Seaports
Atlantic Ocean: Port Canaveral
- 65 miles east of Longwood Atlantic Ocean.
- Port Canaveral website.
- Major deep-water port of entry, 50 miles east of Orlando. Depths range from 39 feet to 41 feet.
- Eleven deep-water cargo piers with 2 gantry cranes arrived in Spring 2014.
- World’s only quadra modal foreign trade zone, interchanging freight among sea, land, air, and space.
- Encompassing more than 4,000 acres, Foreign Trade Zone 136 is among the largest foreign trade zones in the country.
- Containerized, refrigerated, project, ro/ro, bulk, and breakbulk cargo service from Central Florida to the rest of the world.
- Shortest direct entry on the east coast, with only 45-minute travel time from first sea buoy to anchorage.
- Six cruise terminals serving 4 cruise lines.
- The second busiest cruise port in the world.
Intercoastal Waterway: Port of Sanford
- 15 miles from Longwood.
- Intercoastal Waterway website.
- Located in Seminole County at the intersection of Interstate 4 and U.S. Highway 17-92.
- River barge access via St. Johns River to Lake Monroe.
- 250,000 square feet of industrial and distribution space.
- 350-foot main pier and bulk unloading pier of 100 feet.
Gulf of Mexico: Port of Tampa
- 100 miles southwest from Longwood.
- Port of Tampa website.
- Florida's largest cargo tonnage port.
- Largely a bulk commodities port.
- Foreign Trade Zone 7.
Gulf of Mexico: Port Manatee
- 122 miles southwest of Longwood.
- Port Manatee website.
- 35 miles south of Tampa; the closest U.S. deepwater seaport to Panama Canal.
- Port-owned railroad interchanging with the CSX.
- Highway (U.S. 41/I-275/I-75) connectivity to central Florida.
- Foreign Trade Zone 169.