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Port Everglades is a manmade harbor located between Fort Lauderdale and Hollywood, Florida that handles cargo, cruise and petroleum business. More than 3 million cruise passengers and 27 million tons of cargo and fuel pass through the port each year, making it one of the nations busiest. The port is the deepest in the Southeast United States and has 32 berths. Port Everglades' impact on the region's economy is almost $3 billion a year and is directly and indirectly responsible for more than 25,000 jobs. Some three dozen cargo shipping lines call at the port, linking it to 70 countries around the globe. Cargo varies from cars and cement to lumber and bananas. The port also supplies all the...
Port Everglades is a manmade harbor located between Fort Lauderdale and Hollywood, Florida that handles cargo, cruise and petroleum business. More than 3 million cruise passengers and 27 million tons of cargo and fuel pass through the port each year, making it one of the nations busiest. The port is the deepest in the Southeast United States and has 32 berths. Port Everglades' impact on the region's economy is almost $3 billion a year and is directly and indirectly responsible for more than 25,000 jobs. Some three dozen cargo shipping lines call at the port, linking it to 70 countries around the globe. Cargo varies from cars and cement to lumber and bananas. The port also supplies all the fuel for a 12-county region of southern Florida. In the cruise business, Port Everglades competes with the Port of Miami and Port Canaveral as the nation's busiest. Some 40 cruise ships call on the port, offering a range of options from daylong gambling cruises to multi-day cruises of the Caribbean to round-the-world trips. The port was created in 1928 when engineers blasted an opening in the sand-and-rock barrier separating freshwater Lake Mabel from the Atlantic Ocean. The port is run as an agency of the Broward County Commission. A $2 billion expansion plan is currently underway for Port Everglades. Larger terminals for super-size cruise ships, more berths for freighters and a wharf to handle imported crushed rock for construction will be built at Port Everglades over the next 20 years. The plan includes deepening the entrance channel and expanding berths to handle Royal Caribbean's next generation of cruise ships, which will each carry up to 6,400 passengers. For more information, go to www.porteverglades.org.
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Royal Caribbean to base second cruise ship in China
Miami-based Royal Caribbean Cruises is sending more ships to China to meet growing demand for cruises in that giant Asian nation, The AP reported from Beijing. The company's 3,114-passenger Voyager of the Seas is due to arrive in Singapore this...
Tags: China, Royal Caribbean International, Fort Lauderdale
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Gaste menos en gasolina este Memorial Day
Con el fin de semana del Día de la Recordación a punto de comenzar, hay buenas noticias para los viajeros.
Se espera que los precios de la gasolina bajen más, en lugar de subir como suele suceder en los días previos a una festividad, y muy...Tags: Minor League Baseball, Miami (Miami-Dade, Florida), Memorial Day, Automotive Equipment, West Palm Beach
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Rail key to port prosperity
There's a lot of talk about seaport competition these days, and a lot of hand-wringing about dredging, too. In the end, however, the competitive advantage might not be so much in the depth of a channel to receive incoming cargo as it may be about the rail...Tags: Florida East Coast Railway, Port of Miami, Broward County
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Florida Crystals advances plan for cargo hub in Palm Beach County
Palm Beach County's Florida Crystals, the big sugar producer and landholder, has taken another step toward starting an inland warehouse and distribution center by partnering with a leading logistics firm. Florida Crystals said Thursday that it has teamed...Tags: Miami (Miami-Dade, Florida), Palm Beach County, Walmart, Miramar, The Home Depot
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South Florida fishing report
Fishing report LAKE OKEECHOBEE Bass were biting topwater plugs early and swimbaits and jigs all day along the outside grass lines and points. Bluegills were biting around West Wall and East Wall. EVERGLADES/FRESHWATER Bass fishing has slowed with...Tags: Lifestyle and Leisure, Boynton Beach, Everglades, Jeff Stewart, Fishing
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6-night Royal Caribbean western Caribbean cruise on the Independence of the Seas from $404
Royal Caribbean offers a six-night western Caribbean cruise for as little as $404 per person, based on double occupancy.
The Independence of the Seas sails out of Port Everglades in Fort Lauderdale on a Sunday-Saturday itinerary with stops at George Town...Tags: Royal Caribbean International, Fort Lauderdale
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South Florida roads, airports expect busy Memorial Day weekend
With the Memorial Day holiday weekend just days away, here's some good news for travelers. Gas prices are expected to dip further this week, instead of spiking as usual over the holiday weekend, and should keep falling the rest of the month, according to...
Tags: Minor League Baseball, Miami (Miami-Dade, Florida), Memorial Day, Palm Beach International Airport, Automotive Equipment
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Monday letters to the editor
Couples deserve fairness How can we deny equal rights to veterans, patriots and model citizens? We allow rapists, child molesters, bank robbers, woman beaters, tax evaders and drug dealers to walk down the aisle as wedding bells ring, so long as the...Tags: Teaching and Learning, Minority Groups, Florida Comprehensive Assessment Test, Crime, Law and Justice, Civil Rights
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Quarterdeck should be good fit for Dania Beach pier
Mayo on the Side: Michael Mayo | Sun Sentinel BlogsAs a Dania Beach resident, I'm glad to hear that a Quarterdeck restaurant is coming to the Dania Beach pier. A casual seafood place should be a good fit for a casual seaside spot. The last restaurant to occupy the......Tags: Florida Atlantic University, Restaurants, Lifestyle and Leisure, Dania Beach, Dining and Drinking
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Sand project might bypass blasting
A controversial project to fill starving public beaches with sand by snagging it from the seas in front of Fort Lauderdale condos has reached a possible breakthrough. The most controversial element of the so-called sand bypass plan – underwater...
Tags: Beaches, Heavy Engineering, Fort Lauderdale, Manufacturing and Engineering
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Volunteers turn recycled drums into works of art at Port Everglades
Sun SentinelFORT LAUDERDALE – They say one man's trash is another man's treasure, but for the volunteers who showed up at Port Everglades on Saturday, it was all about the trash cans. Under a big, white canopy, about 100 volunteers grabbed some paint and...Tags: Southwest Ranches, Christopher Johnson, Fort Lauderdale
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Big changes ahead for I-595 drivers
Brace yourself if you plan to drive on Interstate 595 in the coming weeks and months. A series of big changes, starting this weekend, will alter how drivers use the highway. The work will climax during the second weekend in July with the closure of an...
Tags: Florida Department of Transportation, Colleges and Universities, Traffic, Transportation, Education
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