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Port Tampa Bay, Florida’s largest and most cargo-diverse seaport, has a 34.6 billion dollar economic value on our region and supports more than 192,000 total jobs. A newly released economic impact report, published by Martin and Associates who are industry leaders in maritime research, showed the port more than doubled the jobs supported by port activity and nearly doubled the total economic value supported by the port in the region.

Maersk has announced plans to add a new weekly container service connecting Port Tampa Bay with Cartagena, Colombia beginning in the first quarter of 2025.

Out of an abundance of caution, the United States Coast Guard has set Port Condition Whiskey, meaning there is the possibility of gale force winds in our area in 72 hours.

Rooms To Go will be the 2024 recipient of the Captain James McKay Port Achievement Award, which will be presented at this year’s Anchor Ball, taking place on December 7, 2024. This award is given annually to a company or individual in recognition of their contribution over many years to the economic development of Port Tampa Bay and the maritime community.

Port Tampa Bay will receive $1.8 million in grant funding, from the U.S. Department of Environmental Quality’s Clean Ports Program to study an emissions reduction strategy for port infrastructure to support a zero-emission operation over time.

Port Tampa Bay will receive $22 million in grant funding, from the U.S. Department of Transportation to support the expansion of a berth and uplands area at East Port “Omniport”, one of Port Tampa Bay’s newest port complexes.

Port Tampa Bay is working with the U. S. Coast Guard, our maritime community and state and local partners to monitor the impacts of Hurricane Milton and begin our recovery efforts.

ILA Strike Update: Port Tampa Bay terminal Ports America will reopen its gates at 8:00am on Friday October 4.

Port Tampa Bay has resumed vessel operations and our port’s shipping channels are officially re-opened, with a 28′ depth restriction.

Carnival Cruise Line commemorated three decades of business and community partnership with the Tampa Bay region today with a VIP celebration aboard Carnival Paradise that sails from Tampa year-round.

FINAL MILLAGE RATE AND FISCAL YEAR 2025 BUDGET PUBLIC HEARING: The Public Hearing will be held on Thursday, September 19, 2024….

The Tampa Port Authority, d/b/a Port Tampa Bay, will hold the Tentative Millage Rate and FY 2025 Budget Public Hearing at 5:01 pm on Thursday, September 5, 2024…

Port Tampa Bay welcomes the Honorable Christine Miller to the Board of Commissioners for the 2024/2025 term.

Today the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers signed off on the port’s General Reevaluation Report study to deepen our deep-water channels.

This year, during the Port’s annual Take Your Kids to Work Day, participants were asked to help our staff with a special task, the naming of the port’s new Security boat.

Port Tampa Bay officially reopens water operations, few with exceptions.

Port Tampa Bay continues to monitor severe weather in the tropics, including Hurricane Beryl. At time point in time, there are no impacts to our operations, including departures and arrivals of our cruise partners.

This week, the USF Health College of Nursing Port of Tampa Seafarers Center Clinic made history, as Tampa became the first port in the world to establish a nurse-managed clinic.

During the fourth annual Great Port Clean-Up, a record number of volunteers collected more than 100,000 pounds of trash, a 20,000 pound increase over last year’s total!

Overseas Shipholding Group, Inc., a leading provider of energy transportation services, announced today that the Company has been awarded a $3,000,000 grant from the United States Department of Energy for the engineering and design of a new vessel that will transport liquified carbon dioxide (LCO2).

Port Tampa Bay and the Propeller Club of Tampa Bay are proud to be the presenting sponsors of Keep Tampa Bay Beautiful’s fourth annual, Great Port Clean-up. This year’s event will take place the Friday after Earth Day, April 26, 2024, around the waters of Tampa Bay.