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{{Short description|Seaport in Broward County, Florida}}
{{Use American English|date=September 2025}}
{{Infobox Port
| name = Port Everglades
| image =File:Aerial Shot of Port Everglades.jpg
| image_size = 300px
| image_caption = Aerial shot of Port Everglades 
| country = [[United States]]
| location = [[Broward County, Florida]]
| pushpin_map= USA
| pushpin_map_geomask= yes
| locode = USPEF<ref name="Locode-1">{{cite web |title=UNLOCODE (US) - UNITED STATES |url=https://service.unece.org/trade/locode/us.htm |website=service.unece.org |access-date=23 September 2020}}</ref>   
| draft_depth = 44 ft.<ref name="fap-1"/>
| coordinates = {{Coord|26|5|10|N|80|6|55|W|region:US_type:landmark}}
| opened = 1928
| operated = Port Everglades
| owner = Broward County, FL
| type = Natural/Artificial
| sizewater =
| sizeland =
| size =
| berths = 44<ref name="fap-1">{{cite web |title=Port of Port Everglades, U.S.A. |url=https://www.findaport.com/port-of-port-everglades#berthing |website=www.findaport.com |publisher=Shipping Guides Ltd |access-date=23 September 2020}}</ref>
| wharfs =
| piers =
| employees = 
| leadershiptitle = Chief Executive Officer/Port Director
| leader = Jonathan Daniels 
| arrivals = 3,900 in FY2022
| containervolume = 1,053,078 TEUs (7.3 million tons) in FY2022
| blankstatstitle1 = Business activity 
| blankstats1 =$33 billion
| passengertraffic = 1.72 million (3.6 million estimated for FY2023)
| revenue = $151.7 million in FY2022
| profit = $53.9 million
| website = {{URL|http://www.porteverglades.net}}
}}
{{Florida ports}}
[[File:USS Enterprise (CVN 65) prepares to moor at Port Everglades.jpg|thumb|The aircraft carrier {{USS|Enterprise|CVN-65|6}} prepares to moor at Port Everglades]]
[[File:New York Maersk Container Ship in Port Everglades.jpg|thumb|{{ship||Maersk New York}} departing from Port Everglades]]
[[File:View from onboard a Cruiseship.jpg|alt=View from on board a cruise ship (Jan 2019)|thumb|View from on board a [[cruise ship]] ]]
'''Port Everglades''' is a [[Port|seaport]] in [[Fort Lauderdale, Florida|Fort Lauderdale]], Florida, located in [[Broward County, Florida|Broward County]]. Port Everglades is one of South Florida's foremost economic engines, as it is the gateway for both international trade and cruise vacations. In 2022, Port Everglades was ranked the third-busiest cruise homeport, accommodating more than 1.72 million passengers.<ref name="bizj">{{cite web|url=https://www.clickorlando.com/news/local/2023/02/24/port-canaveral-surpasses-miami-as-worlds-busiest-cruise-port/ |title=Port Canaveral surpasses Miami as world's busiest cruise port |date=24 February 2023 |publisher=clickorlando.com | access-date=24 February 2023}}</ref> Port Everglades' cargo sector has climbed the rankings based on its operational performance among 348 seaports in the world.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.ajot.com/news/port-everglades-reaches-new-operational-performance-heights |title=Port Everglades Reaches New Operational Performance Heights |date=11 July 2023 |publisher=ajot.com | access-date=11 July 2023}}</ref>

The port is also one of Florida's main seaports for energy products including gasoline, [[jet fuel]], and [[alternative fuel]]s. The port serves as the primary storage and distribution seaport for refined petroleum products. Port Everglades distributes fuel to 12 Florida counties and supplies jet fuel to four international airports.

The Port Everglades Department is a self-supporting enterprise fund of the Broward County government, with operating revenues of approximately $151.7 million in Fiscal Year 2022. The port does not rely on local property taxes for operations. The total value of economic activity at Port Everglades is approximately $33 billion annually. Approximately 216,000 statewide jobs are impacted by the port, including nearly 9,600 people who work for companies that provide direct services to Port Everglades.

