| 词条 | Port of Palm Beach |
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| name = Port of Palm Beach | image = Port of Palm Beach logo.jpg | imagesize = 200px | caption = Logo | country = United States | location = Riviera Beach, Florida | coordinates = {{Coord|26|46|01|N|80|03|04|W|region:US-FL_type:landmark}} | opened = | operated = | owner = | type = Natural/Artificial | sizewater = | sizeland = | size = {{convert|971|sqmi|km2}} | berths = | wharfs = | piers = | employees = 59 | leadershiptitle = Executive Director | leader = Manuel Almira | arrivals = | cargotonnage = 5.1 | containervolume = | cargovalue = | passengertraffic = 550,000 | revenue = 12.6 million | profit = | website = {{URL|http://www.portofpalmbeach.com/}} }}{{Florida ports}} The Port of Palm Beach is located in Riviera Beach, Florida, United States, in Palm Beach County. The port is an independent taxing district, with a five-member board of commissioners elected at large by voters within the district. The port district covers a land area of {{convert|971|sqmi|km2}} or approximately fifty percent of the Palm Beach County area. The port is administered by an Executive Director and professional staff of 59 full-time employees. The Port of Palm Beach is located {{convert|74|mi|km}} north of Miami and {{convert|145|mi|km}} south of Port Canaveral. The {{convert|300|ft|m|adj=mid|-wide}} ship channel and 1,100-by-{{convert|1400|ft|m|sing=on}} turning basin are in Lake Worth, and connect to the Atlantic Ocean through the Lake Worth Inlet. The nominal depth at mean low water of the channel and turning basin is {{convert|32|ft}}. The Port has three slips, four marginal wharves, and two roll-on/roll-off ramps, and a cruise terminal. The Port of Palm Beach is the fourth-busiest container port in Florida and the eighteenth-busiest in the continental United States. In addition to intermodal capacity, the Port is a major nodal point for the shipment of bulk sugar, molasses, cement, utility fuels, water, produce and breakbulk items. With the exception of the spiced rum brand, all Cruzan Rum is shipped from St. Croix to the Port of Palm Beach to be bottled. In fiscal year 2005 (October, 2004 through September, 2005), the Port of Palm Beach served 2,441 ships carrying more than 1.1 million short tons in approximately 120,000 containers each inbound and outbound, more than 4 million short tons of breakbulk, bulk and dry cargo, and more than 550,000 cruise passengers. In 2010, Celebration Cruise Line opened a 2-day cruise, every other day, to the Bahamas from the Port of Palm Beach using the nearly new passenger terminal. Cruise trafficGrand Celebration and Grand Classica of Bahamas Paradise Cruise LineGallerySee also
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2 : Transportation buildings and structures in Palm Beach County, Florida|Ports and harbors of the Florida Atlantic coast |
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