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FSTED Council Allocates $25 Million to Florida Ports

The Florida Seaport Transportation and Economic Development (FSTED) Council met on September 5th in St. Petersburg to approve the allocation of over $25 million among the 11 ports who requested FSTED funding. These ports’ projects spanned the breadth of services including cargo capacity improvements, berth expansions, port master plans, cruise terminal expansion and environmental mitigation. This year’s requests from our seaports totaled $1,004,585,466. The FSTED Council also approved the allocation of $1 million ...

Florida tourism numbers are up

Florida tourism is on pace to set an annual record, with an estimated 65.5 million people traveling to the state during the first half of the year, according to numbers released Wednesday.

The tourism-marketing agency Visit Florida estimated that tourism during the first six months of 2018 was up 5.9 percent from the same period in 2017.

Gov. Rick Scott said .....

First-Ever Female FSTED Council Chair Elected

At the Florida Seaport Transportation and Economic Development (FSTED) Council meeting in St. Petersburg on September 5, the council elected Amy Miller, Port of Pensacola Director, as chair. She replaces Wayne Stubbs, director of Port Panama City, who served as chair for three years. The FSTED Council .....

Artist rendering of Port Canaveral’s new Cruise Terminal 3

Port Canaveral: 65 Years of Growing Strong

Port Canaveral has a lot to celebrate at its 65^th anniversary this November. The once small manmade port, dedicated on Nov. 4, 1953, is one of Florida’s fastest growing ports with more than 4.5 million cruise ship passengers sailing from Port Canaveral and over 6 million tons of diverse cargo moving through the port in FY 2017. These numbers point to Port Canaveral as the world’s second-busiest multi-day cruise port and Florida’s third largest by operating revenues, which are expected to hit $100 million in FY 2018.

As a leading world-class gateway for cruise and cargo, the Port is experiencing historically high demand for ....