Port Everglades is the #1 seaport in Florida by revenue as well as one of the top container ports in the state. Port Everglades is consistently ranked among the top three multi-day cruise homeports in the world with 702 ship calls and 1.72 million passengers in Fiscal Year 2022, and the #2 petroleum port in Florida with 588 ship calls and 125.8 million barrels.<ref name="broward">{{cite web |url=http://www.broward.org/NaturalResources/ClimateChange/Documents/cctf_15-02/Port_Everglades_Yacinthe_02192015.pdf |title=Port Everglades is South Florida's Powerhouse Port |publisher=Broward.org |access-date=15 May 2016 |archive-date=23 August 2016 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160823062007/http://www.broward.org/NaturalResources/ClimateChange/Documents/cctf_15-02/Port_Everglades_Yacinthe_02192015.pdf |url-status=dead }}</ref>

==History==
Port Everglades is composed of land within three municipalities, [[Hollywood, Florida|Hollywood]], [[Fort Lauderdale]] and [[Dania Beach, Florida|Dania Beach]] and unincorporated Broward County.<ref name="broward"/> Port Everglades is a man-made seaport. The port was originally dredged from Lake Mabel, a natural body of water that was a wide and shallow section of the Florida East Coast Canal system. In 1911, the Florida Board of Trade passed a resolution that called for a deep-water port. The port was originally intended to ship produce to the North and the West. In 1913, the [[Fort Lauderdale]] Harbor Company was formed and eventually dug out the Lake Mabel Cut, which opened the [[New River (Broward County, Florida)|New River]] to the sea and created access for small boats.<ref name="hist">{{cite web|url=https://www.fortlauderdalehistoricalsociety.org/timeline/port-everglades-opens-2/|title=Port Everglades Opens|publisher=Fort Lauderdale Historical Society|access-date=15 May 2016|archive-date=28 July 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160728155510/https://www.fortlauderdalehistoricalsociety.org/timeline/port-everglades-opens-2/|url-status=dead}}</ref>

In 1924, the founder and mayor of the city of Hollywood, Florida, [[Joseph Wesley Young]], bought {{convert|1440|acre|km2}} of land adjacent to the lake. He then created the Hollywood Harbor Development Company. Three years later, the [[Florida Legislature]] established the [[Broward County]] Port Authority. On February 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 [[Atlantic Ocean]]. The button malfunctioned, but the barrier was removed shortly thereafter.<ref name="port">{{cite web|url=http://www.porteverglades.net/about-us/history/ |title=History |publisher=porteverglades.net | access-date=15 May 2016}}</ref>

Bay Mabel Harbor was dedicated on February 22, 1928. Many of South Florida's local women's clubs agreed that the port needed a new name to better represent the region. They held a name changing contest, and the name Port Everglades was selected. The reason for this was as follows: "The gateway to the rich agricultural area embraced in the {{convert|4000000|acre|hectare|sigfig=2}} at the Port's very backdoor."<ref name="hist" />
The container handling capacity of the port was increased with a new {{convert|41|acre|hectare|abbr=off}} terminal, completed in 2010. The expansion increased Port Everglades' freight handling area by 15%.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://res-4.cloudinary.com/simpleview/image/upload/v1/clients/porteverglades/ScarboroughResponse05072010PortDredgingwithACOELetter_04552533-831e-4ac5-a2f2-56078c5981fd.pdf|title=Channel Deepening and Widening Feasibility Analysis at Broward County Port Everglades|publisher=Cloudinary.com |access-date=15 May 2016}}</ref>

