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Cruising from Fort Lauderdale gives you more options in 2009 than ever before!! Maybe you want a 3, 4, 5, 7, or 10 day cruise to the Bahamas or the lower Caribbean, the choices are unbelievable!!

Carnival Cruise Lines, Royal Caribbean Cruise Lines, Holland America, Norwegian Cruise Lines, and Celebrity Cruise Lines are just a few of the choices you have from Fort Lauderdale. Or perhaps a longer more exotic cruise is for you.

Holland America Lines - ms Oosterdam will offer an 18 day Trans Atlantic crossing to Rome on March 14th. It will make stops in Half Moon Cay, Funchal, Lisbon, Cadiz, Palma de Mallorca, Barcelona, Monte Carlo, Livorno, Rome/Civitavecchia.

Celebrity Cruise Lines - Infinity will offer two sailing dates with one way cruises to San Diego via the Panama Canal. Set sail on either March 29th or November 8th with ports of call in Grand Cayman, Cartagena, Panama Canal, Puntarenas, Huatulco, Acapulco, Cabo San Lucas, and end in San Diego.

Welcome to the new Port Everglades web site, the official web site of the Broward County Port Everglades Department. Please note: You may need to replace pages saved in your favorites with pages from the new site. For accessible versions contact Port Everglades Corporate & Community Relations at 954-523-3404 or email porteverglades@broward.org

Exotic cruise vacations and international trade are what makes Port Everglades an economic powerhouse for Broward County and one of the most diverse seaports in the United States.

Located In the heart of Greater Fort Lauderdale and the City of Hollywood, FL, Port Everglades is one of the busiest cruise ports in the world. It is the No. 1 container port in Florida and among the most active cargo ports in the United States. And, Port Everglades is South Florida's main seaport for receiving petroleum products including, gasoline and jet fuel. A foreign-trade zone and available office space inside the Port's secure area make Port Everglades a highly desirable business center for world trade.

The Port Everglades Department is a self-supporting Enterprise Fund of Broward County government. It does not rely on local tax dollars for operations or capital improvements.

The total value of economic activity at Port Everglades surpasses $18 billion. And, approximately 200,000 Florida jobs are impacted by the Port, including 11,600 people who work for companies that provide direct services to Port Everglades.

A misnomer, Port Everglades is not actually part of the wetland ecosystem known as the Florida Everglades, but is located on the southeastern coast of the Florida peninsula within the three cities of Fort Lauderdale, Hollywood and Dania Beach, as well as unincorporated Broward County.

The Port is conveniently situated near the Atlantic Ocean shipping lanes, the Florida East Coast railway, Florida's highway system, Fort Lauderdale-Hollywood International Airport and the beautiful beaches of Greater Fort Lauderdale and Hollywood.

Port Everglades serves all of South Florida and is in close proximity to Miami (23 miles south), West Palm Beach (48 miles north) and Orlando (215 miles north).

The Broward County Port Everglades Department is located at 1850 Eller Drive in Fort Lauderdale, FL 33316.

The sea buoy for Port Everglades is located at:
26° 05.5' North Latitude
80°04.8' West Longitude

With a long and interesting history in South Florida, Port Everglades, originally known as Lake Mabel or Bay Mabel Harbor (part of which now is also called Hollywood Harbor), was officially established as a deep-water harbor in 1927 by the Florida State Legislature and dedicated in 1928.

Milestones That Matter

• In 1911, the Florida Board of Trade passed a resolution calling for a deepwater port to ship farmers' produce to the north and west.

• In 1913, the Fort Lauderdale Harbor Company was formed and eventually dug out the Lake Mabel Cut, opening the New River to the sea for small boats.

• In 1924, Joseph Wesley Young, founder and mayor of the city of Hollywood, bought 1,440 acres of land adjacent to the lake and created Hollywood Harbor Development Company.

• In 1926, Young helped get a $2 million harbor improvement bond measure overwhelmingly passed by voters in Hollywood and Fort Lauderdale.

• In 1927, the Florida State Legislature establishes the Broward County Port Authority.

• On Feb. 22, 1928, 85 percent of Broward County's residents gathered for a ceremony in which President Calvin Coolidge was to push a button from the White House detonating explosives to remove the rock barrier separating the harbor from the ocean. Nothing happened, but the barrier was removed shortly thereafter.

• In 1929, Fort Lauderdale dedicated its first airport. That same year, the Port project was completed and the Port obtained certificates for construction of a railway connecting the Port to the Florida East Coast Railway.

• In 1929, the ss Vogtland became the first cargo ship and first foreign-flagged vessel to enter Port Everglades.

• In 1930, Port Everglades was named through a contest conducted by several area women's groups.

• In 1931, Port Everglades welcomed United Fruit Co., as the port's first official cruise line.

• In 1931, Aeroland Oil Co. is the first petroleum company to enter into an agreement for land and pipeline easements. Belcher (Coastal Fuels), Standard Oil (Chevron) and American Oil (Amoco) follow suit.

• 1941-1943, Port Everglades is used as a military base for the U.S. Navy.

• In 1994, Port Everglades becomes an enterprise fund governed by Broward County.

• The 1940s saw a burgeoning military presence and the '50s brought cruise liners from around the world to the Port. Around that time, the Fort Lauderdale Rotary Club began greeting ships with Florida orange juice. The tradition continued for 20 years.

• 1960s: The Broward County Port Authority was renamed the Port Everglades Authority and the site of the future Southport cargo terminal was purchased.

• 1970s: The Port became the center of Florida's first Foreign-Trade Zone.

• 1980s: The Port purchased its first rail-mounted container gantry crane.

• 1990s: The Greater Fort Lauderdale/Broward County Convention Center opened at Northport, two parking garages were completed and on November 22, 1994, Port Everglades' governance was transferred from the Port Authority to the Broward County government.

Greater Fort Lauderdale has pre- and post-cruise excursions you can definitely get on board with. Come a little earlier, stay a little longer, and discover that this sunny destination offers thousands of opportunties to make every moment in Greater Fort Lauderdale a departure. Some take a few hours, others take a day, but all will stay with you forever.

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Port Everglades and Fort Lauderdale-Hollywood International Airport sit just two miles apart and only minutes from our on-shore diversions. Savor something new at your choice of thousands of restaurants, ranging from family-friendly fare to the gourmet menus of world-class chefs. Step outside your boundaries and explore the wonders of the unique Florida Everglades and unconquered Seminole Indian tribe. There's always a sensational show or exhibit on the horizon at one of the many venues, like the Broward Center for the Performing Arts and Museum of Art Fort Lauderdale. And from scuba diving to golf to designer outlet shopping, Greater Fort Lauderdale makes it easy to choose to cruise Port Everglades.

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