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  Port Everglades - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Port Everglades, in Broward County, Florida, is one of the United States's top container ports with more than 5,400 ships at call in a year, a major petroleum storage and distribution hub, and a United States Navy liberty port.
It is the deepest of all Florida ports.
Port Everglades is also one of the world's busiest cruise departure ports.
en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Port_Everglades   (168 words)

  
 Port Everglades Facilities Guide & Directory 2006
Port Everglades' impact upon the South Florida economy is immense - some $2.87 billion a year and more than 25,000 direct and indirect jobs - and is continuing to grow.
Port Everglades is a department of Broward County government.
The Port Everglades Department is responsible for planning, managing and maintaining Port and much of the related transportation infrastructure within the Port's 2, 190-acre jurisdictional area.
www.portevergladesguide.com /10.html   (371 words)

  
 Port Technology - Port Everglades Terminal Development, USA
Fort Lauderdale's Port Everglades is investing in new facilities to accommodate recent and anticipated growth in its cruise and cargo operations.
The increase in use has necessitated expansion and additions to the port facilities, from the recently completed expansion of the roadway system throughout the port to accommodate the higher volume of traffic to the doubled size of the mid port garage, now 2,000 spaces.
Port Everglades is well served by domestic flights arriving at nearby Fort Lauderdale Airport.
www.port-technology.com /projects/everglades   (586 words)

  
 Port of Call Guide: Port of Miami
In 1976, Miami became the first port in history to log more than one million cruise passengers in a year, with that pace quickening to a record 1.5 million in 1980 when terminals 8 and 9 swung open.
Today’s Port of Miami progress is reflected in $170 million of construction projects geared toward upgrades and modifications, including new cruise terminals, remodeling of two existing terminals, two additional multi-level parking garages, access road reconfiguration, and a security gateway complex.
Port of Miami parking for cruise passengers is payable prior to embarkation, and both cash and credit card payments are accepted.
port.of.miami.portofcallguide.com   (965 words)

  
 Port Everglades - MGN Business Card Listing
Originally known as Lake Mabel, Port Everglades was officially established as a deep water harbor in 1927 and has since grown to become one of South Florida's strongest economic engines with annual operating revenues of more than $66 million and total waterborne commerce exceeding 23 million tons in liquid, break bulk and containerized cargoes.
Its name somewhat misleading, Port Everglades is not a part of the wetland ecosystem known as the Florida Everglades.
Port Everglades' jurisdiction encompasses a total of 2,190 acres (887hectares) which includes 1,742 acres of upland and 448 acres of submergedland.
www.mglobal.com /companydetails.cfm?companyid=16603   (256 words)

  
 NETWORKED SECURITY AT PORT EVERGLADES - Security Camera
The port's petroleum storage and distribution hub serves all of south Florida; it is one of the top three cruise ports in the world; and it boasts a major convention center within its 2,000 acres.
Port Everglades is one of South Florida's strongest economic engines with annual operating revenues of approximately $100 million.
Port Everglades is also in the process of building an alternate SOC that will duplicate the functions of the main Security Operations Center.
www.100share.com /NETWORKED-SECURITY-AT-POR.htm   (2004 words)

  
 Port of Call Guide: Port Everglades
Port Everglades boasts the deepest harbor in Florida, and one of the nation’s shortest, straightest entrance channels for quick ocean access.
Port development efforts centered on a shallow lake separated from the ocean by a sand ridge.
Despite its name, Port Everglades is not a part of the Everglades wetland ecosystem.
port.everglades.portofcallguide.com   (1135 words)

  
 Port Everglades Towing   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-23)
Port Everglades Towing is Seabulk International's original business, initiating its franchised harbor tug operation in 1958 with two tugs.
Today, the Port Everglades fleet shares facilities with the Company's corporate headquarters and provides harbor assist services to thousands of vessels a year, including cruise ships, cargo ships, petroleum tankers and navy vessels of all shapes and sizes.
We are pleased to provide Port Everglades the highest level of equipment and service on a round-the-clock basis, so that port users can depend on safe and reliable tug service.
www.seabulkinternational.com /ourCompanies/seaBulktowing/towingDivisions/portEvergladesTowing/content.htm   (152 words)

