Tampa

The harbour

Tampa lies at the head of Tampa Bay on Florida's west coast, opening onto the Gulf of Mexico. It is the largest port in Florida by cargo volume, handling fuel, phosphate fertiliser from Florida's mines, containers and building materials.

Cruise ships also sail from here to the Caribbean. The city's Ybor City district grew in the late nineteenth century around cigar factories run by Cuban and Spanish immigrants.

Sailors entering the bay pass under the high Sunshine Skyway Bridge and follow a long dredged channel through the shallow bay, where manatees are often seen in the warm water.

Tampa in PerpeNaval

Region

Caribbean & Panama

Country

United States

Position

27.95°N 82.45°W

Size in the game

a regional port (tier 1)

Fuel

about $242 a tonne at full stock

Trades

Grain, Textiles, Consumer goods, Steel, Fresh produce, Wine, Building materials, Cocoa

On the quay

warehouses

Waters

near pirate water: Bahama Banks, Yucatán Channel

The album

stamp, postcard, caribbean reef shark, conch shell

The nearest harbours by sea

Routed on the game's sea grid with the canals open, the way a ship sails it.

Lately at Tampa