- 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.

- Port Tampa Bay raised approximately $84,000 at its fifth annual charity golf tournament to benefit the Tampa Seafarers Center and the Tampa Bay Maritime Scholarship Foundation, a new record for the annual golf tournament.

- Port Tampa Bay is the largest economic engine in West Central Florida, with an economic impact of $18 billion a year. Since CEO Paul Anderson took the helm in 2013, the Port’s economic impact has increased 20%....and it’s growing. https://video.wedu.org/video/february-2019-paul-anderson-fhrldp/