In 2015, the [[United States Army Corps of Engineers|US Army Corps of Engineers]] approved a new phase of expansion for Port Everglades with the deepening and widening of the port's channels. The project received federal authorization in December 2016 under the Water Infrastructure Improvements for the Nation (WIIN) Act. The port served ships from Europe and South America that were too large to fit through the [[Panama Canal]], but the ships still had to be under a certain load to fit properly in the port. The expansion was planned to increase main navigational channels from {{convert|42|feet|meter|abbr=off}} to {{convert|50|feet|meter}}, and to deepen and widen both the Entrance Channel and parts of the [[Intracoastal Waterway]]. The project was planned to be completed in 2028, create approximately 4,789 construction jobs and 1,491 direct jobs locally, and cost $509.6 million.<ref name="improve">{{cite web|url= https://www.saj.usace.army.mil/Missions/Civil-Works/Navigation/Navigation-Projects/Port-Everglades/ |title=Port Everglades |publisher=US Army Corps of Engineers | access-date=15 May 2016}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.saj.usace.army.mil/Missions/Civil-Works/Navigation/Navigation-Projects/Port-Everglades/|title = Jacksonville District > Missions > Civil Works > Navigation > Navigation Projects > Port Everglades}}</ref>
In February 2020, the port received $29.1 million from [[United States Congress|Congress]] for the Intracoastal Waterway portion of the expansion; a section of the Waterway would be widened by 250 feet and be completed by 2023. The remaining funds, estimated up to $437 million, is expected to arrive at the end of 2021 and fund the deepening portion of the project, now scheduled to be completed between 2024 and 2026.<ref>{{Cite news|last=Huriash|first=Lisa J.|date=February 14, 2020|title=Bigger ships are coming to Port Everglades. Here's what it means to you.|work=[[Sun-Sentinel]]|url=https://www.sun-sentinel.com/local/broward/fl-ne-port-everglades-widening-expansion-20200214-kcxngahoufaphc37ejyc7zj5p4-story.html|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200218142402/https://www.sun-sentinel.com/local/broward/fl-ne-port-everglades-widening-expansion-20200214-kcxngahoufaphc37ejyc7zj5p4-story.html|archive-date=February 18, 2020}}</ref>

In May 2017, Port Everglades received approval to begin the Southport Turning Notch Extension (STNE) project, its largest capital improvement project in the Port's history.<ref name=":2">{{Cite news|date=May 24, 2017|title=Port Everglades receives approval to begin largest expansion project in its history|work=Florida Trend|url=https://www.floridatrend.com/article/22256/port-everglades-receives-approval-to-begin-largest-expansion-project-in-its-history}}</ref> The existing deepwater turn-around area would be lengthened by 1,500 feet, from 900 feet to 2,400 feet.<ref name=":2" /> The lengthening makes it possible for up to five new cargo ship berths to be added.<ref name=":2" /> Additionally, existing gantry crane rails will be extended, and three new super-post-Panamax container gantry cranes were manufactured to supplement the expansion.<ref name=":2" /> The STNE also replaced 8.7 acres of an existing [[mangrove]] [[conservation easement]] with a 16.5-acre mangrove upland easement.<ref name=":2" /> In June 2017, Port Everglades received approval to purchase the three new gantry cranes<ref>{{Cite news|last=Satchell|first=Arlene|date=June 6, 2017|title=Port Everglades gets county OK to purchase three new cargo cranes for $41.4 million|work=[[Sun-Sentinel]]|url=http://www.sun-sentinel.com/business/fl-bz-port-everglades-crane-purchase-20170606-story.html|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180710121413/http://www.sun-sentinel.com/business/fl-bz-port-everglades-crane-purchase-20170606-story.html|archive-date=July 10, 2018}}</ref> and in June 2018, Port Everglades Chief Executive Steven Cernak gave the approval to begin manufacturing three "Super Post-[[Panamax]]" gantry cranes to increase the port's cargo volume.<ref name=":3">{{Cite news|last=Lyons|first=David|date=June 29, 2018|title=Proposed super cranes to increase cargo volume at Port Everglades|work=[[Sun-Sentinel]]|url=https://www.sun-sentinel.com/business/fl-bz-port-everglades-cranes-20180628-story.html}}</ref> Each crane, manufactured by [[ZPMC]], cost $13.8 million, and measures 175 feet tall. They were expected to arrive in 2020.<ref name=":3" /><ref>{{Cite web|date=November 20, 2019|title=Port Everglades inspects new super post-panamax cranes|url=https://freightcomms.com/port-everglades-inspects-new-super-post-panamax-cranes/|website=Freight Comms}}</ref>

