Business Development Board
310 Evernia St.
West Palm Beach, FL 33401
Main: 561.835.1008
Fax: 561.835.1160
Port of Palm Beach
The Port of Palm Beach is the fourth busiest container port in Florida and the eighteenth busiest in the continental US, with approximately 1.3 million tons of cargo passing through the port each year. The Port of Palm Beach is the only South Florida port facility operating its own rail system with pier-side rail box, hopper and intermodal cars operating 24 hours a day. The Port has three slips, four marginal wharves, and two ro/ro ramps for a total of 5,200 linear feet of berthing space.
A Foreign Trade Zone at the Port has been in operation since 1987, encompassing several Port-owned sites, one sub-zone in Boca Raton and in the near future, all five zones in the county as well as several high-tech sites in Martin County. Activated areas include the cargo handling bays of the Port's old cruise terminal, as well as the entire facility of the Port of Palm Beach Cold Storage facility (POPBCS), which operates a 100,000-square-foot facility.
| Port of Palm Beach Cargo | ||
| FY 2006 | FY 2007 | |
| General Cargo Tonnage (Short Tons) | ||
| Container | 1,138,130 | 1,156,025 |
| Breakbulk | 161,539 | 109,113 |
| Relay | 3,384 | 65,070 |
| Containers, 20-Foot (TEU) | ||
| Inbound | 115,547 | 122,317 |
| Outbound | 123,063 | 127,614 |
| Relay | 5,394 | 7,576 |
Source: Port of Palm Beach
