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Hurricane Ian closes Tampa, Manatee, Port Canaveral and Jacksonville ports

Hurricane Ian closes Tampa, Manatee, Port Canaveral and Jacksonville ports. The disruption ran from 2022-09-27 (27 September 2022) to 2022-10-01 (1 October 2022), 5 days, affecting Tampa Port, Port Manatee, Canaveral Harbor, Jacksonville. The measured effect for this event has not been computed yet.

World Freight Monitor permanent record. https://worldfreightmonitor.com/events/2022/hurricane-ian-florida-ports-2022/. Record last updated 2026-10-29.

Key facts

Started
2022-09-27 (27 September 2022)
Ended
2022-10-01 (1 October 2022)
Status
ended
Severity
2 Moderate
Scope
regional
Chokepoints
None
Lanes
None
Countries
United States
Confidence
medium: The Department of Energy confirms the closures on 2022-09-29 and the full reopening on 2022-10-01, but the closure start on 2022-09-27 rests on trade press quoting a Florida Ports Council post, no Coast Guard notice was retrieved, and the exact reopening time of each port is not given.
First reported
2022-09-27 (27 September 2022)
  • Severity basis: The Coast Guard closed Port Tampa Bay on 2022-09-27 and a US Department of Energy report listed Tampa, Manatee, Canaveral and Jacksonville as closed on 2022-09-29, with all affected ports reopened by 15:00 on 2022-10-01, which falls in the band of 24 hours to 7 days at port level.

What happened

Hurricane Ian came ashore near Port Charlotte, Florida, as a category 4 storm on 2022-09-28 (28 September 2022) and closed several Florida ports between 2022-09-27 and 2022-10-01. The Coast Guard shut Port Tampa Bay on 2022-09-27, and the Florida Ports Council said it also closed St. Petersburg and SeaPort Manatee. Port Canaveral and Jacksonville were reported closed on 2022-09-28. The Department of Energy listed Tampa, Manatee, Canaveral and Jacksonville as closed on 2022-09-29, said fuel terminals at Tampa and Manatee had reopened on 2022-09-30, and reported all affected ports open by 15:00 on 2022-10-01. A rail trade report said the ports largely escaped damage. The sources reviewed give no exact reopening time for each port.

Measured effect

Port calls, Tampa Port

Not yet computed. The effect engine (wfm-effect-1.2) will compare 2022-09-27 to 2022-10-01 with a 56 day baseline ending 8 days before the start, once the series for this window is loaded.

Source: IMF PortWatch (portwatch.imf.org), International Monetary Fund, using UN Global Platform AIS data. Statistics derived by World Freight Monitor. Terms.

This is a measured change in public data during the event window, compared with a baseline before it. It shows timing, not cause. We describe an event as causing a change only when an official source says so.

Port calls, Port Manatee

Not yet computed. The effect engine (wfm-effect-1.2) will compare 2022-09-27 to 2022-10-01 with a 56 day baseline ending 8 days before the start, once the series for this window is loaded.

Source: IMF PortWatch (portwatch.imf.org), International Monetary Fund, using UN Global Platform AIS data. Statistics derived by World Freight Monitor. Terms.

This is a measured change in public data during the event window, compared with a baseline before it. It shows timing, not cause. We describe an event as causing a change only when an official source says so.

Port calls, Jacksonville

Not yet computed. The effect engine (wfm-effect-1.2) will compare 2022-09-27 to 2022-10-01 with a 56 day baseline ending 8 days before the start, once the series for this window is loaded.

Source: IMF PortWatch (portwatch.imf.org), International Monetary Fund, using UN Global Platform AIS data. Statistics derived by World Freight Monitor. Terms.

This is a measured change in public data during the event window, compared with a baseline before it. It shows timing, not cause. We describe an event as causing a change only when an official source says so.

Port calls, Canaveral Harbor

Not yet computed. The effect engine (wfm-effect-1.2) will compare 2022-09-27 to 2022-10-01 with a 56 day baseline ending 8 days before the start, once the series for this window is loaded.

Source: IMF PortWatch (portwatch.imf.org), International Monetary Fund, using UN Global Platform AIS data. Statistics derived by World Freight Monitor. Terms.