  
 Port Everglades Cruise Guide - cruises from Fort Lauderdale FL
Port Everglades is the huge cruise port at Fort Lauderdale, Florida.
And the port is just the gateway to the popular resort, affluent yachting capital and entertaining city of Fort Lauderdale.
Whether you're destined for the little islands of the eastern Caribbean or the exotic Mexican coast of the western Caribbean, Port Everglades has plenty of choices for you.
www.portevergladescruiseguide.com   (352 words)

  
 Port EverGlades History
This slowed progress on the port and, combined with the Florida real estate crash and hard times into which the nation's economy was sinking, led to Young's departure from the project.
In the 1940s, Port Everglades burgeoned as a military operation and by the 1950s it was already a port of call for various around-the-world cruise itineraries.
In 1965, the Broward County Port Authority was renamed the Port Everglades Authority.
www.webspawner.com /users/prtevergladeshistory   (924 words)

  
 USATODAY.com - Port Everglades to install 'smart' cameras to monitor area   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-23)
Port officials said Tuesday they hired ObjectVideo of Reston, Va., for the system of more than 100 cameras to be installed by August.
Port Everglades is a large cruise and container port as well as the largest refined-petroleum storage facility on the East Coast, so it could be a terrorism target.
Port Everglades will be the fourth port to have the system, Fernandez said.
www.usatoday.com /tech/news/2004-06-03-fla-video-surveil_x.htm?POE=TECISVA   (376 words)

  
 Fleet Week Returns to Port Everglades on April 30-May 7
PORT EVERGLADES, FL (March 5, 2001)- For the first time ever, Fleet Week will become part of the Air and Sea Show for a week-long celebration of the United States’ armed forces.
The week-long celebration is hosted each year at Port Everglades by Broward Navy Days Inc., a nonprofit organization with a mission of providing service and support to the nation’s sea-going services-the Navy, Coast Guard and Marines.
A longtime favorite liberty port of call, Port Everglades is often a site for official ceremonies and an excellent location for operational exercises in conjunction with the port-located U.S. Navy's South Florida Testing Facility.
www.shorehavenresort.com /fleetweek.htm   (820 words)

  
 Port Everglades parking and directions - Fort Lauderdale Hotels, Restaurants and Attractions.   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-23)
Cruisers departing from Ft. Lauderdale depart from Port Everglades.
The port is located on the Intracoastal waterway just a few minutes from the downtown area.
Port of Seattle Port of Seward Port of Tampa Port of Vancouver
www.greatports.com /porteverglades/index.htm   (343 words)

  
 EPA: Federal Register: Security Zones; Port of Port Everglades, Fort Lauderdale, FL; Port of Miami, Miami, FL
Another security zone encompasses the port area west of the Intracoastal Waterway in the north portion of Port Everglades in Fort Lauderdale, Florida.
The Captain of the Port has previously established a temporary moving security zone for cruise ships and vessels carrying cargoes of particular hazard for both ports under docket numbers COTP Miami-01-115 [(67 FR 1101, January 9, 2002)] and COTP Miami-01-093 [(no longer effective, to be published in quarterly notice of temporary rules issued)].
The Port of Miami fixed security zone encompasses all waters between Watson Park and Star Island on the MacArthur Causeway south to the Port of Miami on Dodge Island.
www.epa.gov /fedrgstr/EPA-IMPACT/2002/February/Day-13/i3513.htm   (1507 words)

