Port Logistics Refrigerated Services' 135,000 square foot on-dock cold storage facility perfectly situated to Florida's hub for the grocery and food and beverage sector. Its state of the art design includes on-site refrigerated fumigation services, a glycol refrigerant coolant system, 250 reefer plugs, and USDA and CBP inspection on site lab areas. Situated on 14 acres, with room for expansion, the adjacent 700 foot berth is served by two dedicated mobile harbor cranes. Ocean container service connections with Central America were recently enhanced with an increase to weekly frequency from Costa Rica by SeacatLine and the launch of a new weekly service from Honduras and Guatemala by Dole Ocean Cargo Express.

The Tampa Bay/I-4 Corridor Foreign Trade Zone (FTZ) is designed to make companies in the Tampa Bay/I-4 Corridor region more competitive in the international marketplace. Administered by Port Tampa Bay, the FTZ helps companies involved in international trade excel in their particular industry by streamlining the process and minimizing the costs associated with qualified import, export, manufacturing, and distribution activities. The advantages of operating a foreign-trade zone site are significant and can enhance a company's logistics strategy, corporate compliance policy, and cash flow. The benefits of the FTZ program are available to qualifying companies depending on their import and/or export activities. Additionally, these benefits extend to all modes of transportation, including for goods moving by ocean, air, rail, truck, and pipeline. In general, the FTZ provides long-term competitive advantages for companies that are importing and/or exporting a tangible product by complementing the companies' international logistics supply chain strategy. As an example of the diversity of the Tampa Bay/I-4 Corridor FTZ program, it currently includes companies that handle a wide range of commodities such as: food grade products, heavy construction machinery, petroleum products, pharmaceuticals, cosmetics, and steel.

As one of the first U.S. ports to create a dedicated environmental department in the 1970s, Port Tampa Bay is deeply committed to environmental sustainability and considers the environmental impact of all projects as we grow our business. Port Tampa Bay's diverse environmental projects include shoreline stabilization, fish and wildlife habitat, nuisance species removal, wetland mitigation, waste cleanup, and water quality improvements. Port Tampa Bay and the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers (USACE) work together to protect important bird populations nesting on dredge disposal islands in Tampa Bay. The port and the USACE jointly maintain the deep shipping channels and berths that carry the goods and services that drive our regional economy. These ongoing dredging operations place sand and soil from channels in Tampa Bay on dredge disposal islands in Hillsborough Bay. These activities create habitat-resembling natural beaches, which attract thousands of beach-nesting birds each spring. BirdLife International and the National Audubon Society have recognized the terns, gulls, skimmers, and oystercatchers nesting on these islands as globally significant, emphasizing the importance of their protection, especially during the annual nesting season April 1st through August 31st. Port Tampa Bay also recognizes the importance of this habitat. Annual dredging activities are coordinated and scheduled to avoid impacts during the five-month bird-nesting season. Led by Port Tampa Bay, Migratory Bird Protection Committee Meetings are held twice per year to review the dredging schedule and design operations to avoid impacts to the nesting birds. The result has been a coordinated partnership with the purpose of providing protection to nesting migratory bird species while meeting the needs for navigation and harbor maintenance.

Port Tampa Bay’s Safety and Security Department is dedicated to ensuring a safe, resilient, and secure environment for all who work in, visit, or do business with Florida’s largest port. The department oversees 24/7 operations through a state-of-the-art Security Operations Center, managing access control, patrols, and emergency response in close coordination with the Hillsborough County Sheriff’s Office and other local law enforcement partners.

As the first U.S. port accredited under the NMLEA’s MARSEC ADaPt program, Port Tampa Bay integrates physical, digital, and cyber security measures to protect critical infrastructure, cargo, and passengers.  Supported by federal security grants, Port Tampa Bay also invests in facility hardening, including a hurricane-resistant heavy-weather building, and conducts regular training and exercises with local, state, and federal agencies.

This comprehensive approach reflects Port Tampa Bay’s ongoing commitment to protecting lives, assets, and commerce while supporting the port’s role as a vital economic engine for the region.

Florida's expanding economy demands new building and construction projects, which rely on building materials to accommodate this growth. Port Tampa Bay has long been a critical gateway for supplying many of the materials needed. This includes steel, aluminum, bagged cement and other building materials, as well as project cargo and heavy lift. Among all of its break-bulk commodities, steel is the most significant, and Port Tampa Bay continues to be Florida's largest steel port. This includes the shipment of scrap metal and important outbound cargo. Recent new breakbulk business includes regular shipments of lumber delivered by break-bulk carrier Ultrabulk serving the home improvement and construction sectors. The port's breakbulk capacity includes more than 6,000 feet of berth and nearly 500,000 sq. ft. of warehouse space and laydown area. With an abundance of land and intermodal infrastructure improvements, the port has steadily increased its capacity and created innovative ways to bring breakbulk and other products to market.

