Tampa Import-Export Co.
Water St. & South Nebraska Avenue
Tampa, Florida
Mississippi Valley Barge Line
408 First National Bank Bldg.
Tampa, Florida
Joseph Cortina
416 Tampa Street
Tampa, Florida
Clark Shipping Co.
1137 Ellamae
Tampa, Florida
Florida Development Commission
Crenshaw's, Inc.
901 Twiggs Street
Tampa, Florida
Delia Failde
Harbor & 14th Street
Tampa, Florida
Fillette, Green & Co. of Tampa
Wallace S. Bldg.
Tampa, Florida
Gulf Florida Terminal Co., Inc.
13th Street & York
Tampa, Florida
Hamilton Bros., Inc.
622 13th Street
Tampa, Florida
Hille-Baum, Inc.
202/2 North 13th Street
Tampa, Florida
Humphrey & MacGregor, Inc.
312/2 Twiggs Street
Tampa, Florida
Interore Shipping Corp.
512 Water Street
P.O. Box 2735
Tampa, Florida
Luckenbach SS Co., Inc.
Foot of Franklin
Tampa, Florida
Lykes Bros, SS Co.
203 Franklin Street
Tampa, Florida
A. R. Savage & Son
501 Jackson
Tampa, Florida
Philip Shore Shipping Co.
Stovall Professional Bldg.
Tampa, Florida
Barton H. Smith
407 Florida Avenue
Tampa, Florida
Tampa Shipping Co.
Dale Mabry HWY. &
ACL Viaduct
Tampa, Florida
Steamship Companies
Alcoa Steamship Co., Inc.
203 Franklin Street
Tampa, Florida
The Bull SS Line
1101 Ellamae Avenue
Tampa, Florida
Delfa Lines
P.O. Box 432
Tampa, Florida
Luckenbach SS Co., Inc.
Foot of Franklin St.
Tampa, Florida
Lykes Bros. SS Co., Inc.
203 Franklin Street
Tampa, Florida
Pan Atlantic SS Corp.
13th Street & York Street
Tampa, Florida
Swedish American Lines
Wallace S. Bldg.
Tampa, Florida
Waterman SS Corp.
13th St. & York
Tampa, Florida
Stevedores
Blocks Terminal, Inc.
339 South Franklin Street
Tampa, Florida
Crenshaw Bros. Produce Co.
901 Twiggs Street
Tampa, Florida
Florida Stevedoring Co.
17th St. & First Avenue
Tampa, Florida
Gulf Florida Terminals, Inc.
13th Street
Tampa, Florida
Pate Stevedoring Co.
Wallace S. Bldg.
Tampa, Florida
Port Sutton, Inc.
Stovall Professional Bldg.
Tampa, Florida
River-Gulf Terminal, Inc.
Hookers Point
Tampa, Florida
Tampa Bay Terminal, Inc.
Sedden Island
Tampa, Florida
Tampa Stevedoring Co., Inc.
Water & S. Nebraska Ave.
Tampa, Florida
Industrial Division
Telegraph Companies
Western Union Telegraph Company
509 Marion Street
Tampa, Florida
Government Offices-Federal
Cdr. W. Coorfield, Captain of the Port
U.S. Coast Guard
Franklin Street
Tampa, Florida
U.S. Dept. of Agriculture
Plant Quarantine Division
99 East Platt Street
Tampa, Florida
U.S. Bureau Foreign & Dom.
Commerce Cooperative Office
801 E. Lafayette Street
Tampa, Florida
U.S. Custom House
Post Office Bldg.
Tampa, Florida
U.S. Department of State
Passport Division
Post Office Bldg.
Tampa, Florida
U.S. Immigration & Naturalization Service
Post Office Bldg.
Tampa, Florida
Government Offices-County
Hillsborough County Commissioners
Court House
Tampa, Florida
Hillsborough County Port Authority
J. L. Ferman, Chairman
P.O. Box 981
Tampa, Florida
Hillsborough County Port Authority
Jack P. Fitzgerald, Port Manager
Hooker's Point
Tampa, Florida
Hillsborough County Aviation Authority
H. A. Godfrey, Director
Tampa International Airport
Tampa, Florida
Government Offices-City
Board of Representatives & Mayor
City Hall
Tampa, Florida
Department of Docks & Wharves
601 13th Street
Tampa, Florida
Chamber of Commerce
The Greater Tampa Chamber of Commerce
Chamber of Commerce Building
Tampa, Florida
Mario Trejo, Manager
International Trade Department
Other
Pan American Commission of Tampa
Floridan Hotel
Tampa, Florida
Earl Mullen, Executive Director
Broward County International Airport
FORT LAUDERDALE, FLORIDA
Under the Jurisdiction of the Board of County Commissioners
L. E. Wagener, Director, Department of Airports, Broward County
Location
Broward County International Airport is a U.S. Cus-
tom Airport of Entry and is located 3.7 miles south-south-
west of Fort Lauderdale, Florida (10-15 minute drive)
or 19 miles from North Miami, Florida (30-40 minute
drive).