=== Cruise ship operations ===
Port Everglades is one of the busiest cruise/passenger ports in the world.<ref>{{cite web |title=The World's Busiest Cruise Ports |url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/travel/cruises/galleries/the-worlds-busiest-cruise-ports/ |access-date=16 June 2017 |publisher=The Telegraph}}</ref> It accommodates major cruise lines such as [[Princess Cruises|Princess]], [[Royal Caribbean International|Royal Caribbean]], [[Holland America Line|Holland]], [[Disney Cruise Line|Disney]], and [[Celebrity Cruises|Celebrity]], among others''.'' Over 3 million cruise passengers pass through the port each year (FY2023/2024).<ref name="florida">{{Cite web |title=2023-2024 Seaport Mission Plan |url=https://flaports.org/wp-content/uploads/2023-2024-Seaport-Mission-Plan.pdf}}</ref>

==== Current passenger terminals ====
{| class="wikitable" style="text-align:left; font-size:95%; line-height:20px"
!Terminal
!Allocation
|-
!2
|This facility primarily serves cruise lines that are part of [[Carnival Corporation & plc]].<ref>{{Cite web |title=Terminal 2 |url=https://www.porteverglades.net/cruise/terminals/terminal-2/ |access-date=2024-08-05 |website=www.porteverglades.net |language=en-us}}</ref><ref name=":4">{{Cite web |last=May |first=Lori A. |date=2024-05-14 |title=Port Everglades Cruise Port and Terminal Information |url=https://www.cruisecritic.com/articles/port-everglades-cruise-port-parking-address-amenity-info |access-date=2024-08-05 |website=www.cruisecritic.com |language=en-us}}</ref>
|-
!4
|This facility exclusively serves [[Disney Cruise Line]].<ref name=":5">{{Cite web |title=Terminal 4 |url=https://www.porteverglades.net/cruise/terminals/terminal-4/ |access-date=2024-08-05 |website=www.porteverglades.net |language=en-us}}</ref><ref name=":4" />
|-
!18
|This facility primarily serves cruise lines that are part of [[Royal Caribbean Group]].<ref name=":4" />
|-
!19
|This facility primarily serves cruise lines that are part of Carnival Corporation & plc.<ref name=":4" />
|-
!21
|This facility primarily serves cruise lines that are part of Carnival Corporation & plc.<ref name=":4" />
|-
!25
|This facility primarily serves [[Celebrity Cruises]].<ref>{{Cite web |title=Terminal 25 |url=https://www.porteverglades.net/cruise/terminals/terminal-25/ |access-date=2024-08-05 |website=www.porteverglades.net |language=en-us}}</ref><ref name=":4" />
|-
!26
|This facility primarily serves cruise lines that are part of Carnival Corporation & plc.<ref name=":4" />
|-
!29
|This facility primarily serves cruise lines that are part of Royal Caribbean Group and Carnival Corporation & plc.<ref name=":4" />
|}

