Press Releases

Latest News

• Port Everglades Mangrove Habitat Plan Moves Forward (02/2010)
• Year-End Statistics Show Cruising on the Rise at Port Everglades (02/2010)
• Port Everglades' Florida International Terminal Earns ISO Certification (01/2010)
• Port Everglades Waives Tariff Charges for Shipping Relief Supplies to Haiti (01/2010)
• New Signage Improves Guest Navigation at Port Everglades (12/2009)
• Port Everglades Wins Miami Chamber International Business Award (11/2009)
• Port Everglades Opens World's Largest Cruise Terminal, Home of Royal Caribbean's Oasis of the Seas (11/2009)
• Broward County Seeks Permission for Air and Port Travel to Cuba (10/2009)
• New Cruise Terminal 18 Passes Inspection (10/2009)
• Port Everglades Installs New Gangways at New Home of Royal Caribbean's Oasis-class Cruise Ships (10/2009)
• New USDA Lab Opens in Port Everglades (10/2009)
• Port Everglades to Celebrate the Naming of Two Ships and Welcome Three New Ships (09/2009)
• Panama Canal and Port Everglades Unveil New Economic Alliance (08/2009)
• Massive Skylight Lets Light Shine on New Cruise Terminal (08/2009)
• Three South Florida Seaports Join Forces to Exchange Information to Help Workers Cut Security Costs (07/2009)
• Port Suspends ID Applications (07/2009)
• Royal Caribbean Executives Get a Hardhat Sneak Preview of New Terminal for Oasis (06/2009)
• Florida Governor Crist Tours Port Everglades to See State Dollars at Work (06/2009)
• Cold Ironing Exploration Gets "Green Light" at Port Everglades (06/2009)
• Port Everglades to hold Public Environmental Stakeholder Meeting June 15 (06/2009)
• Port Everglades Sets Sail with New, Easy-to-Navigate Web Site (05/2009)
• Online Registration for Ship Tours during Fleet Week (04/2009)
• Florida's Seaports Continue Legacy of Generating Jobs (04/2009)
• Port Everglades and Holland America Line Launch Ship to Shelter Program to Help Those in Need (01/2009)
• New DVD Showcases Port Everglades as "Poised and Ready for Tomorrow" (09/2008)

Cruise News

• Porthole Magazine names Port Everglades Best U.S. Homeport (03/2009)
• Port Everglades Builds World's Largest Cruise Terminal for World's Largest Ships (03/2009)
• 162-Ton Wall Shapes New Cruise Terminal 18 at Port Everglades (02/2009)
• Port Everglades Tops World Record For Number Of Passengers In A Single Day (01/2009)
• Port Everglades Homeports Largest Cruise Ship, Independence of the Seas (11/2008)
• MSC Cruises, Port Everglades Sign Two-year Agreement (11/2008)
• Newest and Largest ‘Fun Ship' to Operate Schedule of Caribbean Cruises from Port Everglades (11/2008)
• Port Everglades Welcomes Celebrity Solstice by Opening Cruise Terminal Expansion (11/2008)
• Broward County's Port Everglades Kicks Off Cruise Season by Welcoming New Ship From Holland America (10/2008)

Cargo News

• Port Everglades Breaks Ground On New Cargo Terminal (04/2009)
• Expanded CSAV/LIBRA Ocean Shipping Service Directly Connects Port Everglades to South America's East (02/2009)
• Port Everglades Receives Approval for New Cargo Terminal (01/2009)
• Bringer Lines Brings Broward to Brazil -- Manaus Memorandum of Understanding Benefits International (01/2009)
• Containerized Cargo on the Rise at Port Everglades (12/2008)
• New Tarpless Fumigation System at Port Everglades Benefits Shippers and Shoppers (11/2008)
• Bringer Lines Begins New Service from Port Everglades to Brazil's Amazon (11/2008)