Size
1183 acres.
Runways
Three runways.
6540' x 150'
5818' x 300'
5000' x 300'
Hangars
12 hangars measuring up to 40,780 sq. ft.
Facilities
Runway lighting, beacon, & FAA control tower. There
is a Seaboard Air Line Railroad Co. siding on the airport.
Airport lighting and control tower operate 24 hrs.
Storage
50,000 sq. ft. on the ramp or within 100' leased to
private industries. Open storage is unlimited up to ap-
proximately 50 acres and is not leased or in use.
Florida Development Commission
Industrial Zone Sites
Possibly 80 acres or more. Industrial buildings available
for lease.
Improvements
2/2 million dollars to landing area & buildings recently
completed.
Governing Body
Board of County Commissioners
Broward County Court House
Fort Lauderdale, Florida
Telephone: JA 5-1641
Director
L. E. Wagener
Broward County International Airport
Fort Lauderdale, Florida
Telephone: JA 3-6596
Detailed Inquiries Should Be Directed To:
L. E. Wagener, Director
Department of Airports, Broward County
Broward County International Airport
Fort Lauderdale, Florida
Broward County International Airport
Traffic Comparison*
Year
1955
1956
1957
1958
1959
1960
Passengers*
13,991
20,975
41,335
48,568
134,773
195,892
Aircraft Movements
57,810
66,793
86,577
121,699
136,417
149,333
Airlines-International
Bahamas Airways, Hd.
Broward County International Airport
Fort Lauderdale, Florida
Mackey Airlines, Inc.
Broward County International Airport
Fort Lauderdale, Florida
(Scheduled)
Cunard Eagle Airways
Broward County International Airport
Fort Lauderdale, Florida
* Scheduled Airline passengers only.
KEY WEST INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT
(Formerly, Meacham Field)
Location
Located on the Island of Key West, approximately two
miles from the downtown area.
Size
Approximately 160 acres.
Runways
The International Airport was recently completed and
it has one runway which is 4,800' long, 150' wide, with
75' shoulders. Taxi ways and lighted wincone are also
being built.
Hangars
There are no hangars available at present, they will be
available by 1962.
Facilities
The new runway is lighted. The new terminal includes
weather bureau, CAA radio, customs, immigration, public
health, cocktail lounge, restaurant, coffee shop, and shop-
ping facilities.
Improvements
The current International Airport building program
with money in hand is approximately 1/2 million dollars.
Governing Body
Monroe County Board of Commissioners
Monroe County Court House
Key West, Florida
George J. Faraldo, Manager
Airlines-International
Aerovias "Q" S.A.
Key West International Airport
Key West, Florida
National Airlines, Inc.
Key West International Airport
Key West, Florida
Note:
"Q" Airways has suspended all flights temporarily until
further notice.
Industrial Division
MIAMI INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT
Under the Jurisdiction of the Dade County Port Authority
Location
Miami International Airport is a U.S. Customs Airport
of Entry and is situated 4 miles Northwest of Miami, a
15 minute ride from the Dade County Courthouse in
downtown Miami.
Size
3,000 acres.
Governing Body
Board of County Commissioners of Dade County
Dade County Port Authority
Miami International Airport
Miami 59, Florida
Director: Alan C. Stewart
Assistant Director: William L. Cleveland
10,500'
8,400'
8,400'
6,100'
Hangars
Twenty (20) hangars with a total area of approximately
1,225,000 sq. ft.
Facilities
New Airport Terminal Building, the largest central-type
terminal in the world, completed in February 1959 at an
approximate cost of $26,000,000.
A complete consumer's shopping arcade in the New
Terminal Building has 20 different shops to serve the
traveling public.
A 256-room hotel, completed at a cost of $3,000,000, is
located atop the New Terminal Building and opened for
business December 1, 1959.
Complete for day and night operations, radio and high
intensity lighting, ILS, ALS, F.A.A. Tower, Airport Sur-
veillance Radar, communication facilities, weather bureau
and an underground hydrant fueling system to the Finger
Piers. The Florida East Coast and Seaboard Air Line rail-
roads have siding and teamtracks adjacent and onto the
airport.
