Port Canaveral has signed a deal with new partner Delaware-based AutoPort to grow its automotive import/export business. AutoPort will occupy 16 acres of land at Port Canaveral and handle the vehicle processing and modifying operations for auto manufacturers shipping cars from the port. AutoPort handles vehicles for Chrysler, Ford, General Motors, Honda, Suzuki, Mitsubishi and Toyota.
This past October the Canaveral Port Authority approved “Project Roll On-Roll Off” a 20,000-square-foot auto terminal facility. The facility provides the port with a new revenue source via receiving disassembled cars by land to the port and re-assembling them at the port before loading those cars onto ships to overseas markets.
“With nearby rail links to Norfolk Southern and CSX from our inland port region and roll-on/roll-off links to Mexico, Dominican Republic, Panama and the Honduras, the future looks bright for AutoPort, which will translate into new business opportunities and jobs for Central Florida,” said Port Canaveral CEO John E. Walsh.
