PortMiami
PortMiami | |
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Location | |
Country | United States |
Location | Miami, Florida |
Coordinates | 25°46′27″N 80°10′16″W / 25.77417°N 80.17111°W |
UN/LOCODE | USMIA[1] |
Details | |
Type of harbour | Natural/Artificial |
Draft depth | 43 ft.[2] |
Employees | 176,000[3] |
Port Director | Juan Kuryla |
Statistics | |
Vessel arrivals | 2,489 |
Annual cargo tonnage | 7.42 million |
Passenger traffic | 4.33 million |
Annual revenue | $94.70 million |
Formerly | Port of Miami |
Website PortMiami |
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The Port of Miami, styled as PortMiami and formally known as the Dante B. Fascell Port of Miami, is a major
The port is located on Dodge, Lummus and Sam's Islands, which is the combination of three historic islands (Dodge, Lummus and Sam's Islands) that have since been combined into one. It is connected to
As of 2023, PortMiami accounts for approximately 334,500 jobs and has an annual economic revenue of $43 billion to the state of Florida.[7][8]
History
In the early 1900s, Government Cut was dredged along with a new channel to what now is known as Bicentennial Park in downtown Miami.[9] This new access to the mainland created the Main Channel which greatly improved the shipping access to the new port. From these original dredging spoils which were disposed on the south side of the new Main Channel, new islands were inadvertently created which later became Dodge, Lummus and Sam's Island along with several other smaller islands.[10]
PortMiami's improved shipping access and growth of the South Florida community led to an expansion of the port. On April 5, 1960, Resolution No. 4830, "Joint Resolution Providing for Construction of Modern Seaport Facilities at Dodge Island Site" was approved by the Dade County Board of Commissioners. On April 6, 1960, the City of Miami approved City Resolution No. 31837 to construct the new port. The new port on Dodge Island required expansion of the island by joining it together with the surrounding islands.[11] After the seawalls, administrative buildings, and a vehicle and railroad bridge were completed, Port of Miami operations were moved to the new Dodge Island port. Additional fill material enlarged the connected Lummus and Sam's islands as well as the North, South and NOAO slips, creating a completely artificial island for PortMiami.[12]
The port is officially named after Florida House of Representatives member Dante Fascell, who served for four decades from 1955 to 1993, and died in 1998.
In 1993, the first dredge of PortMiami occurred, deepening it to 42 feet (13 m).[13] In 2006, a $40 million project to expand the South Harbor finished.[13] In 2011, a project to reconnect PortMiami to the mainland via railroad began.[14] In 2013, a dredging project began to deepen the harbors around PortMiami from 44 to 52 feet (13 to 16 m).[15] In April 2019, the Miami-Dade Tourism and Ports Committee approved a deal for Royal Caribbean Cruises to build a new office and parking garage on Dodge Island.[16]
Today
Cruise ship operations
PortMiami is the busiest cruise/passenger port in the world.
As of July 2020, there are seven operating passenger terminal facilities at PortMiami: A, C, D, E, F, G, and J. Of the seven, there is one facility that is purpose-built for a specific company, while other companies share the other terminals.[22] Five more company-specific facilities are in their planning or construction stages.
Current passenger terminals
Terminal | Allocation |
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A | This facility exclusively serves cruise lines that are part of Royal Caribbean Group, and handles the world's largest class of cruise ships, the Icon-class ships.[23][20] |
C | This facility primarily serves cruise lines that are part of Norwegian Cruise Line Holdings.[22][24] |
D | This facility primarily serves cruise lines that are part of Carnival Corporation & plc.[22][24] |
E | This facility primarily serves cruise lines that are part of Carnival Corporation & plc.[22][24] |
F | This facility primarily serves MSC Cruises.[25] |
G | This facility primarily serves cruise lines that are part of Royal Caribbean Group.[24] |
J | As PortMiami's boutique cruise terminal, it primarily serves smaller vessels and luxury cruise lines, such as Oceania Cruises and Regent Seven Seas Cruises.[22] |
V | This facility primarily serves Virgin Voyages.[26] |
Future terminals and projects
On March 7, 2018, Norwegian Cruise Line Holdings announced plans for a new 166,000-square-foot (15,400 m2) facility to redevelop their "Terminal B" at PortMiami that will be fully capable of serving Norwegian's largest ships, the Breakaway Plus-class ships. Norwegian originally intended to open the terminal, dubbed the "Pearl of Miami," by fall 2019, but budgeting issues initially postponed its opening date until spring of 2020.[27][28][29][22][30] In In August 2021 Terminal B serviced its first cruise ship.[31]
In July 2018, MSC Cruises announced plans to build "Terminal AA/AAA" for its upcoming World-class cruise ships, a forthcoming class of cruise ship with an approximate gross tonnage of 205,700 tons. This marks MSC's second investment in its passenger facility infrastructure at PortMiami after MSC unveiled Terminal F, a custom-built terminal for MSC's ships, in December 2017. The new terminal is expected to be completed in October 2022.[25][22] On September 19, 2019, MSC and Miami-Dade County finalized the contract to construct the new facility.[32] The new $300 million building will span 16.7 acres (6.8 ha) and include two berths capable of operating simultaneously, separately named as "AA" and "AAA," and be operated by MSC under a 62-year lease.