Ports and Their Functions

​The port of Miami has played a huge role on its economy since the early 1900's. The port was technically made by Mother Nature after a hurricane came through and cut the southern tip and made it into what is now known as Fisher Island, which is owned by the government. The port over the year has added much infrastructure to build it to what it is today and has dredged many miles of channel to accommodate the huge ships and large amount of traffic. This being said; has brought many of job opportunities into the area for all different departments, including international jobs. Money has been sunk into the port but has been affluent enough over the years to have an 18 billion dollar economic impact. The 25 year master plan will certainly bump this number up and expand the opportunity for jobs even more.

This port is mainly a container port but seeing it is one of the largest ports in the world, also have tankers, cruise ships and many other types coming in and out all day every day. The port itself would definitely be considered a hub because of the amount of traffic it sees everyday and the area it is located in Florida. Being at the southern part of Florida makes it very accessible to shippers for the international trade market. It is approximately 95 miles to the closest port which is in Freeport, Bahamas. This being said makes it very desirable for customers because they can ship out of there and have the product, object, or container imported or exported in a very reasonable amount of time.