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Annual cruise passengers Rank Port 2022 / 2023 Country 1 Port of Miami: 7,299,294 [1] United States 2 Port Canaveral: 6,924,865 [1] United States 3 Port of Cozumel: 4,098,491 [2] Mexico
The following lists of ports cover ports of various types, maritime facilities with one or more wharves where ships may dock to load and discharge passengers and cargo. Most are on the sea coast or an estuary, but some are many miles inland, with access to the sea via river or canal.
A passenger terminal is a structure in a port which services passengers boarding and leaving water vessels such as ferries, cruise ships and ocean liners. Depending on the types of vessels serviced by the terminal, it may be named (for example) ferry terminal , cruise terminal , marine terminal or maritime passenger terminal .
In the early 1980s, a new port director, Charles Rowland, shifted the focus towards developing the port to a Cruise port. In 1982, a 20,000 square feet (2,000 m 2) warehouse on the north side of the port was converted into Cruise Terminal 1. The SS Scandinavian Sea, a 10,427-ton ship, was the first cruise ship to home-port at Port Canaveral ...
In 2021, the Port announced that a third cruise terminal would be built and Terminal 3 would exclusively serve Royal Caribbean's Oasis-class Allure of the Seas starting in November 2022, which at the time of announcement was the third-largest cruise ship in the world. [21]
A "temporary" Jaxport Cruise Terminal was constructed in six months during 2003 near the Dames Point Bridge. The cruise facility contains 63,000 sq ft (5,900 m 2); the baggage handling area is 28,000 sq ft (2,600 m 2); and a passenger embarkation section has 15,000 sq ft (1,400 m 2). Vehicle access to the site is via Hecksher Drive and there is ...
Part of the larger Port of Houston complex, Barbours Cut is the largest of the terminals and the first port in Texas to handle standardized cargo containers. The terminal has six berths with 6,000 feet (1,800 m) of continuous wharfs. The loading area covers 230 acres (93 ha), with 255,000 square feet (23,700 m 2) of warehouse/storage space. The ...
Five cruise ships were chartered to serve as floating hotels during the week preceding Super Bowl XXXIX in February 2005. Four of the vessels docked at JAXPORT terminals, providing over 3,500 rooms plus restaurants and night clubs for fans. [12] The Jacksonville Port Authority had plans to relocate the cruise terminal.