Rank in size among Florida’s 14 deepwater ports: Fourth largest

Number of berths: 9

Number of companies in residence: More than 20

Top five companies in residence in terms of revenue: 1. Fresh Del Monte Produce 2. Arrow Terminals 3. Federal Marine Terminals 4. WSI of the Southeast 5. Eastern Portland Cement Corp. 6. Kinder Morgan 7. TransMontaigne Product Services 8. FPL

Number of port employees: 66 full-time employees

Number of ships that offload every year: 483

Number of cruise lines that use the port: 0

Length of largest ship (in feet): 849 feet.

Revenue in 2007: $13.06 million

Revenue in 2005: $12.4 million

Total annual import and export tonnage: 9.3 million

Top five commodities at Port Manatee in 2007: Petroleum products (import), cement products
(import), fertilizer (export), forestry products (import) and fruit (import).

Rank of phosphate fertilizer, used vehicles and linerboard (shipped to Guatemala and Costa Rica to make cardboard boxes for shipping fruit) among exports: 1, 2, 3

Pounds of bananas shipped every day: Approximately 1 million

Number of days it takes Costa Rican bananas to travel from harvest to the port: 85 hours maximum

Number of drug seizures in 2005, 2006 and 2007: 0

Number of stowaways in 2005, 2006, and 2007: 0