==Impact and recognition==
=== Influence on Broward County ===
Port Everglades has a large economic impact on Broward County. In FY2019, the Port generated over $32 billion in economic activity and more than 219,000 statewide jobs.<ref>{{Cite web|title=Fort Lauderdale Port - Official Port Everglades Site - Fort Lauderdale, Florida|url=http://www.porteverglades.net/statistics/|website=www.porteverglades.net|language=en-us}}</ref> As the third-busiest cruise homeport in the world, it directly affects the region's tourism industry, with more than 3.89 million cruise passengers arriving in 2019<ref>{{cite web|last=Satchell|first=Arlene|date=12 December 2012|title=Port Everglades slips to No. 3 Busiest Cruise Port, According to Recent Data|url=http://articles.sun-sentinel.com/2012-12-12/business/fl-port-everglades-third-place-20121212-17_1_cruise-passengers-steven-cernak-cruise-ships|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131230233623/http://articles.sun-sentinel.com/2012-12-12/business/fl-port-everglades-third-place-20121212-17_1_cruise-passengers-steven-cernak-cruise-ships|url-status=dead|archive-date=December 30, 2013|access-date=21 November 2013|work=SunSentinel|publisher=South Florida Sun-Sentinel}}</ref> According to a 2015 study, 62% of surveyed passengers stayed in South Florida for at least a night prior to their cruise and 21% arrived at their cruise directly from [[Fort Lauderdale-Hollywood International Airport]]. 21% of surveyed passengers stayed in South Florida after their cruise.<ref name="survey">{{cite web|title=Cruise Survey Report 2015|url=https://res-5.cloudinary.com/simpleview/image/upload/v1/clients/porteverglades/Cruise_Survey_Report_052315_Final_May_2015_low_res_d802269f-04f3-4019-ad7f-c9a2de68fbd1.pdf|access-date=15 May 2016|publisher=Cloudinary.com}}</ref>

In Fiscal Year 2022, Port Everglades generated over $33 billion in business activity. The port also generated over 216,000 jobs throughout the state of Florida.<ref name="econ survey">{{cite web|title=Economic Impact|url=http://www.porteverglades.net/our-community-role/economic-impact/|access-date=15 May 2016|publisher=PortEverglades.net}}</ref> This resulted in a total of $809,333 taxes collected on the state and local level. In 2017, Port Everglades was also ranked America's second-largest port for exports to Cuba, behind [[Port of Brunswick]] in [[Georgia (U.S. state)|Georgia]].<ref>{{Cite news|title=Trade statistics point to Cuba's plight|language=en|work=miamiherald|url=http://www.miamiherald.com/news/business/article4836687.html|access-date=2017-08-03}}</ref>

Condominium residents who live in buildings next to the channel of Port Everglades often bid bon voyage to cruise ships as they embark on their voyages from Port Everglades with the "Condo Salute." The residents blow horns, ring bells, or wave scarves, and the ships often respond by blowing their horns back.<ref name="shipahoy">{{cite web|title=Ship Ahoy! Residents Near Port Everglades Greet Visitors With A Special Welcome|url=http://articles.sun-sentinel.com/1988-11-28/news/8803090561_1_cruise-ship-port-everglades-ship-arrivals|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160826033258/http://articles.sun-sentinel.com/1988-11-28/news/8803090561_1_cruise-ship-port-everglades-ship-arrivals|url-status=dead|archive-date=August 26, 2016|access-date=5 June 2016|publisher=Sun Sentinel}}</ref>

=== Notable ships ===
Ships sail from Port Everglades year-round, but the peak season for cruise travel from Port Everglades is from November to April, with most itineraries sailing to the [[Caribbean]]. Port Everglades was once home to {{RMS|Queen Elizabeth}} when she was laid up as a museum ship from 1968 until 1970.<ref name="QE">{{cite web|url=http://www.ssmaritime.com/RMS-Queen-Elizabeth.htm|title=RMS Queen Elizabeth |publisher=SSMaritime.com | access-date=15 May 2016}}</ref> Besides RMS ''Queen Elizabeth'', Port Everglades has been used to dock many notable and famous ships. In 2004, {{ship||Queen Mary 2}} completed her maiden voyage and her maiden transatlantic voyage at Port Everglades.<ref name="QM">{{cite web|url=http://maritimematters.com/2014/01/queen-mary-2-the-maiden-voyage-recalled-ten-years-later/|title=Queen Mary 2: The Maiden Voyage Recalled Ten Years Later|publisher=MaritimeMatters.com|access-date=15 May 2016}}</ref>

