Florida Seaport System Plan - SeaCIP

Florida Seaport System Plan
Port of Miami
• Throughput. 6.8 million tons; 807,069 TEUs; and 4.1 million passengers.
• Anticipated Growth. For Fiscal Year 2013/2014, the Port of Miami
anticipates handling 16 million tons, 1.9 million TEUs, and 4.3 million
passengers.
• Strengths to Build On. The Port of Miami is Florida’s leading container
port and one of the largest in the South Atlantic and also is Florida’s largest
multiday cruise port. It is positioned near the center of South Florida’s
consumer market and represents a vital transportation and economic asset.
Particular strengths include: navigation access for vessels – it is the only
Florida port authorized by Congress to dredge to 50’ – design and
permitting currently are underway; it is restoring rail service with a neardock
rail yard and with a connection to an intermodal distribution center;
and will have direct access from the Port to the interstate highway system
through a new tunnel connector.
• Constraints. Currently the Port of Miami identifies the following
constraints: overall ability to finance needed improvements, difficulty in
acquiring adjacent property to expand acreage, current water depth,
highway access, and rail limitations.
• Moving Forward. The Port of Miami has a significant program of
investments in on-port infrastructure, water side improvements, intermodal
access, and SIS projects. It expects that its navigation access, market reach,
and competitiveness will dramatically increase; landside access will be
addressed through the completion of the Port of Miami Tunnel and the
Intermodal and Rail Service Reconnection projects; expanding cargo
capacity will be addressed through completion of the 50’ dredge. All
projects are planned for completion by 2014, the time of the completion of
the Panama Canal expansion. The Port’s Master Plan, currently being
updated, addresses additional passenger terminals and berthing capacity.
Port of Palm Beach
• Throughput. 2.3 million tons; 209,928 TEUs; and 349,800 passengers.
• Anticipated Growth. For Fiscal Year 2013/2014, the Port of Palm Beach
anticipates handling 2.6 million tons, 236,276 TEUs, and 590,000
passengers.
• Strengths to Build On. The Port of Palm Beach is a unique asset. It is the
most efficient container terminal in the United States, on a TEU per acre
basis. Most U.S. ports handle 3,000 to 5,000 TEUs per acre per year, but
Tropical Shipping moves over 14,000 TEUs per acre per year – a worldclass
figure, far more typical of Asian than U.S. ports. It is similarly
efficient with respect to non-containerized cargo, handling a diverse mix of
4-5 Florida Department of Transportation
December 2010