Florida Ports Opening Post-Milton

October 14, 2024--Written by Daniel Graeber for Industrial Info Resources (Sugar Land, Texas)--After the remnants of Hurricane Milton disintegrated in the waters of the Atlantic, the U.S. Coast Guard by Friday reopened some ports along the Gulf Coast but warned that restrictions on petroleum cargo remained in place. Milton made landfall Wednesday on Florida's west coast as a Category 3 hurricane, with sustained winds of around 120 miles per hour. The storm ripped the roof off St. Petersburg's Tropicana Field, home to the Major League Baseball's (MLB) Rays, and brought as much as 8 feet of storm surge to Florida's western shores.