International Trade & Passenger FlowĪll essential federal agencies with oversight for international trade and passenger flow are located in the Maritime Office Complex (MOC).

Located on port property are 6 miles of trackage for intermodal transfers and handling. We are the only port facility in south Florida operating a rail system with pier-side box, hopper, and intermodal cars operating 24 hours a day. The Florida East Coast Railway Company (FEC) services the docks and piers through the port’s industrial rail switching operations. In addition to intermodal capacity, the port is a major modal point for the shipment of bulk sugar (domestic usages), molasses, cement, utility fuels, water, produce, and breakbulk items. The Port of Palm Beach is the fourth busiest container port in Florida, and the eighteenth busiest in the continental U.S. The Port of Palm Beach supplies 60% of everything consumed in the Bahamas and is the essential lifeline to the rest of the Caribbean. The majority of the exported cargo goes toward supporting the island nations of the Caribbean. Unlike most ports in the United States, the Port of Palm Beach is an export port, with approximately 80% of its cargo being exported, with the subsequent improvement in the balance of trade. All of this happens in a port that has only 165 acres of land. There is also substantial tonnage involved in the movement of heavy lift and project cargos. The port also handles diesel fuel, molasses, liquid asphalt, and other bulk commodities. In financial year 2018, the port moved over 292,304 20-foot container equivalent units. The Port of Palm Beach is the fourth busiest container port of Florida’s 14 deepwater ports and is the 18th busiest container port in the United States. Transportation Alternatives Program (TA).Transportation Improvement Program (TIP).Transportation Disadvantaged Local Coordinating Board (LCB).

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