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https://www.miamidade.gov/portmiami/ 2024-06-12 2024-06-12T14:00:00.000Z 10 00 am Freddy Pereira [email protected] 786-626-9725 Miami-Dade Mayor Daniella Levine Cava to launch Shore Power at PortMiami, the largest on the nation’s east coast Miami-Dade County Mayor Daniella Levine Cava will launch PortMiami’s Shore Power which allows cruise ships to turn off their engines and plug into landside electrical power while docked, resulting in reduced emissions and noise. On Monday, June 17, 2024, Miami-Dade County Mayor Daniella Levine Cava will launch PortMiami’s Shore Power which allows cruise ships to turn off their engines and plug into landside electrical power while docked, resulting in reduced emissions and noise.  A partnership between Miami-Dade County, Carnival Corporation & plc, MSC Cruises, Norwegian Cruise Line Holdings, Royal Caribbean Group, Virgin Voyages, and Florida Power & Light Company, PortMiami is the first major cruise port on the U.S. eastern seaboard offering shore power capability at five cruise berths.     no Daniella Levine Cava, Mayor, Miami-Dade County Oliver Gilbert, III, Chairman, Miami-Dade Board of County Commissioners Danielle Cohen Higgins, Chairwoman of PortMiami, Resiliency, and Sustainability Committee and Commissioner, District 8, Miami-Dade Board of County Commissioners Hydi Webb, Director and Chief Executive Officer, PortMiami Kelly Craighead, President and Chief Executive Officer, Cruise Lines International Association Josh Weinstein, President, Chief Executive Officer and Chief Climate Officer, Carnival Corporation & plc Richard E. Sasso, Chairman, MSC Cruises USA Harry Sommer, President and Chief Executive Officer, Norwegian Cruise Line Holdings Jason Liberty, President and Chief Executive Officer, Royal Caribbean Group Michelle Bentubo, Chief Operating Officer, Virgin Voyages Armando Fernandez, Director of External Affairs, Florida Power & Light Company Shore power launch event PortMiami, Streetside Cruise Terminal F, 1103 N. Cruise Blvd., Miami, FL 33132 06 17 2024 11 00 a.m. 01 00 p.m. Media check in/set up begins at 10:15 a.m. A media tour of the shore power substations will be offered immediately following the program. Please RSVP to [email protected] if you wish to attend the launch event and/or tour. Complimentary parking is available at Surface Lot E, located opposite Cruise Terminal E, 625 Florida Way, Miami, FL 33132. 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MIAMI-DADE ( June 12, 2024 )–

On Monday, June 17, 2024, Miami-Dade County Mayor Daniella Levine Cava will launch PortMiami’s Shore Power which allows cruise ships to turn off their engines and plug into landside electrical power while docked, resulting in reduced emissions and noise.

A partnership between Miami-Dade County, Carnival Corporation & plc, MSC Cruises, Norwegian Cruise Line Holdings, Royal Caribbean Group, Virgin Voyages, and Florida Power & Light Company, PortMiami is the first major cruise port on the U.S. eastern seaboard offering shore power capability at five cruise berths.

Who:

Daniella Levine Cava, Mayor, Miami-Dade County
Oliver Gilbert, III, Chairman, Miami-Dade Board of County Commissioners
Danielle Cohen Higgins, Chairwoman of PortMiami, Resiliency, and Sustainability Committee and Commissioner, District 8, Miami-Dade Board of County Commissioners
Hydi Webb, Director and Chief Executive Officer, PortMiami
Kelly Craighead, President and Chief Executive Officer, Cruise Lines International Association
Josh Weinstein, President, Chief Executive Officer and Chief Climate Officer, Carnival Corporation & plc
Richard E. Sasso, Chairman, MSC Cruises USA
Harry Sommer, President and Chief Executive Officer, Norwegian Cruise Line Holdings
Jason Liberty, President and Chief Executive Officer, Royal Caribbean Group
Michelle Bentubo, Chief Operating Officer, Virgin Voyages
Armando Fernandez, Director of External Affairs, Florida Power & Light Company

What:

Shore power launch event

When:

June 17, 2024 — 11:00 a.m. — 01:00 p.m.

Where:

PortMiami, Streetside Cruise Terminal F, 1103 N. Cruise Blvd., Miami, FL 33132

Editors Note:

Media check in/set up begins at 10:15 a.m. A media tour of the shore power substations will be offered immediately following the program. Please RSVP to [email protected] if you wish to attend the launch event and/or tour. Complimentary parking is available at Surface Lot E, located opposite Cruise Terminal E, 625 Florida Way, Miami, FL 33132.