In the 21st century, Port Everglades has been the homeports for four of one of the largest passenger ships in the world, the {{sclass|Oasis|cruise ship|0}} ships. In December 2009, [[Royal Caribbean International]] began using Port Everglades as the home port for {{ship||Oasis of the Seas}}. In late 2010, she was joined at Port Everglades by her sister ship, {{ship||Allure of the Seas}}.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.porteverglades.net/press-room/|title=Press|publisher=PortEverglades.net|access-date=15 May 2016}}</ref> In April 2017, Port Everglades became the homeport for {{ship||Harmony of the Seas}} from April 2017 until May 2019.<ref name=":0">{{Cite web|url=http://www.cruisemapper.com/ships/Harmony-Of-The-Seas-1067#news|title=Harmony Of The Seas - Itinerary Schedule, Current Position {{!}} CruiseMapper|website=www.cruisemapper.com|language=en-US|access-date=2017-06-10}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.portcanaveral.com/About/Recent-News/Port-Canaveral-Welcomes-Harmony-of-the-Seas-and-th|title=Port Canaveral Welcomes Harmony of the Seas and the Return of Mariner of the Seas|date=2019-05-09|website=www.portcanaveral.com}}</ref> and in 2022 the {{ship||Wonder of the Seas}} made her debut sailing from Port Everglades.<ref>{{Cite web | title=Royal Caribbean's Wonder of the Seas made maiden voyage Friday from Fort Lauderdale {{!}} Miami Herald | url=https://www.miamiherald.com/news/business/tourism-cruises/article258893143.html | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20250123132028/https://www.miamiherald.com/news/business/tourism-cruises/article258893143.html | access-date=2025-04-03 | archive-date=2025-01-23}}</ref>
[[File:MS Harmony of the Seas Aerial Shot.jpg|thumb|{{ship||Harmony of the Seas}} docked at Port Everglades]]
In November 2018, {{ship||Celebrity Edge}} performed her [[maiden call]] at Port Everglades.<ref name=":1">{{Cite web|url=https://www.hollywoodgazette.com/2018/11/26/renovated-terminal-25-opens-celebrity-edge-arrives-at-port-everglades/|title=Renovated Terminal 25 Opens, Celebrity Edge Arrives at Port Everglades • Hollywood Gazette|last=Volz|first=David|date=2018-11-26|language=en-US|access-date=2019-08-23}}</ref> In anticipation of her arrival, Port Everglades invested $120 million into the port's first-ever brand-designed cruise terminal at Terminal 25, the largest investment that Port Everglades has made towards any cruise terminal at the port.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.cruiseindustrynews.com/cruise-news/19264-celebrity-reveals-terminal-25-at-port-everglades.html|title=Celebrity Reveals Terminal 25 at Port Everglades|author=C. I. N. Staff|date=2018-06-21|website=www.cruiseindustrynews.com|language=en-gb|access-date=2019-08-23}}</ref> With this development, it is expected that [[Celebrity Cruises]] will bring about 500,000 travelers to Port Everglades.<ref name=":1" />

[[Disney Cruise Line|Disney Cruise Line's]] second homeport was chosen at Port Everglades' Terminal 4. The terminal exclusively serves Disney Cruise Line ships, with the [[Disney Magic]] currently homeported there.<ref>{{Cite web |title=2024 Fall Itineraries |url=https://disneycruise.disney.go.com/featured/2024-fall-itineraries/ |access-date=2022-07-21 |website=disneycruise.disney.go.com}}</ref> The terminal's exterior design is based on Disney's original homeport at [[Port Canaveral]], while the interior features a ''[[Finding Nemo (franchise)|Finding Nemo]]'' theme. This port began embarking guests on November 20, 2023.<ref name=":5" />