  
 Archaeology - Office of Cultural & Historical Programs
In 1926 the cities of Fort Lauderdale and Hollywood issued bonds, later assumed by a port authority, to build Port Everglades at Lake Mabel halfway between the two cities.
The new port was located conveniently near major shipping lanes, but during the Depression it struggled to survive.
The navy assumed control of Port Everglades after the U.S. declared war and the port, like other nearby military facilities, was enlarged.
dhr.dos.state.fl.us /archaeology/underwater/maritime/ports/port.cfm?name=Port_Everglades   (255 words)

  
 Port Everglades plans for future growth - South Florida Business Journal:   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-23)
Leadership at Port Everglades has retained an engineering/planning/economic analysis consulting firm to prepare a five-year master plan, as well as 10- and 20-year vision plans.
The Broward County Port Everglades Department said it hired DMJM Harris to assess regional, national and international changes affecting the port since 2001, when Port Everglades presented its original 2020 Vision Master Plan.
The plan is to include recommendations from a study of the port's petroleum facilities by energy consultant Purvin and Gertz, which identified ways to improve the efficiency of this business sector's facilities.
www.bizjournals.com /ct/rc/30414/www.bizjournals.com/southflorida/stories/2006/07/17/daily13.html?from_rss=1   (615 words)

  
 Business
Volendam passengers arriving at Port Canaveral were taken off the ship and boarded buses to their choice of destinations, including airports and their originating port.
Port Canaveral Chief Executive Officer Stan Payne said it's anyone's guess whether other cruise ships may seek refuge in Brevard County because of service disruptions at Port Everglades and the Port of Miami.
Port Everglades was operating on generator power Wednesday night, and officials there said the port could reopen sometime today.
www.floridatoday.com /apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20051027/BUSINESS/510270332/1003   (467 words)

  
 Florida History of Port Everglades Ocean Liners & Cruises Ships of Port Everglades History in the Early 1960s : ...
Port Everglades in Fort Lauderdale and Hollywood, Florida became an increasily popular winter home for the prestigious ocean liners which had lost their loyal passengers, especially in the off-season.
Many of the ports of call were as popular then as now..
In 1964, Port Everglades had 2 passenger/cargo terminals and served 75,000 passengers.
www.getcruising.com /cruising/_pev.html   (620 words)

  
 Fort Lauderdale, Florida - Port Everglades - Cruising Near Home -Altour/ Calig World Travel & Cruises   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-23)
Lauderdale's Port Everglades is one of the top three cruise ports in the world and second only to Miami.
Port Everglades has 11 cruise ship terminals which host 52 cruise ships from 19 cruise lines that offer over 2,000 different cruises annually.
The Fort Lauderdale/Hollywood International Airport is less than two miles from Port Everglades and is served by most airlines.
www.caligtravel.com /cruises/ftlauderdale.html   (515 words)

  
 Cruise Guide Network Launches Guides to Port Everglades, Jacksonville and Tampa
Cruises from Port Everglades, Jacksonville and Tampa are presented in the easy-to-use format that is the trademark of all the popular Cruise Guide Network's websites.
Twelve cruise lines serve Port Everglades and offer hundreds of cruises to the Caribbean, the Panama Canal, the Bahamas and even Bermuda.
Jacksonville is the northernmost cruise port in Florida, making it easier to reach by auto than Miami or Fort Lauderdale.
www.emediawire.com /releases/2005/11/emw315860.htm   (687 words)

  
 Port Everglades
Since 1991 the Broward Sheriff's Office has provided law enforcement services for Port Everglades, one of the largest cruise ports in the world and largest non-refinery petroleum storage and distribution facility on the east coast, supplying fuel to 13 counties and 3 major airports in the Southeast.
More than 5,400 ships call at Port Everglades every year and it is the most requested liberty port of the east coast for the United States Navy.
Chief Dan Cummings has served as the District Commander for Port Everglades since May of 2000 and was promoted to chief in April 2002.
www.sheriff.org /about_bso/dle/districts/d14   (446 words)

