– Florida Ports Council President and CEO Doug Wheeler
The federal seaport funding recommendations will kick-start the following projects to ensure Florida remains competitive by addressing capacity projects:
- Port Everglades: $2.8 million in preconstruction engineering and design to dredge the channel from 42 feet to 48 feet to ensure Port Everglades can accommodate the newer generation of larger cargo ships.
- JAXPORT: $17.5 million in new start construction funds to deepen the 40-foot channel to 47 feet so JAXPORT is able to accept more cargo aboard the largest container ships transiting the Panama and Suez Canals.
- Port Tampa Bay: New start funding of $9 million for a dredge project to deepen the Big Bend channel from 34 feet to 43 feet and widen the channel from 200 feet to 250 feet to service larger ships.