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ing, all at the same time. The question is how are the rockets cause even though 80 percent of the revenue stream emanates going to get LNG? And, for that matter, the ships?” The an- from the cruise side, a bigger percentage of the total com- swer, he says, involves a LNG storage facility at the port. That merce lies elsewhere. An active cargo port, Port Canaveral is approach allows the port to better service both space and ma- also a critical hub for gasoline distribution across the south- rine. And, he says, “The most logical way to do it is through eastern United States.

the port, by moving LNG in bulk.” There are many layers to the Canaveral “onion.” As many as 4,000 vehicles landed in the last two weeks of December,

The Master Plan with two ships supporting that business monthly. In January,

In the works for almost two years, the plan focuses on long- the new class of post-Panamax shipping vessels made an in- term uses for the port. That necessarily involves sorting out augural visit to Port Canaveral. The MOL Brooklands, with a the local politics that we’re sorting through. Port Canaveral 125-foot beam and capacity to transport over 7,400 vehicles, is a special district of the State of Florida, with