{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"Place","additionalType":"https://schema.org/Port","name":"Port Manatee","identifier":"US PME","unlocode":"US PME","city":null,"country":"United States","waterBody":"Gulf of Mexico; North Atlantic Ocean","harborSize":"Small","harborType":"Coastal (Tide Gates)","channelDepthMeters":11,"confidenceLevel":null,"coordinates":{"latitude":27.633333,"longitude":-82.56666699999998},"description":"Fresh Del Monte and World Direct Shipping are among the names that keep SeaPort Manatee busy on Florida's Gulf Coast near Tampa Bay. Ten deep-draft berths handle liquid and dry bulk, containers, breakbulk, heavy-lift and project cargo, with liquid bulk (about 6.4 million tons in 2025) and fertilizers leading the mix. The port set an all-time throughput record of roughly 11.9 million tons in fiscal 2025, while tropical fruit increasingly arrives as breakbulk rather than in boxes. As the closest U","url":"https://www.freight-academy.com/en/information/seaports/port-manatee-port-us-pme","markdownMirror":"https://www.freight-academy.com/api/md/seaports/en/port-manatee-port-us-pme","source":null,"provider":{"@type":"Organization","name":"Freight Academy","url":"https://www.freight-academy.com"},"quickSummary":"Port Manatee · (UN/LOCODE: US PME) · United States · Small · 11 m"}