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The container handling capacity of the port has been increased with a new {{convert|41|acre|m2|adj=on}} terminal, completed in 2010. The expansion increased Port Everglades' freight handling area by 15%.<ref>[http://www.miamiherald.com/business/story/852023.html Expanded cargo capacity set for Port Everglades]{{dead link|date=May 2012}}</ref> |
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Port Everglades is the world's second busiest cruise port, with more than 3.6 million annual revenue cruise passengers. Ships sail year round, but the peak season is from November to April. Port Everglades was once home to ''[[RMS Queen Elizabeth]]'' when she was laid up as a museum ship from 1968 until 1970. Besides the ''RMS Queen Elizabeth'', Port Everglades has been used to dock many notable and famous ships. In 2004, the ''[[Queen Mary 2]]'' completed her maiden voyage and her maiden transatlantic voyage at Port Everglades. In December 2009, [[Royal Caribbean Cruise Lines]] began using Port Everglades as the home port for the world's largest passenger ship, the ''[[MS Oasis of the Seas|Oasis of the Seas]]''; in late 2010, she was joined at Port Everglades by her sister ship ''[[MS Allure of the Seas|Allure of the Seas]]''. |
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A regular tradition of the condominium residents who live next to the channel of Port Everglades in Everglades House, Sky Harbor East and Point Of Americas I and II is to bid bon-voyage to cruise ships as they embark on their voyages from Port Everglades. To wish the passengers a happy voyage the residents blow horns and ring bells, with the ships usually responding by blowing their horns back. Some residents fly flags of the ships to pay patronage to having sailed on the ship. This tradition is said to only happen at Port Everglades.{{Citation needed|date=May 2011}} |
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| Port Everglades | |
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 Oasis of the Seas at Port Everglades | |
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| Location | |
| Country | United States |
| Location | Broward County, Florida |
| Coordinates | 26°5′9.68″N 80°6′55.03″W / 26.0860222°N 80.1152861°W |
| Details | |
| Opened | 1928 |
| Operated by | Port Everglades |
| Owned by | Broward County, FL |
| Type of harbour | Natural/Artificial |
| No. of berths | 33 |
| Employees | 160,000 in State of Florida |
| Port Director | Steven M. Cernak |
| Statistics | |
| Annual cargo tonnage | 22.1 million |
| Annual container volume | 5.79 million tons |
| Passenger traffic | 3.6 million |
| Annual revenue | $139 million |
| Net income | $64 million |
| Website Port Everglades | |
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Port Everglades is a seaport in Broward County, Florida. As one of South Florida's leading economic powerhouses, Port Everglades is the gateway for international trade and cruise vacations. Currently the third busiest cruise port worldwide, Port Everglades is also one of Florida's leading container ports, with more than 4,000 ship calls annually. Port Everglades is South Florida's main seaport for receiving petroleum products including gasoline, jet fuel, and alternative fuels. The port serves as the primary storage and distribution seaport for refined petroleum products, distributing fuel to residents of 12 Florida counties. Port Everglades is also recognized as a favorite United States Navy liberty port. With a depth of 43 feet (at mean low water), Port Everglades is currently the deepest United States (Atlantic Ocean) port south of Norfolk, Virginia.
The Port Everglades Department is a self-supporting Enterprise Fund of Broward County government with operating revenues of approximately $139 million in Fiscal Year 2011 (October 1, 2010 through September 30, 2011). It does not rely on local taxes for operations. The total value of economic activity at Port Everglades is nearly $15.3 billion annually. Approximately 160,000 Florida jobs are impacted by the Port, including 11,400 people who work for companies that provide direct services to Port Everglades.
History
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Records and achievements
December 22, 1996, Port Everglades had a record 13 cruise ships in port on a single day. The port broke its own record on December 21, 2003 with 15 cruise ships.[1] No other port in the world has hosted this many cruise ships on a single day. The closest competitors are: Port of Barcelona with 9 ships the 26 of August 2011 Miami with 8 ships and Port of New York with 7 ships on a single day.
Port Everglades broke its own world record on November 26, 2011, with more than 53,500 guests passing through the Port in a single day.[2] The previous record was set on March 20, 2010, with 53,365 passengers. [3]
In 2010, Port Everglades documented 55 cruise ships offering regularly scheduled cruises. With 15 different cruise lines, Port Everglades now offers more cruises by more cruise lines aboard more cruise ships than any other cruise port in the world.[citation needed]
Seatrade Insider, one of the world's foremost cruise industry trade publications, named Port Everglades "World's Top Cruise Port" during the 2010 Seatrade Insider Cruise Awards ceremony at the historic l' Opera House in Nice, France.
Port Everglades, Florida (January 27, 2013) - Broward County's Port Everglades has been selected for the fifth consecutive year as the Best U.S. Homeport by Porthole Cruise Magazine, the internationally distributed cruise travel magazine.
Cruise traffic
Cruise ships operating out of Port Everglades in the 2013-2014 Winter Season:
Celebrity Century, Celebrity Constellation, Celebrity Eclipse, Celebrity Equinox, Celebrity Infinity, Celebrity Millennium, Celebrity Silhouette
Queen Victoria, Queen Elizabeth
Eurodam, Maasdam, Nieuw Amsterdam, Noordam, Prinsendam,Veendam, Westerdam, Zaandam, Zuiderdam
Caribbean Princess, Coral Princess, Crown Princess, Emerald Princess, Island Princess, Pacific Princess, Royal Princess, Ruby Princess
Allure of the Seas, Independence of the Seas, Legend of the Seas, Liberty of the Seas, Oasis of the Seas, Vision of the Seas
Seabourn Pride, Seabourn Quest, Seabourn Sojourn
Silver Cloud, Silver Spirit, Silver Whisper
References
- ^ "Port Everglades Expects to Set World Record". Porteverglades.net. Retrieved 2012-05-17.
- ^ "Thanksgiving weekend brings record-breaking cruise passengers for Port Everglades". cruiseradio.net. Retrieved 2011-11-26.
- ^ "Port Everglades Sets Cruise Passenger Record in 2011". travelpulse.com. Retrieved 2011-11-21.
External links
- Ports and harbors of Florida
- Economy of Fort Lauderdale, Florida
- Transportation in Fort Lauderdale, Florida
- Ports and harbors of the United States Atlantic coast
- Historic Florida architecture 1989 AIA survey listings in Broward County
- Geography of Broward County, Florida
- Visitor attractions in Broward County, Florida
- 1928 establishments in the United States