Storage
Approximately 4,050,000. sq. ft. of building space, ex-
clusive of hangars but including the New Terminal Build-
ing.
Approximately 409 acres of pavement for aircraft park-
ing and 92 acres of pavement for vehicular parking.
Portions of each of the above are for general public use
but the majority is leased or, in the case of building, avail-
able for lease.
Industrial Zone Sites
To the West and the East of the Airport.
Airport Traffic Comparisons
The following figures rep:
points outside the continental
Year
1951
1952
1953
1954
1955
1956
1957
1958
1959
1960
Passengers
544,993
614,795
601,817
669,529
783,351
897,170
976,754
952,401
971,492
1,065,456
resent traffic to and from
limits of the U.
Cargo Lbs.
67,567,945
77,250,285
84,649,927
99,127,688
106,415,481
124,673,291
149,757,108
165,119,903
154,515,246
135,027,183
Airlines
Braniff Airways
P.O. Box 945
Miami International Airport
Miami 48, Florida
Delta Airlines, Inc.
304 N. E. First Street
Miami, Florida
Eastern Air Lines, Inc.
Miami International Airport
Miami 48, Florida
Mackey Airlines, Inc.
P.O. Box 520
Fort Lauderdale, Florida
National Airlines, Inc.
Miami International Airport
Miami 48, Florida
Northeast Airlines, Inc.
Miami International Airport
P.O. Box 477
Miami 48, Florida
Northwest Airlines, Inc.
1885 University Avenue
St. Paul 1, Minnesota
Runways
Four runways:
9L27R
9R27L
12-30
17-35
S. only.
Mail Lbs.
2,527,143
2,759,270
3,025,185
3,407,351
3,588,970
3,832,658
4,010,167
8,513,767
6,615,736
4,848,117
Florida Development Commission
Pan American World Airways
P.O. Box 817
International Airport
Miami 48, Florida
Riddle Airlines, Inc.
(Cargo)
P. O. Box 535
Miami 48, Florida
Trans World Airlines
380 Madison Avenue
New York 11, New York
Interstate Scheduled Feeder Lines
Naples Airlines
(Winter Season Only)
Naples, Florida
Southeast Airways
4529 N. W. 36th Street
Miami, Florida
Scheduled Foreign Air Carrier Permits
Aerolineas Ini Cia S.A.
4471 N.W. 36th Street
Miami Springs, Florida
Aerovias Panama, S.A. (APA)
P.O. Box 8
International Airport Branch
Miami 48, Florida
Aerovias Venezolanas, S.A.
(Avensa)
110 Biscayne Boulevard
Miami, Florida
Avianca
c/o Pan American World Airways
International Airport Branch
Miami 48, Florida
Aviateca
12 Calle-3-55
Guatemala, Central America
Bahamas Airways Ltd. (BAL)
Box 65
Windsor Field
Nassau, Bahamas
Brazilian International
Airlines (REAL)
244 Biscayne Boulevard
Miami 32, Florida
British West Indian Airways
309 East Flagler Street
Miami 32, Florida
Cinta
c/o Dispatch Services, Inc.
P.O. Box 155
International Airport Branch
Miami 48, Florida
Compania Cubana de aviacion,
S. A. (Cubana)
Rancho Boyeros
Havana, Cuba
Compania Dominicana De-Aviacion
(CDA) C. por A.
Ciudad Trujillo
Dominican Republic
Cuba Aeropostal, S. A.
(Cargo)
P.O. Box 845
International Airport Branch
Miami 48, Florida
Ecuatoriana de Aviacion
P.O. Box 524
Miami Springs, Florida
Expreso Aero Inter Americano
S. A. (Expresso) Cargo
Building C-Northeast Area
Miami International Airport
Miami 48, Florida
Guest Aerovias Mexico, S. A.
32 Biscayne Boulevard
Miami, Florida
KLM Royal Dutch Airlines
308 N. E. First Street
Miami, Florida
Lineas Aereas Costarricenses, S.A.
(LACSA)
c/o Pan American World Airways
P.O. Box 817
International Airport Branch
Miami 48, Florida
Lanica (Nicaragua Air Lines)
P.O. Box 1066
International Airport Branch
Miami 48, Florida
LAN Chilena
Linea Aerea Nacional
Los Corrillos Airport
Santiago, Chile
Lloyd Aerea Colombiana (LLC)
141 N.E. Third Avenue
Chamber of Commerce Building
Miami, Florida
Industrial Division
Linea Aeropostal Venezolana
(LAV)
781 Fifth Avenue
New York 22, New York
Rutas Aereas Nacionales, S.A.
