Miami-Dade County Mayor Daniella Levine Cava celebrated the launch of shore power at PortMiami. Shore power allows cruise ships to turn off their engines and plug into landside electrical power while docked, resulting in reduced emissions and noise.

Miami-Dade Innovation Authority, Inc. (“MDIA”), a nonprofit that works to strengthen the relationship between the public sector and technology companies as a way to find solutions to key challenges faced by the local government or by residents in Miami-Dade County, launched today its third Public Innovation Challenge.

PortMiami is the first seaport to host a U.S. Customs and Border Protection Global Entry Enrollment Center.

Icon of the Seas will be homeported year-round from PortMiami. Among the ship’s unique features are 40 ways to dine and drink, 28 ways of accommodation, 20 decks, nine whirlpools, eight neighborhoods, seven pools and six waterslides.

This week, PortMiami welcomed the CMA CGM Osiris, a Neo-Panamax vessel and, the largest container ship to dock at PortMiami to date. With a capacity of 15,536 TEU’s (twenty foot-equivalent unit), the Osiris is currently on the Manhattan Bridge shipping route connecting China to U.S. East Coast Ports.