===Records and achievements===

Seatrade Insider named Port Everglades "World's Top Cruise Port" for 2010.<ref name="tp">{{cite web|title=Port Everglades Named Seatrade's Cruise Port of the Year|url=http://www.travelpulse.com/news/cruise/port-everglades-named-seatrades-cruise-port-of-the-year.html|access-date=15 May 2016|publisher=TravelPulse.com}}</ref> Between 2009 and 2016, Port Everglades was named Best U.S. Homeport by [[Porthole Cruise Magazine]] several times.<ref>{{Cite web|date=March 19, 2009|title=Porthole Magazine Names Port Everglades Best U.S. Homeport|url=https://www.gflalliance.org/news/2009/03/19/member-news/porthole-magazine-names-port-everglades-best-u.s.-homeport/#.XucVREVKg2w|website=Greater Fort Lauderdale Alliance}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news|date=April 20, 2010|title=Port Everglades wins award|work=South Florida Business Journal|url=https://www.bizjournals.com/southflorida/stories/2010/04/19/daily20.html}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|date=January 27, 2011|title=Port Everglades Named Best U.S. Homeport|url=https://www.porteverglades.net/articles/post/port-everglades-named-best-us-homeport/|website=Port Everglades}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|date=February 13, 2013|title=Porthole Cruise Magazine Names Port Everglades "Best Domestic Departure Port"|url=https://www.porteverglades.net/articles/post/porthole-cruise-magazine-names-port-everglades-best-domestic-departure-port/|website=Port Everglades}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|date=January 23, 2014|title=Port Everglades Named 'Best US Homeport' by Magazine|url=https://www.marinelink.com/news/everglades-homeport363362|website=MarineLink}}</ref><ref name="porthole">{{cite web|title=Editor-In-Chief Awards|date=18 February 2016|url=https://www.porthole.com/editor-in-chief-awards/|access-date=15 May 2016|publisher=porthole.com}}</ref>

Port Everglades' growth has also been marked in a series of world record for most cruise passengers in a single day. On December 21, 2003, the port hosted a world record of 15 cruise ships, processing 44,108 passengers.<ref>{{Cite web|date=August 24, 2004|title=Port Everglades Volume Exceeds 4 Million Cruiseline Passengers|url=https://www.maritime-executive.com/article/2004-08-24port-everglades-volume-exceeds-4-milli|website=The Maritime Executive}}</ref> On March 20, 2010, there were 53,365 passengers.<ref>{{Cite news|last=Gale|first=Kevin|date=April 3, 2010|title=Miami, Port Everglades eye cruise terminal plans|work=South Florida Business Journal|url=https://www.bizjournals.com/southflorida/stories/2010/03/29/daily52.html|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100608083122if_/https://www.bizjournals.com/southflorida/stories/2010/03/29/daily52.html|archive-date=June 8, 2010}}</ref> On December 20, 2015, there were 53,485 passengers.<ref>{{Cite web|date=December 30, 2015|title=Surprise Gift: Port Everglades Breaks Its Own Single-Day Passenger World Record|url=https://www.porteverglades.net/articles/post/surprise-gift-port-everglades-breaks-its-own-single-day-passenger-world-record/|website=Port Everglades}}</ref> On March 13, 2016, there were 55,885 passengers.<ref name="record 2016">{{cite web|last=Forgione|first=Mary|date=March 14, 2016|title=Florida port claims world record for most cruise passengers in a single day|url=http://www.latimes.com/travel/cruises/la-trb-florida-port-everglades-passenger-world-record-20160313-story.html|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190403162301/https://www.latimes.com/travel/cruises/la-trb-florida-port-everglades-passenger-world-record-20160313-story.html|archive-date=April 3, 2019|access-date=15 May 2016|website=[[Los Angeles Times]]}}</ref> On December 1, 2019, there were 55,964 passengers.<ref>{{Cite news|date=December 16, 2019|title=Port Everglades Claims New One Day World Record|work=Cruise Industry News|url=https://www.cruiseindustrynews.com/cruise-news/22081-port-everglades-claims-new-one-day-world-record.html}}</ref>

