 Port Manatee provides cargo service primarily while the Port of Tampa is more diverse.Port Manatee formerly even had a cruise line, "Regal Cruise Line" that operated out of in from 1993–2003 until it was seized by U.S Marshals on April 18, 2003 for not being maintained.The waterway enters Sarasota Bay which provides access to downtown Sarasota at the city pier.