Port Tampa Bay

Port Tampa Bay
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Location
Country	United States
Location	Tampa
Coordinates	27°56′59″N 82°26′43″W / 27.949851°N 82.445255°W / 27.949851; -82.445255
UN/LOCODE	USTPA[1]
Details
Opened	1924
Operated by	Tampa Port Authority
Type of harbour	Natural/Artificial
Size	appx. 5,000 acres (2,000 ha)
No. of berths	66[2]
Draft depth	45.6 ft.[2]
Employees	135
President & CEO	Paul Anderson (since 2012)
Channel depth	43 feet
Statistics
Vessel arrivals	3,093 (FY2015) [3]
Annual cargo tonnage	37,374,290 (FY2015) [3]
Annual container volume	56,742 TEUs or 487,410 net tons (FY2015)[3]
Passenger traffic	Cruise passenger traffic: 867,114 (FY2015) [3]
Main exports	Phosphate, fertilizer
Main imports	Petroleum products, steel
Water-borne cargo value	$4.51 billion (2014)
Website www.tampaport.com

Port Tampa Bay, known as the Port of Tampa until January 2014,^[4] is the largest port in the state of Florida and is overseen by the Tampa Port Authority, a Hillsborough County agency. The port is located in Tampa, Florida near downtown Tampa's Channel District. The port directly accesses Tampa Bay on the western coast of the Florida Suncoast, and is approximately 25 sea miles from the Gulf of Mexico. The port district includes parts of Tampa Bay, Hillsborough Bay, McKay Bay, Old Tampa Bay and the Hillsborough River. The port serves container ships, tank ships, and cruise lines.

As of 2013, Port Tampa Bay ranks 16th in the United States by tonnage in domestic trade, 32nd in foreign trade, and 22nd in total trade. It is the largest, most diversified port in Florida, has an economic impact of more than $15.1 billion, and supports over 80,000 jobs.^[3][5] Cargo shipping includes bulk and tanker ships, as well as roll-on/roll-off ships and container cargo ships. The port additionally operates ship repair facilities. Currently connected to major Asian container ports, with global connections, the port is focused on growing its container trade. Millions of dollars in infrastructure improvements are underway or in the planning phase.