Archived News

• Port Stakeholders are invited to attend a Master/Vision Plan meeting (01/2010)
• Port Everglades Opens to Public for Waterside View of Oasis of the Seas on November 27 (11/2009)
• U.S. Navy Hospital Ship Stops at Port Everglades (07/2009)
• 2008-2009 Port Everglades Facilities Guide & Directory Now Online (10/2008)
• Imperial Majesty's Regal Empress Assists with Texas Relief Efforts (09/2008)
• Port Everglades Veteran Alan Hill Named New Assistant Director of Business Development (09/2008)
• Port Everglades' connection to Marseille, France - a Sister Seaport Agreement Signed (07/2008)
• New Cruise Ships Select Port Everglades For 2008-2009 Winter Homeport (07/2008)
• SUNsational® Porter Program Continues to Shine at Port Everglades (07/2008)
• Florida Maritime Leaders Meet at Port Everglades (06/2008)
• Boaters Invited To Join QE2 Farewell Flotilla (04/2008)
• Port Everglades Names New Cruise Services Manager Karen Rech (03/2008)
• Queen Victoria to Make Maiden Call at Port Everglades on January 16 (01/2008)
• People Mover Study Presentation January 10, 2008 (12/2007)
• Broward's First Ethanol Shipment Arrives At Port Everglades (12/2007)
• Containerized Cargo at Port Everglades Tops 6 Million Tons for First Time Ever (12/2007)
• Broward County Commission Approves Port Everglades Master/Vision Plan (12/2007)
• Port Everglades To Move Into No.1 Cruise Port Spot As Royal Caribbean Reveals Genesis Homeport Plans (12/2007)
• Antillean Marine Shifts Services to Port Everglades (12/2007)
• Port Everglades Going Greener By Leading with a LEEDer (11/2007)
• Public Hearing for Port Everglades Master Plan Rescheduled for December 4 (11/2007)
• Port Everglades Rolls Out New Cruise Guide (11/2007)
• Master Plan Public Hearing Scheduled for November 13 Broward County Commission Meeting (11/2007)
• Professional Porter Program Sails into Port Everglades (10/2007)
• New Study Reveals Economic Impact of Broward's Seaport (10/2007)
• Port Everglades to Adopt Xiamen as Second Sister Seaport (09/2007)
• Broward County Recognizes Princess Cruises for Environmental Partnership During Recent Water Crisis (09/2007)
• Associated Grocers Soon To Enjoy Foreign-Trade Zone Benefits of FTZ #25 at Port Everglades (09/2007)
• Florida Remains U.S. Cruise Capital (08/2007)
• MSC Launches New Nassau Service from Port Everglades (08/2007)
• Broward International Trade Leaders, Wasserman-Rubin and Buqueras, to be Honored (08/2007)
• Public Workshop on Master Plan Update Slated for September 6 (08/2007)
• Six Cruise Ships Join Port Everglades Fleet for 2007-2008 Caribbean Cruise Season (08/2007)
• USS Harry S. Truman Strike Group to Visit Broward County (07/2007)
• Paramount Chief of Agogo, Ghana, Tours Broward County's Port and Airport (07/2007)
• Port Everglades Applauds Perez Trading on 60th Anniversary (06/2007)
• Port Everglades Officials Welcome new Zim Ship (06/2007)
• Be Our Guest! Greater Fort Lauderdale Launches Campaign for Cruise Passengers at Port Everglades (06/2007)
• Port Protects Environment and Saves Money by Reducing Energy In Cruise Terminals and Offices (05/2007)
• Chile Emerges as Growing Market - Trade Mission Seeks New Business (05/2007)
• Port ID Office Relocating to Larger Facility (04/2007)
• Fleet Week USA April 30 through May 6 (04/2007)
• Port Everglades Adopts International Sister Seaports Program (03/2007)
• Port Everglades Executive Appointed Assistant to the Port Director (03/2007)
• 30-Year Port Everglades Veteran Pia Thompson Named New Business Administration Director (03/2007)
• Port Everglades Celebrates 15 Millionth Daily Cruise Passenger (02/2007)
• Hapag-Lloyd New Services to Move Port Everglades to Forefront in Containerized Cargo (02/2007)
• Holocaust Era Rail Car - One of Only Eight Cars in the World -Arrives in Port Everglades from Poland (01/2007)
• Port Everglades Celebrates Second Year of Double-Digit Record Growth in Containerized Cargo (01/2007)
• Port Everglades To Set New World Record with 46,000+ Passengers in Single Day (12/2006)
• Bus Service Now Available to Port from Tri-Rail (12/2006)
• Butterflies Fly Free At Port Everglades (11/2006)
• Nicaraguan Growers Explore Shipping Possibilities at Port Everglades (11/2006)
• Port Everglades Readies for Double-Digit Cruise Ship Days (11/2006)
• Maersk Adds East Coast South America Service (10/2006)
• Port Everglades Director Elected FSTED Chair (09/2006)
• U.S. Coast Guard Veteran Glenn Wiltshire Named New Deputy Port Director (08/2006)
