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$48m upgrade expands Port Canaveral's Terminal 5

After undergoing a $48.38m transformation to handle larger and newer ships, Port Canaveral's Cruise Terminal 5 opened this past weekend, hosting Carnival Valor.

Anne Kalosh, Editor, Seatrade Cruise News & Senior Associate Editor, Seatrade Cruise Review

June 6, 2016

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The pier was extended 120 feet and other improvements include an expanded terminal, a new 1,044-space parking garage and new mobile passenger boarding bridges.

Carnival Sunshine also will berth at Terminal 5.

Renovation of the 1991-built terminal began in August to enable the terminal to handle ships carrying up to 3,500 passengers, up from its previous capacity of 2,500.

Port Canaveral said the projects involved a majority of local workers consisting of 37 companies with a construction crew of 500 on the terminal and 50 companies with a crew of 450 on the parking garage for a total of 265,000 hours with zero injuries.

 

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About the Author

Anne Kalosh

Editor, Seatrade Cruise News & Senior Associate Editor, Seatrade Cruise Review

Anne Kalosh covers global stories, reporting both breaking and in-depth news on cruising's significant people, places, ships and trends. A sought-after expert on cruising, she has moderated conferences around the world, including the high-profile State of the Industry panel at Seatrade Cruise Global. She created and led the acclaimed itinerary-planning case study for Seatrade's cruise master classes held at Cambridge and Oxford universities. She has been the cruise columnist for AFAR.com, and her freelance stories have appeared in a wide range of publications, from The New York Times to The Miami Herald.

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