Since the discovery of phosphate in Central Florida in the late 1800s, bulk commodities have long been the foundation of Port Tampa Bay. Today, phosphate fertilizer and related products continue to be a cornerstone for export activity as Florida-produced fertilizer is shipped to agricultural markets around the globe to help the world grow the food it needs. The bulk sector remains Port Tampa Bay's largest cargo tonnage segment, and the port's commitment to this sector is stronger than ever. That includes both dry and liquid bulk commodities. Beyond phosphate and fertilizer, dry bulk commodities also include aggregates such as: granite, limestone, cement, gypsum, and other related construction materials, which support West Central Florida's booming building and construction market. Port Tampa Bay is also the energy gateway for all of West Central Florida, serving as the delivery hub for almost 15 million tons a year of various petroleum related products, including gasoline, diesel and aviation jet fuel for the region's major airports. In fact, more than 43% of Florida's petroleum moves through Port Tampa Bay, and the public-private partnership to upgrade the REK Petroleum Terminal Complex solidified the port's role as the region's energy gateway for decades to come. Punctuating the diversity of the port's liquid bulk cargo activity is the import and export of citrus juice concentrate.

Given the proximity of Tampa to Mexico, one of the world's largest automotive producing countries, as well as Tampa's central location in the third largest state for vehicle purchases, cross-Gulf shortsea shipping to Port Tampa Bay delivers vehicles in a timely and cost efficient manner. In response to this market development, Port Tampa Bay has invested in terminal facilities dedicated to handling new automobiles and is well positioned to improve an auto manufacturers' supply chain strategy. Delivering by shortsea transport improves time to market, significantly reduces the potential for damages to vehicles, and improves processing and distribution efficiencies.

Port Tampa Bay is Florida’s Gulf Coast cruise port offering a variety of cruises from 4-day to 14-day itineraries throughout the Caribbean.  With eight homeported vessels operated by Carnival Cruise Line, Celebrity Cruises, Royal Caribbean International, Norwegian Cruise Line, and Margaritaville at Sea it is no wonder that more than 1.5 million passengers a year choose Tampa to embark on their cruise vacation.  With a global reputation at stake, port and city officials work with the tourism industry to roll out the welcome mat.  Whether a short ride from Tampa’s award-winning international airport, or a two-minute drive off the I-4, guests enjoy the ease of getting to port’s world-class cruise terminals. And, there are great pre and post cruise options to consider, including such tourist favorites as the Florida Aquarium, the Riverwalk, Sparkman Wharf, Water Street’s shops and restaurants, and Ybor City. And if you want to explore outside the city but still nearby there are plenty of other attractions to explore such as some of the world’s best rated beaches, theme parks, craft breweries, and restaurants.  Tampa Bay is the heart of the Gulf Coast.

Port Tampa Bay is the largest Florida port by tonnage and land. Today, the port has more than 1,000 acres of industrially zoned land with deep-water access, with room to expand cargo facilities. Port Tampa Bay real estate sites are ideal for cargo handling operations, as well as manufacturing, logistics services, and warehousing/ transit shed operations. In addition to its vast supply of deep-water properties, the port also has available 265 acres of non-waterfront real estate, perfect for industrial and maritime-related use. Ground transportation, including CSX Rail and the interstate highway system, is easily accessible. These Port Tampa Bay sites located on Hookers Point, South Bay and Port Redwing, also provide convenient product transference by being strategically positioned at the intersection of major east-west and north-south shipping trade lanes. Moreover, with the addition of two new postPanamax container gantry cranes at the port's container terminal, Port Tampa Bay continues to further diversify itself as it expands its global footprint. In recent years, the port has continued to diversify its portfolio at Port Redwing in southern Hillsborough County. To service the more than 50 acres available at Port Redwing and 135 acres at South Bay, the port has made available for a month by month a common area to facilitate the periodic transfer of goods for our off water front tenants. The area is served by the Big Bend Channel, which was recently deepened to 43 feet and widened to 250 feet through an innovative “P-5” funding coalition of five entities: the Federal government through the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, the State of Florida through the Florida Department of Transportation, Port Tampa Bay, Mosaic, and Tampa Electric-an Emera company.