• Port Everglades Plans for Future Growth with New Master Plan Development (07/2006)
• Port Everglades Launches New Web Site (07/2006)
• Largest Container Ship in Port Everglades' (06/2006)
• Port Everglades Lands New COSCO/Evergreen Service (06/2006)
• FPL UPGRADING ELECTRICAL NETWORK AT PORT EVERGLADES (06/2006)
• Broward County's Port Everglades Reclaims 97 Acres, Paving Way for New Cargo and Warehouse Business (05/2006)
• Fleet Week USA Comes to Port Everglades May 1-7 (03/2006)
• Public Provides Ecological Input for Port Everglades' 20-Year Master Plan (03/2006)
• Port Everglades Doubles Size of Cruise Baggage Hall (03/2006)
• Port Everglades Nearly Tops Its Own World Record for Most Passengers in a Single Day (03/2006)
• Phillip C. Allen Named Port Everglades Director (02/2006)
• Waterborne Commerce at All-time High for Port Everglades (12/2005)
• Port Everglades Sets New Port Record with 5 Million Tons in Containerized Cargo (12/2005)
• U.S. Navy Commissions New Destroyer at Port Everglades (11/2005)
• Port Everglades Gains Florida Seaport Security Approval (11/2005)
• F.I.T., New Port Everglades Operator Introduces USATLAN Service for East Coast South America (10/2005)
• Cruise Industry Economic Impact Exceeds $5 Billion in Florida (09/2005)
• Port Everglades Gains Two New-Build Cruise Ships for 2006 (08/2005)
• Port Everglades Dons Battleship Gray for Holiday Week (07/2005)
• USS Theodore Roosevelt + 3 at Port Everglades July 4 (07/2005)
• Central American Service Added to Port Everglades (06/2005)
• Port Expands South American Market with New Operator, Florida International Terminals (06/2005)
• Phil Allen Named Interim Port Director During National Search (06/2005)
• Port Everglades Honored to Host OAS Assembly; Cruise Ships Sail on Schedule from Midport Berths (05/2005)
• Port Everglades Wins Two National Communications Awards (05/2005)
• Port Everglades Reaches 50 Million Passengers and Counting (04/2005)
• Broward County's Port Everglades Selected for Major Cruise Industry Event (04/2005)
• Port Everglades Named Among Nation's Fastest Growing Container Ports (03/2005)
• Port Everglades Wins Best U.S. Homeport Award (02/2005)
• Port Everglades Celebrates Black History Month With 30 Years Of Smooth Sailing for first African-Ame (02/2005)
• Port Everglades to Undertake Petroleum Sector Study (01/2005)
• New Seafreight Vessel MV Stadt Luneburg (01/2005)
• Pia Paige Elected IREM SE Florida President (12/2004)
• Port Everglades Marks Revenue Milestone (12/2004)
• MSC Opens New Marine Terminal at Port Everglades (12/2004)
• Port Everglades Invests Today for Tomorrow's Cruise Industry (10/2004)
• Broward Gaines Landmark Building at Port Everglades (10/2004)
• Containerized Cargo at Port Everglades Sets National Record for Fast Growth (09/2004)
• Port Everglades Fully Operational After Hurricane Jeanne (09/2004)
• Port Everglades Receives Second Highest Homeland Security Grant Award in Florida (09/2004)
• Port Everglades Surges Past Previous Cruise Passenger Records (08/2004)
• Newly Built Cruise Ships to Debut at Port Everglades (07/2004)
• Port Everglades Receives Federal Security Approval (07/2004)
• Port Everglades Officials Named Among Top Global Leaders (07/2004)
• Port Everglades Advertising Agency Wins Awards (06/2004)
• MSC to Lease New Marine Terminal at Port Everglades (06/2004)
• Port Everglades First Florida Port to Participate in Regional Weapons of Mass Destruction Exercise (06/2004)
• Six-month Revenue Report: Revenue Up by $9 Million at Broward County's Port Everglades (06/2004)
• Port Everglades Honors Imperial Majesty As Success Story in Short-Cruise Market (05/2004)
• Port Everglades Names New Chief Harbormaster (05/2004)
• New South American Service Selects Port Everglades (05/2004)
• Broward County's Port Everglades Welcomes Inter-Ocean Maritime On First Call to Seaport (04/2004)
• First Two Access Control Points To Open March 30 At Port Everglades (03/2004)
• Port Everglades Installs State-of-the-Art Cruise Passenger Loading Bridges (03/2004)
• Broward County's Port Everglades Part of U.S. Marad Study (03/2004)
• Broward County's Port Everglades Greets the Queen (02/2004)
• Travel Channel's "Extreme Travel Tech" Features (02/2004)
• CMA CGM Kingston Makes Inaugural Call to Port Everglades (02/2004)
• Port Everglades Selected to Participate in National Environmental Program (01/2004)
• Queen Mary 2, World's Grandest Liner, Makes First Visit to Mainland U.S. (01/2004)
• Port Everglades Expects to Set World Record 50,000 Passengers on 15 Cruise Ships in Single Day (12/2003)