(RANSA) Cargo
P.O. Box 623
International Airport Branch
Miami 48, Florida
Transportes Aereos Nacionales,
S. A. (TAN)
P.O. Box 38
International Airport Branch
Miami 48, Florida
PALM BEACH INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT
Under the Jurisdiction of the Board
of County Commissioners, Palm Beach County, Florida
Frank J. Sakser, Director, Department of Airports, Palm Beach County
Location
Palm Beach International Airport is a U.S. Customs
Airport of Entry and is located approximately 5 miles SW
from the downtown area of West Palm Beach (15-20
Minute Drive).
Status
Palm Beach International Airport is no longer a military
installation. It is open to all civilian traffic. No landing
fees for general aviation.
Size
Approximately 2,000 acres.
Runways
Two runways. E/W 8,000' x 300' and NW/SE 6,931' x
300'.
Hangars
Four hangars, leased to fixed-base operators, providing
all types of services.
Facilities
Fully equipped with runway lighting system, beacon,
radio and control tower operations operating around the
clock. Seaboard Air Line Railroad Co. has a siding on
the airport.
Storage
Ample storage space available.
Governing Body
Board of County Commissioners
Palm Beach County
County Court House
P.O. Box 1989
West Palm Beach, Florida
Telephone: TEmple 2-1671
Director, Frank J. Sakser
Department of Airports
Bldg. S-1362
Palm Beach International Airport
West Palm Beach, Florida
Telephones: 683-5722/5723
Airlines
Delta Airlines
Palm Beach International Airport
West Palm Beach, Florida
Capital Airlines
Palm Beach International Airport
West Palm Beach, Florida
Bahamas Airways Ltd.
Palm Beach International Airport
West Palm Beach, Florida
Eastern Airlines, Inc.
Palm Beach International Airport
West Palm Beach, Florida
Mackey Airlines, Inc.
Palm Beach International Airport
West Palm Beach, Florida
National Airlines, Inc.
Palm Beach International Airport
West Palm Beach, Florida
Riddle Airlines (Cargo & Freight)
Palm Beach International Airport
West Palm Beach, Florida
Florida Development Commission
Passenger Traffic Through
Palm Beach International Airport
Period 1955-1960
Inbound
76,459
94,361
111,890
103,434
110,819
105,275
Outbound
79,469
96,333
114,683
107,380
112,684
109,482
Air Mail (Ibs.)
Palm Beach International Airport
Period 1955-1960
Total
155,928
190,694
226,573
210,814
223,503
214,757
Year
1955
1956
1957
1958
1959
1960
Air Express (Ibs.)
Palm Beach International Airport
Period 1955-1960
Inbound
197,444
213,141
244,085
231,929
223,737
237,944
Outbound
134,919
145,416
179,785
179,863
186,956
199,574
Air Freight (Ibs.)
Palm Beach International Airport
Period 1955-1960
261,028
276,151
223,072
322,195
295,205
327,678
Outbound
46,600
48,109
44,013
65,678
100,176
82,623
Total
307,628
324,260
267,085
387,873
395,381
410,301
Year
1955
1956
1957
1958
1959
1960
Inbound
989,230
1,364,005
1,640,633
1,850,984
2,009,429
2,469,531
Outbound
797,871
1,019,423
1,055,129
1,111,512
1,194,724
1,644,083
Total
1,787,101
2,383,428
2,695,762
2,962,496
3,204,153
4,113,614
St. Petersburg-Clearwater International Airport
ST. PETERSBURG, FLORIDA
Under the Jurisdiction of the Board of County Commissioners,
Pinellas County, Florida
H. R. Chadwick, Jr., Chairman
A. K. (Bobo) Hayes, Airport Manager
Location
St. Petersburg-Clearwater International Airport is a
U.S. Custom Airport of Entry and is a 15-30 minute drive
from downtown St. Petersburg, Florida.
Size
2,560 acres
Runways
Four runways: E/W (9-27) 5,100' x 150'; NE/SW
(4-22) 5800' x 150'; N/S (17-35) 8,000' x 150'; and
NW/SE (13-31) 4,000' x 150'.
Hangars
Four hangars measuring 50,400 sq. ft. (both are leased).
Facilities
Radio: UHF and VHF frequency; high intensity run-
way marker lights; rotating beacon; omni range; fan
marker; A.L.S., I.L.S., D.M.E., VORJAC; 24-hour serv-
ice in tower.
