- Port Tampa Bay’s Torrey Chambliss, Manager of Foreign-Trade Zone (FTZ) and Cargo Business Development, and Administrator for the Tampa Bay FTZ Project, was named Vice Chair of the Florida Trade & Logistics Institute (TLI) of the Florida Chamber of Commerce.

- “For us, everyday should be Earth Day, said Anderson. “We strive to enact principles and policies of environmental sustainability to the highest standard.”

- Every year, thousands of protected and rare birds flock to port-owned bird sanctuaries: two 500-acre “spoil” islands created by dredge materials from harbor management operations. The spoil islands serve as a substitute home for shoreline birds displaced from coastal beaches because of human activity.

- The Safety Summit also includes sessions and panels on risk mitigation, emergency management and resilience, cybersecurity, and lessons from Hurricane Michael.

- The Big Bend Channel Expansion is complete a year ahead of schedule. The $63 million milestone project, which deepened and widened the Big Bend Channel, will allow for larger ships to call at the terminals.