Port Canaveral plans marina merger to make space for new terminal
Port Canaveral leadership has zeroed in on the site of its next cruise ship terminal — the space Bluepoints Marina now occupies on Scallop Drive.
The port plans to move Bluepoints' operations, which provides indoor and outdoor boat storage services, over to the Cape Marina property at the sea hub — about an 8-minute walk west.
Port Canaveral CEO Capt. John Murray explained during a Feb. 28 Canaveral Port Authority meeting that the premium space can be used more efficiently if the two marinas merge into one and revealed that Cape Marina has already been informed that the port will not renew its lease in its current form.
“[That property is] very underutilized today and it's of sufficient size that it could accommodate the Bluepoints boaters,” he said.
Acknowledging that forthcoming changes have stirred up some fear in the community, Authority Chairman Micah Loyd said the board has been meeting with commercial fishermen to counter “rumors floating around out there that Bluepoints is going away.”
