A roadmap for future growth at Broward County’s Port Everglades is moving forward with approval today from the Broward County Board of County Commissioners. As one of Florida’s leading economic generators, Broward County’s Port Everglades is the gateway for international trade and cruise vacations.
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Consistently ranked among the top three busiest cruise homeports in the world, Port Everglades is also one of the nation’s leading container ports and South Florida’s main seaport for receiving energy products including gasoline, jet fuel and alternative fuels.
The port’s 2024 Master/Vision Plan Update outlines more than US$3 billion in long-term investments to enhance the port’s capacity, efficiency and sustainability over the next 20 years. The update was developed over two years in concert with port staff, stakeholders and the public. Updates are conducted to identify global industry trends and capital improvements necessary to support the continued growth of the port’s diversified business lines of cruise, cargo and energy.
“The Master/Vision Plan focuses on reinforcing our port’s evolution to meet the needs of our business partners, in collaboration with our community, to maintain our position as a strong economic engine,” said Port Everglades CEO and Port Director Joseph Morris. “On behalf of our port staff who worked tirelessly on the update, I thank the Broward County Board of County Commissioners for their support of our plan for the next five, 10 and 20 years of growth.”
Among the projects identified in the Master/Vision Plan Update are functional improvements, such as the Bulkhead Replacement Project currently underway, and investments that address market trends like the redevelopment of cruise terminals to accommodate the next generation of cruise guests and larger cruise ships.
AECOM, a global design and engineering company specialising in infrastructure with offices in Fort Lauderdale, led the update effort. The previous Master/Vision Plan Update was approved by the County Commission in June 2020 and included projects through 2038. One of those infrastructure projects is the Southport Turning Notch Extension, which added five new berths and six Super Post-Panamax ship-to-shore cranes. That project is expected to nearly double throughput of containerised cargo through 2038.