• Broward County's Port Everglades salutes The U.S. Navy as USS Ronald Regan debuts (11/2003)
• Jim Lida returns to Port Everglades (11/2003)
• Customs Fees Eliminated at Port Everglades (11/2003)
• Port Everglades Prepares for Seven New Ships, Including the World's Largest (10/2003)
• MSC to Lease New Marine Terminal at Port Everglades (10/2003)
• Crowley Relocates at Port Evergalades, Freeing Additional Dockside Space (10/2003)
• Containerized Cargo Increases 20% at Port Everglades (09/2003)
• Chiquita to Open Container Terminal and Regional Distribution Center at Port Everglades (09/2003)
• Second Far East Carrier Adds Port Everglades to Service (08/2003)
• Port Everglades Department Issues Request for Letters of Interest for 36-Acre Marine Terminal (07/2003)
• Construction to Begin on Permanent Access Control Points at broward County's Port Everglades (06/2003)
• Six-month Revenue Report Revenue up by $1.5 Million at Broward County's Port Everglades (06/2003)
• Motiva Petroleum terminal at Port Everglades rcognized for Safety, Environmental Stewardship (05/2003)
• Port Everglades Welcomes First Direct Far East Service (05/2003)
• Five Ocean Carriers Move Service to South Stevedoring in Port Everglades (03/2003)
• Port Everglades Celebrates 75th Anniversary (02/2003)
• New Cargo Service Comes to Port Everglades South Stevedoring Terminal (02/2003)
• Port Everglades Welcomes New Security Administrator (01/2003)
• Fiscal Year-End Revenue Report Cruise Traffic up at Port Everglades (12/2002)
• Arrival of Carnival Legend Marks Place in History (11/2002)
• Five Ships Join Port Everglades Home Fleet For 2002-2003 Caribbean Cruise Season (10/2002)
• Port Everglades Welcomes New Director Ken Krauter (08/2002)
• Port Everglades Welcomes ICA (06/2002)
• Cruise Traffic Driving Economic Growth at Broward County's Port Everglades Legend Joins Cruise Fleet (06/2002)
• Jacksonville's Ken Krauter Named New Port Director of Broward's Department (05/2002)
• Broward County's Port Everglades Prepares for New Fun (05/2002)
• Broward County's Port Everglades Prepares for New Fun (05/2002)
• Broward County's Port Everglades Gains Weekly Shipping Service Three Lines Take Advantage of New Tar (05/2002)
• Crowley Launches Port Everglades Express Service to Costa Rica (05/2002)
• Broward County's Port Everglades Welcomes Saga Voyager (04/2002)
• 30-Year Port Everglades Veteran, Alan Kehrer, To Receive 2002 International Golden Compass Award (04/2002)
• Broward County's Port Everglades Opens New Cruise Terminal (03/2002)
• Port Everglades Announces New Incentives For Container Carriers (02/2002)
• Port Everglades Unveils 20-Year Master Plan Vision (02/2002)
• World Shipping Leader, Evergreen, to Call Regularly at Port Everglades (01/2002)
• U.S. Senate Commerce Committee To Hold Subcommittee Field Hearing At Port Everglades on January 9 (01/2002)
• Sen. Bob Graham's Workday No. 375 (01/2002)
• Port Everglades Reports Banner Fiscal Year (11/2001)
• Port Everglades Applauds Gov. Bush's Decision for National Guard Security of Cruise Terminals (11/2001)
• 70 Years Later, Port Everglades Grows Into One of the World's Most Popular Cruise Ports (10/2001)
• Cruise Passengers Urged to Confirm with Cruice Lines, Expect Tight Security (09/2001)
• Port Everglades Hires New Cruise Marketing Team (08/2001)
• Lane Closures for Spangler Boulevard in Port Everglades (07/2001)
• Port Everglades Cruising Into Growing Summer Season (06/2001)
• Port History Digest Now Available at Local Libraries (05/2001)
• Port Everglades Once Again Wins Two Prestigious Dream World Cruise Destinations Awards (05/2001)
• Summary of Ships Participating in Fleet Week (05/2001)
• Florida Fleet Week 2001-Schedule of Events (05/2001)
• New Gantry Crane Arrives in Port Everglades from Korea (03/2001)
• Port Everglades Launches New Print Advertising Campaign Which is "Simply A Step Above" (03/2001)
• Fleet Week Returns to Port Everglades on April 30-May 7 (03/2001)
• Port Everglades' Welcome Mat (03/2001)
• Port Everglades Dedicates New Operations Center & Harbormaster Tower (02/2001)
• Port Call by New Auto Carrier Enhances Port Everglades' Auto Handling Image (01/2001)
• Port Everglades To Set World Record With 100,000 Passengers In One Week (12/2000)
• SeaEscape To Call Port Everglades "Home" for Next 10 Years (10/2000)
• Port Call by New Auto Carrier Enhances Port Everglades' Auto Handling Image (03/2000)
• Port Names New Director of Business Administration (02/2000)
• USS Grapple Makes Special Port Visit (02/2000)