All companies must provide a certificate of insurance, which names Miami-Dade County Risk Management as both certificate holder and additional insured as it pertains to company operations while in Miami-Dade County.

The certificate must be for a minimum liability amount depending on the nature of the business and as stipulated below.

1. Trucking/Cartage companies – Minimum of $500,000 liability insurance is required. As per Port of Miami Terminal Tariff No. 010, Item 714:
   
   Cartage companies shall provide evidence of insurance, including, without limitation, a listing of all covered vehicles including vehicle description and VIN; the names and driver’s license numbers of each driver retained by the cartage company and the corresponding policy number for each; copies of both the certificates of insurance and applicable insurance policies; and a certification that each driver and vehicle entering the port on behalf of the cartage company is insured in compliance with all applicable laws. This information shall be continuously updated by each cartage company by providing written notice of any proposed insurance changes to the Port in advance. When entering the Port, all vehicles must have a current Insurance Identification Card to include a vehicle description and serial number.
    
   Failure to provide such may be grounds for revoking the business permit and/or I.D. Trucking companies shall provide copy of the Department of Transportation (DOT) certificate.
    
2. Stevedoring companies operating cranes – A minimum of $5,000,000
   liability insurance is required including stevedore’s liability or marine coverage. A copy of workman’s compensation coverage, as required by law, must also be provided. 
    
3. All other business activities are required to carry general liability or vehicle liability per occurrence of minimum $100,000/$300,000 total liability and $50,000 property damage.