Three new terminals joined the Watco network in early September. Port Manatee, Port Sutton, and Tampaplex are all located around Tampa, Florida. They provide Watco with additional direct ocean-access transloading opportunities, with connections to rail, river, and road.

“These terminals give Watco a stronger position in the Tampa market and open up more options for customers moving bulk products through Florida,” said Len Crescenzo, senior vice president of sales for terminals and ports. “Port Manatee, Port Sutton, and Tampaplex each bring valuable waterfront access, storage, rail, truck, and barge capabilities. Together, they help us offer customers more flexibility and a better overall logistics soution.”

Port Mantee Terminal sits on Tampa Bay’s Manatee Harbor Channel, near Palmetto. Watco will primarily handle bulk commodities like fertilizers and gypsum. The terminal’s four warehouses can accommodate 145,000 tons of material. Multiple berths mean it can handle two vessels simultaneously, while its rail and highway access connect it to local and long-distance customers inland.

To the north, the Port Sutton and Tampaplex terminals are both on the Port Sutton Channel. Tampaplex offers 114 acres, three warehouses capable of cumulatively storing 72,000 tons, and three silos, each with a 3,000-ton capacity. It also features 40 acres of outdoor storage. The terminal can accommodate multiple vessels, 400 railcars, and multiple trucks simultaneously. It primarily
handles bulk commodities like fertilizer, aggregates, salt, animal feed, and scrap metal. With two floating cranes and a discharge capacity of up to 750 tons per hour, customers can expect peak
efficiency from Tampaplex.

Just down the road, the 16-acre Port Sutton Terminal offers warehousing for up to 200,000 tons of bulk commodities like salt, ores, and fertilizers, and can transload and store liquids. Certified truck scales, a 4,000-foot rail siding, barge and vessel access, and connections to two interstate highways make this terminal incredibly versatile.

“Whether it’s vessel discharge, barge loading, rail, truck, covered storage, outside storage, dry bulk, or liquids, these terminals give us a lot of capability in one market,” said Crescenzo. “That versatility allows Watco to work with customers on the solution that best fits their product, volume, and supply chain needs.” These new additions expand the Watco team and opportunities for new and existing customers to make full use of Watco’s full-service transportation network.

To learn more about these facilities visit watco.com/service/terminals or contact Len Crescenzo at Tampaplex len.crescenzo@watco.com.