==Timeline==
[[File:PortEverglades.JPG|thumb|right|Port Everglades looking southeast towards entrance channel.]]
[[File:Aerial Shot of Cruise Ships at Port Everglades.jpg|thumb|An aerial shot of the stern of {{ship||Carnival Conquest}} and the bow of {{ship||Caribbean Princess}} both docked at Port Everglades.]]
*In 1911, the Florida Board of Trade passed a resolution calling for a deep-water port to ship farmers' produce to the North and West.<ref name="hist" />
*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.<ref name="hist" />
*In 1926, Young helped get a $2 million harbor improvement bond measure overwhelmingly passed by voters in [[Hollywood, Florida|Hollywood]] and [[Fort Lauderdale]].
*In 1927, the [[Florida State Legislature]] establishes the Broward County Port Authority.
*On February 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.<ref name="hist" />
*In 1928, Port Everglades was named through a contest conducted by several area women's groups.<ref name="hist" />
*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 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 Corporation|Chevron]]) and American Oil ([[Amoco]]) follow suit.<ref name="port" />
*1941-1943, Port Everglades is used as a military base for the U.S. Navy.<ref name="port" />
*The 1940s saw a burgeoning military presence and the 1950s brought cruise liners from around the world to the Port. Around that time, the [[Rotary Club|Fort Lauderdale Rotary Club]] began greeting ships with Florida orange juice. The tradition continued for 20 years.<ref name="port" />
*1960s: The Broward County Port Authority was renamed the Port Everglades Authority and the site of the future Southport cargo terminal was purchased.<ref name="port" />
*1970s: The Port became the center of Florida's first [[Foreign trade zones of the United States|Foreign trade zone]].<ref name="port" />
*1980s: The Port purchased its first rail-mounted container [[gantry crane]].<ref name="port" />
*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.<ref name="port" />
*In 1994, Port Everglades becomes an enterprise fund governed by [[Broward County]].<ref name="port" />
*2000s: Port Everglades continuously breaks its own world record for handling the most cruise passengers.<ref name="port" />
*In 2001, Port Everglades dedicated a new Operations Center and Harbormaster Tower constructed atop the Midport Parking Garage. Port Everglades also celebrated its 70th cruise season hosting the world's largest collection of five star ships.<ref name="port" />
*In 2003, on February 28, port users and customers celebrated the 75th Anniversary of Port Everglades.<ref name="port" />
*In 2004, Port Everglades greeted the Queen. Cunard Line's {{ship||Queen Mary 2}}, the world's largest ocean liner, as she made her first visit to mainland U.S. from the UK, by arriving at Port Everglades, her U.S. winter home port. QM2 is the longest, widest, tallest and most expensive ocean liner ever built.<ref name="port" />
*In 2009, Port Everglades opened the World's Largest Cruise Terminal and home of Royal Caribbean's 5,400-passenger {{ship||Oasis of the Seas}}, the largest cruise ship in the world at the time.<ref name="port" />
*In 2010, ''Oasis of the Seas'' was joined by {{ship||Allure of the Seas}}, making Port Everglades home to the two largest cruise ships in the world.<ref name="port" />
*In March 2011, the Broward County Board of County Commissioners approved an update of the Port's [http://www.portevergladesmasterplan.com 20-Year Master/Vision Plan] that includes key cargo expansion projects over the next six years that will add five berths, widen and deepen the channel to {{convert|50|ft}} and bring freight rail into the port.<ref name="port" />
*In 2012, Port Everglades was the first port in Florida to join the Green Marine program, which helps ports meet various standards to improve environmental impact and reduce the footprint of the port.<ref name="broward" />
*In 2015, Port Everglades was approved for expansion by the US Army Corps of Engineers.<ref name="port" />
*In March 2016, Port Everglades broke the [[Guinness World Record]] for number of cruisers in a day at 55,885.<ref name="port" />

==See also==
* [[United States container ports]]

==References==
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==External links==
{{Commons category}}
* {{Official website|http://www.broward.org/port/ }}
* [http://porteverglades.org/port-everglades-history.htm History of Port Everglades]
* [http://www.portevergladeswebcam.com/ Port Everglades Webcam]
* [http://www.getcruising.com/cruising/pev.html Ocean Liners and Cruise Ships of Port Everglades in the early 1960s]

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