[32] In September 2018, it was announced that Disney Cruise Line had entered into an agreement with Miami-Dade County to plan for a brand-new terminal, "Terminal K", on the south side of PortMiami and east of Terminal J. The inauguration of the terminal is expected to coincide with Disney's expansion into Miami with two vessels homeported at the port in the mid-2020s.[33] The construction of the terminal would be dependent on improvements made to the port's infrastructure that can enable Disney's vessels to operate on the south side of the port. Dates for groundbreaking and completion were not announced at the time of announcement.[33][22] However, in July 2020, in light of the COVID-19 pandemic and its economic repercussions, PortMiami issued a new proposal that accommodates MSC's difficulties in receiving financing for the project by amending the ground lease, while also granting the port additional time to prepare the site for the project prior to turning over the premises to MSC.[34] Additionally, in an effort to reduce costs for its expansion projects, the port issued an accompanying resolution requiring the new MSC complex to share facilities with Disney Cruise Line, and will require Miami-Dade County to establish a new berthing rights agreement with Disney Cruise Line based on the proposal.[34]
On November 28, 2018,
On September 19, 2019, Carnival Cruise Line announced that it had received approval from Miami-Dade County for an expansion of its company's facilities at PortMiami by renovating and expanding "Terminal F", making it the company's third passenger facility at the port and its largest terminal in North America.[39] The terminal is scheduled to open in October 2022 to coincide with the debut of Carnival's second Excellence-class vessel, which will be homeported in Miami, and will be operated by Carnival under a 20-year lease.[36][39]
Container ship operations
As the "Cargo Gateway of the Americas," the port primarily handles containerized cargo with small amounts of breakbulk, vehicles and industrial equipment. It is the largest container port in the state of Florida and ninth in the United States.
Over 9.6 million tons of cargo and over 1 million twenty-foot equivalent units (TEU) (FY 2018/2019) of intermodal container traffic move through the seaport per year. The economic impact from cargo operations at PortMiami to Florida amounts to $35 billion.[7]
As of 2021, nearly 1,000 cargo ships docked at the port.[40] In terms of TEU, China is PortMiami's largest trade partner, while Honduras is ranked first in terms of trade value.[41] Computers represent the port's most valuable export, while insulated wire and cable are considered the most valuable import.[42]
Design and infrastructure
The port currently operates eight passenger terminals, six gantry crane wharves, seven Ro-Ro (Roll-on-Roll-off) docks, four refrigerated yards for containers, break bulk cargo warehouses and nine gantry container handling cranes. In addition, the port tenants operate the cruise and cargo terminals which includes their cargo handling and support equipment.
To retain the port's competitive rank as a world-class port, in 1997 the port undertook a redevelopment program of over $250 million which is well underway to accommodate the changing demands of cruise vessel operators, passengers, shippers and carriers. To further resolve accessibility, the
As part of the massive PortMiami redevelopment program, new ultramodern cruise terminals, roadways and parking garages have been constructed. Additionally, a new gantry crane dock and container storage yards have been constructed along with the electrification of the gantry crane docks to include the conversion of several cranes has been completed. In addition, the Port acquired two state-of-the-art super post-panamax gantry cranes which are amongst the largest in the world; able to load and unload 22 container (8 foot wide each), or nearly 200 foot, wide mega container ships. This, along with the planned
Tunnel and Deep Dredge
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Four major projects directly and indirectly related to PortMiami are expected to increase both the capacity and efficiency of the port: the expansion of the
On May 24, 2010, construction began on the
Another major development for the PortMiami was the
There have also been plans to build a soccer-specific stadium at PortMiami. The plans were proposed by a group, led by David Beckham, seeking to bring a Major League Soccer team to Miami.[43] The group has stated that they would fund such a stadium privately, but there has been opposition on multiple grounds, including the added traffic to downtown Miami and the impact on wildlife.[citation needed]
Railroad access
In 2011, PortMiami was awarded a federal grant, as part of the
There was some opposition to the railroad line being returned to service, with claims that it would be as much of a problem to downtown traffic as container trucks, and that the noise would be a disturbance to nearby residents. However, trains are occasional and will be reserved for specialty freight, such as oversized loads and hazardous materials, which will be banned from the tunnel.[
The cost of restoring the rail link between the port and the Hialeah Railyard was estimated at $46.9 million, $28 million of which was applied for through a federal grant in 2010.[47] Later that year, a grant of $22 million was awarded for this project,[52] as well as to build an on site intermodal rail yard at the port. During the 2000s the percent of Florida East Coast Railway's business has increased from around 60% to around 80% intermodal freight.[53] However, this was partially due to a decrease in other freight traffic caused by the 2008 recession, which reduced the number of trains, many carrying rock aggregate used in construction, from about 20 to 14 per day.[54]
There is also a plan to start a passenger service connecting
In 2019, Brightline announced plans to construct a station at PortMiami.[57]
See also
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