This is a measured change in public data during the event window, compared with a baseline before it. It shows timing, not cause. We describe an event as causing a change only when an official source says so.

Timeline

  1. The Coast Guard closes Port Tampa Bay ahead of the storm. The Florida Ports Council says the Coast Guard also closed St. Petersburg and SeaPort Manatee. Jacksonville is scheduled to move to condition Yankee at 01:00 on 2022-09-28 and to the closed condition Zulu at noon. [s1] [s2]
  2. Ian makes landfall near Port Charlotte as a category 4 hurricane. S&P Global reports Port Canaveral shut and the port of Jacksonville closed. [s2] [s3]
  3. The Department of Energy lists the ports of Tampa, Manatee, Canaveral and Jacksonville as closed, with other Florida ports open or open with restrictions. Shippers expect Tampa to reopen around midday on 2022-09-30 after a Coast Guard inspection of the port and channel. [s2] [s3]
  4. Fuel terminals at Port Tampa Bay and Port Manatee have reopened, according to a later Department of Energy report. [s4]
  5. At 10:00 the Department of Energy lists Tampa, Manatee, Canaveral and Jacksonville as open or open with restrictions, and at 16:00 reports that all ports affected by Ian had reopened as of 15:00. [s4] [s5]

Cause

The Coast Guard closed the ports ahead of Hurricane Ian, which the Department of Energy said reached Florida as a category 4 hurricane on 2022-09-28. Attributed by: U.S. Coast Guard, as reported by the Florida Ports Council and S&P Global; US Department of Energy. [s1] [s2] [s3]

Resolution

2022-10-01 (1 October 2022): The Department of Energy reported at 16:00 on 2022-10-01 that all ports affected by Hurricane Ian had reopened as of 15:00. A rail trade report said Jacksonville was closed for two days, and described the ports as having escaped serious damage. [s5] [s6]

Corrections

No corrections to this record as of 2026-10-29 (29 October 2026).

Sources

  1. [s1] FreightWaves, 3 Tampa Bay area ports closed to brace for Hurricane Ian, published 2022-09-27 (27 September 2022), accessed 2026-10-28. Archived copy. (press)
  2. [s2] Hellenic Shipping News (S&P Global Commodity Insights), Florida sees some gasoline shortages following hurricane as vessels wait for ports to reopen, published 2022-09-29 (29 September 2022), accessed 2026-10-28. Archived copy. (press)
  3. [s3] US Department of Energy, Hurricane Ian Situation Update 3, published 2022-09-29 (29 September 2022), accessed 2026-10-28. Archived copy. (official)
  4. [s4] US Department of Energy, Hurricane Ian Situation Update 7, published 2022-10-01 (1 October 2022), accessed 2026-10-28. Archived copy. (official)
  5. [s5] US Department of Energy, Hurricane Ian Situation Update 8, published 2022-10-01 (1 October 2022), accessed 2026-10-28. Archived copy. (official)
  6. [s6] Progressive Railroading, While Florida ports escaped Hurricane Ian unscathed, they were prepared for the worst, published 2022-10-18 (18 October 2022), accessed 2026-10-28. Archived copy. (press)

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World Freight Monitor. "Hurricane Ian closes Tampa, Manatee, Port Canaveral and Jacksonville ports." Last updated 2026-10-29 (29 October 2026). https://worldfreightmonitor.com/events/2022/hurricane-ian-florida-ports-2022/

APA

World Freight Monitor. (2026). Hurricane Ian closes Tampa, Manatee, Port Canaveral and Jacksonville ports. World Freight Monitor. https://worldfreightmonitor.com/events/2022/hurricane-ian-florida-ports-2022/

BibTeX

@misc{wfm_hurricane_ian_florida_ports_2022,
  author = {{World Freight Monitor}},
  title = {Hurricane Ian closes Tampa, Manatee, Port Canaveral and Jacksonville ports},
  year = {2026},
  note = {Last updated 2026-10-29},
  url = {https://worldfreightmonitor.com/events/2022/hurricane-ian-florida-ports-2022/}
}