Many of South Florida's local women's clubs agreed that the port needed a new name to better represent the region. īay Mabel Harbor was dedicated on February 22, 1928. The button malfunctioned, but the barrier was removed shortly thereafter. 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. Three years later, the Florida Legislature established the Broward County Port Authority. He then created the Hollywood Harbor Development Company. In 1924, the founder and mayor of the city of Hollywood, Florida, Joseph Wesley Young, bought 1,440 acres (5.8 km 2) of land adjacent to the lake. In 1913, the Fort Lauderdale Harbor Company was formed and eventually dug out the Lake Mabel Cut, which opened the New River to the sea and created access for small boats. The port was originally intended to ship produce to the North and the West. In 1911, the Florida Board of Trade passed a resolution that called for a deep-water port. 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. Port Everglades is composed of land within three municipalities, Hollywood, Fort Lauderdale and Dania Beach and unincorporated Broward County. Port Everglades is consistently ranked among the top three multi-day cruise homeports in the world with 902 ship calls and 3.89 million passengers in fiscal year 2019, and the #2 petroleum port in Florida with 526 ship calls and 125.8 million barrels. Port Everglades is the #1 seaport in Florida by revenue as well as one of the top container ports in the state. Approximately 219,000 statewide jobs are impacted by the port, including more than 13,000 people who work for companies that provide direct services to Port Everglades. The total value of economic activity at Port Everglades is approximately $32 billion annually. The port does not rely on local property taxes for operations. The Port Everglades Department is a self-supporting enterprise fund of the Broward County government, with operating revenues of approximately $170.7 million in fiscal year 2019. With a depth of 43 feet (13 m) (at mean low water), Port Everglades is currently the deepest port in the United States ( Atlantic Ocean) south of Norfolk, Virginia. Port Everglades is also recognized as a favorite United States Navy liberty port. Port Everglades distributes fuel to 12 Florida counties and supplies jet fuel to four international airports. The port serves as the primary storage and distribution seaport for refined petroleum products.
The port is also South Florida's main seaport for petroleum products including gasoline, jet fuel, and alternative fuels. It was also one of the busiest container ports in Florida and ranked among the top 20 busiest in the United States, moving more than 1 million TEUs annually. In 2019, Port Everglades was ranked the third-busiest cruise homeport in the world, accommodating more than 3.89 million passengers. Port Everglades is one of South Florida's foremost economic engines, as it is the gateway for both international trade and cruise vacations. Port Everglades is a seaport in Fort Lauderdale, Florida, located in Broward County.
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