  
 RedOrbit - Technology - Broward County, Fla., Considers Altering Day-Cruise Fees From Port Everglades   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-23)
But the port still wants to keep the day cruise lines as tenants because they generate revenue from berths that are too short for bigger cruise vessels.
The port has negotiated an agreement with Discovery Cruise Line that would serve as a pattern for other day cruise firms.
The port said it would earn at least $2.03 million through 2012 from Discovery under the plan.
www.redorbit.com /news/display/?id=210462&source=r_technology   (502 words)

  
 Broward County - Port Everglades
For them, the fastest-and most strategic-course for their cargo is Port Everglades.
In this case, the name is Port Everglades.
What they may not realize is the answer could very well be Port Everglades.
www.broward.org /port   (241 words)

  
 Body of Rare Whale Shark Found Floating in Port Everglades   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-23)
FORT LAUDERDALE -- The carcass of what was initially believed to be a pygmy whale found in Port Everglades Thursday morning is probably that of a whale shark, the largest fish in the sea.
But when biologists arrived up close they saw that much of the fish's length was hidden by the port's waters.
It was not immediately known what killed the animal, who found it first or how it got inside the port.
www.flmnh.ufl.edu /fish/sharks/innews/DeadWhale.HTM   (320 words)

  
 Port Everglades, Fort lauderdale - Florida
It's a good idea to contact your cruise line before arriving at Port Everglades to verify your schedule and terminal information.
Please be prepared to present a photo ID for everyone in the vehicle over 18, as well as travel documents for departing passengers.
Upon arrival in port, all baggage is brought to the customs area for inspection.
www.virtual-travel.info /florida/port_everglades.html   (466 words)

  
 Freighter Damages Coral Reef Off Port Everglades   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-23)
The ship damaged its propeller in the accident and remained at the port for repairs.
The owner will be required to pay for any repairs that are possible, such as cementing live coral back into place and stabilizing the rubble so it doesn't move and cause more damage.
The reefs near Port Everglades have suffered repeated groundings.
www.flmnh.ufl.edu /fish/southflorida/news/damage2004.html   (663 words)

  
 Hundreds of International Auto Dealers Meet At Port Everglades; AutoTerminal Celebrates Grand Opening; Port Everglades ...
Nearly 500 Caribbean and Latin American auto dealers and U.S.-based automobile suppliers will converge on Port Everglades this Friday and Saturday as part of a major effort to transform the port into the international auto-shipping hub of the Americas.
For years, automobile cargo has identified ports north of Fort Lauderdale, primarily in spots such as Jacksonville, Fla., and Brunswick, Ga., where the availability of large land tracts and wide distribution networks are available.
Saturday evening will be a grand-opening celebration with Port Everglades officials and other local leaders joining the international group of auto buyers and sellers.
www.findarticles.com /p/articles/mi_m0EIN/is_2001_May_10/ai_74400351   (335 words)

  
 Port Everglades: MSC to lease terminal - South Florida Business Journal:
Final approval of the selection is subject to consent from the Broward County Board of County Commissioners, the governing authority for Port Everglades, the port said.
Port Director Ken Krauter said MSC estimates creating additional jobs at the marine terminal and in the trucking industry, but did not give numbers.
Port Everglades is the 12th-leading container seaport in the United States.
www.bizjournals.com /southflorida/stories/2003/10/20/daily48.html   (666 words)

  
 EPA: Federal Register: Regulated Navigation Area; Port Everglades Harbor, Fort Lauderdale, FL
The Captain of the Port Miami maintains the public docket for this rulemaking.
This regulated navigation area is necessary to protect the public, port, law enforcement officials, and waterways of the United States from potential subversive acts.
The proposed regulated navigation area is narrowly tailored to protect the public, ports, and waterways of the United States.
www.epa.gov /fedrgstr/EPA-IMPACT/2003/June/Day-06/i14306.htm   (1755 words)

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