Transportation
BY BUS
The Bay Town Trolley provides public bus transportation. The trolley route includes major shopping centers, hospitals and transportation to Panama City Beach.
Southern Greyhound provides intercity bus transportation.
Small package express service is available through Airborne Express, Federal Express, Purolator and UPS, which maintain terminals in the Panama City area.
BY AIR
Commercial airline service at the Northwest Florida Beaches International Airport (ECP) is provided by Southwest and Delta. Southwest provides non-stop service to Baltimore, Houston, Nashville and Orlando. Delta provides service to Atlanta and Memphis.
The following car rental agencies are located at the Airport:
Alamo Rent-A-Car - 850-913-0816
Avis Rent-A-Car - 850-769-1411
Budget Rent-A-Car - 850-763-0108
Hertz Rent-A-Car - 850-763-2262
National Rent-A-Car - 850-769-2383
Enterprise Rent-A-Car - 850-763-5854
Thrifty Car Rental - 850-230-1425
BY RAIL
The Bay Line Railroad provides rail freight service to Panama City businesses and industry and to Port Panama City. "The Bay Line" interconnects with both the CSX Transportation Company in Dothan, Alabama and in Cottondale, Florida. "The Bay Line" also interconnects with the Norfolk Southern Railroad in Dothan, Alabama.
BY SEA
Port Panama City is the northernmost port in the Gulf of Mexico. Port Panama City is a relatively young port established in 1967 with one deepwater berth and one 42,000 square foot warehouse. Currently, the Port has grown to six deepwater berths consisting of 3,240 linear feet, with 32 foot draft, 600 linear feet of barge facilities, and 470,000 square feet of warehousing space. The Port is efficiently equipped with loading and unloading facilities for truck, rail, barge, container, RO-RO vessel and deepwater vessel traffic. The Gulf Intracoastal Waterway is located adjacent to the Port and offers intracoastal shipment capability via barge.
As an integral part of Port Panama City's infrastructure of services, Foreign-Trade Zone (FTZ) #65 represents a major incentive to new industry getting established in Bay County. Currently, FTZ #65 offers many different advantages to both importers and exporters, depending on the type of product and on the international target markets in which they are participating.
Port Panama City rates are among the most economical on the Gulf of Mexico or East Coast region, and combined with the incentives available through FTZ #65, represent an attractive alternative to industries seeking to expand or relocate in this part of the State.
The Panama City-Bay County area has three major industrial parks consisting of 560 acres: 1. The Port Panama City Industrial Complex (125 acres); 2. Hugh Nelson Industrial Park (175 acres); and 3. Bay Industrial Park (260 acres). In addition, the Port Authority and the Bay Line Railroad are participating jointly on the development of a new industrial park consisting of 1,500 acres. For more information about Port Panama City call the Port Authority at (850) 767-3220.