New airport terminal and administration building just
completed approximately 65,000 sq. ft. Also, parking apron
and taxiways have just been paved at a cost of $700,000.
Railroad Access
Five miles to freight station.
Warehouses, Cargo Terminals, Closed Storage
Cargo terminal and warehouses leased to private airline.
Open Storage
Available
Cold Storage and/or Pre-Cooling Facilities
None
Industrial Zone Sites
Available
Governing Body
Board of County Commissioners
Pinellas County
St. Petersburg, Florida
Year
1955
1956
1957
1958
1959
1960
Year Inbound
Total
332,383
358,557
423,870
411,792
410,693
437,518
1955
1956
1957
1958
1959
1960
Industrial Division
Airport Manager
A. K. (Bobo) Hayes, Manager
St. Petersburg-Clearwater International Airport
St. Petersburg, Florida
Request for information regarding St. Petersburg-Clear-
water International Airport should be directed to Mr.
Hayes.
SERVICES
Airlines-International
ASA International Airlines
Aerovias Sud Americana, Inc.
St. Petersburg-Clearwater International Airport
St. Petersburg, Florida
Eastern Air Lines, Inc.
St. Petersburg-Clearwater International Airport
St. Petersburg, Florida
Mackey Air Lines
St. Petersburg-Clearwater International Airport
St. Petersburg, Florida
National Air Lines, Inc.
St. Petersburg-Clearwater International Airport
St. Petersburg, Florida
Delta Airlines
St. Petersburg-Clearwater International Airport
St. Petersburg, Florida
Northwest Airlines
St. Petersburg-Clearwater International Airport
St. Petersburg, Florida
Foreign Freight Forwarders
Acme Fast Freight, Inc.
5th Avenue & 22nd Street, S.
St. Petersburg, Florida
International Forwarding Co.
28th Street & 22nd Avenue N.
St. Petersburg, Fla.
Airport Consultant
Mr. Harold A. Wilde
Box 933, International Airport Branch
Miami 48, Florida
Republic Carloading & Distributing Co., Inc.
1st Avenue & 8th Street S.
St. Petersburg, Florida
Universal Carloading & Distributing Co.
28th Street & 22nd Avenue N.
St. Petersburg, Florida
Foreign Consuls
Sweden
Eaton N. Crowder
St. Petersburg, Florida
Telegraph Companies
Western Union Telegraph Co.
520 2nd Avenue South
St. Petersburg, Florida
Government Offices-Federal
U.S. Coast Guard
South Baybobo Harbor
St. Petersburg, Florida
Government Offices-City
City of St. Petersburg
Municipal Building
St. Petersburg, Florida
Chamber of Commerce
St. Petersburg Chamber of Commerce
4th Street & 3rd Avenue S.
St. Petersburg, Florida
TAMPA INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT
Under the Jurisdiction of the Hillsborough County Aviation Authority
Clyde Perry, Chairman -Herbert C. Godfrey, Jr., Director
Location & Facilities
Tampa International Airport is a U.S. Custom Airport
of Entry and is located 5 miles from the City of Tampa.
It has three runways measuring 7,000' x 150' and the
usual facilities plus U.S. Weather Bureau, FAA Communi-
cation, FAA Control Tower, U.S. Customs, U.S. Immigra-
tion, U.S. Public Health, Instrument Landing Service and
Radar Storm detector service.
Governing Body
Hillsborough County Aviation Authority
Clyde Perry, Chairman
Tampa International Airport
Tampa, Florida
Director
Herbert C. Godfrey, Jr.
P.O. Box 1549
Tampa International Airport
Tampa, Florida
Florida Development Commission
Airlines
Eastern Air Lines, Inc.
Tampa International Airport
Tampa, Florida
Mackey Airlines, Inc.
Tampa International Airport
Tampa, Florida
National Airlines, Inc.
Tampa International Airport
Tampa, Florida
Northwest Airlines, Inc.
Tampa International Airport
Tampa, Florida
Riddle Airlines, Inc.
Tampa International Airport
Tampa, Florida
Trans-Canada Airlines
Tampa International Airport
Tampa, Florida
Trans World Airlines
Tampa International Airport
Tampa, Florida
Tampa International Airport
Traffic Comparison
Calendar Year Cargo-Lbs.
1950 262,925
1951 348,662
1952 378,753
1953 367,841
1954 318,869
1958 10,355,045
1959 12,132,152
1960 12,142,223
Mail-Lbs.
253,680
305,507
299,474
332,101
468,657
4,742,740
4,110,431
5,488,376
NOTES
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