Sister Seaports
In 1998, the Miami-Dade County Board of Commissioners passed a resolution establishing Port Miami's International Sister Seaports Program. Sister Seaport agreements help ports on the exchange of information and ideas, with the stated aim of increasing both cargo and criuse trade between ports.
Benefits
- The commitment to a free and uninhibited exchange of information pertaining to:
- The cargo and cruise industries in each port
- Historical statistical information on each port; planned seaport infrastructure developments
- General marketing research aimed at increasing cruise and cargo traffic between ports
- Creating the technical and financial circumstances necessary to promote increased traffic and port activities via joint ventures and other business arrangements
- Forming groups that exchange security information with the aim of strengthening the safety of ports worldwide
- Assisting in the implementation of educational programs that will help foster goodwill between ports
- Global promotion of both the sister seaport relationship and the advantages of doing business with the sister seaports
- Participation in a biennial Sister Seaports Convention, held in Miami-Dade County, that highlights affiliated sister seaports and their accomplishments resulting from the program
PortMiami Sister Seaports
Africa
- Port of Djibouti
- Port de Conakry
- Port of Abidjan
- Port of Malindi
- Port of Mombasa
- Port of Casablanca
- Port of Tanger Med
- Port of Kirikiri
- Nigerian Ports Authority (Lagos)
- Port Autonome de Dakar
- Port of Cape Town
- Port of Durban
- Port of East London
- Port of Mossel Bay
- Port of Port Elizabeth
- Port of Richards Bay
- Port of Saldanha
Asia
- Port of Qingdao
- Shanghai International Port (Group) Co., Ltd
- Port of Yokohama
- Port of Haifa
- Port of Kaohsiung
- Busan
Europe
- Port of Zeebrugge
- Port Authority of Marseilles
- Port of Hamburg
- Port of Cork
- Autoritá Portuale di Bari
- Autoritá Portuale di Genoa
- Autorita Portuale di Napoli
- Autoritá Portuale di Ravenna
- Autoritá Portuale di Venice
- Autorita Portuale di Livorno
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Freeport of Riga
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Port of Klaipeda
- Port of Madeira
- Port of Sines
- Puerto de Alicante
- Puerto de Almeria
- Puerto de Barcelona
- Puerto de Bilbao
- Puerto de a Coruña
- Puerto de Ferrol-San Cibrao
- Autoridad Portuaria de Gijón
- Autoridad Portuaria de Malaga
- Port of Santa Cruz de Tenerife
- Port of Santander
- Puerto de Sevilla
- Port of Valencia
- Port of Vigo
-
Port of Istanbul
- Port of Odesa
- Port of Liverpool
- Port of Southampton
Latin America & The Caribbean
- Puerto de Buenos Aires
- Port of Barbados
- Port of Belize
- Port of Suape
- Puerto de Iquique
- Puerto de Valparaiso
- Port of Barranquilla
- Sociedad Portuaria Regional de Buenaventura (Buenaventura)
- Port of Cartagena
- Puerto Internacional de las Islas de San Andres
- Sociedad Portuaria de Santa Marta
- Port of Limon (JAPDEVA)
- Curaçao Ports Authority
- Dominican Port Authority (Santo Domingo)
- Empresa Portuaria Quetzal
- Port of Santo Tomas de Castilla
- Port of Cap Haitien
- Port Jeremie
- Port of Les Cayes
- Port of Miragoane
- Port of Port-au-Prince
- Port of Port-de-Paix
- Port of St. Marc
- Port Lafito
- Puerto Cortés
- Comision Ejecutiva Portuaria Autonoma (CEPA)
- Port of Progreso (Yucatan)
- Port of Dos Bocas (Tabasco)
- Panama Canal Authority (Memorandum of Understanding)
- Empresa Nacional de Puertos del Peru (Iquitos)
- Autoridad Portuaria Nacional del Peru (Callao)
- Trinidad and Tobago
- National Port Administration, Republic of Uruguay (Montevideo)
Middle East
- Port of Mawani/Cruise Saudi
North America
- Port of Quebec (Quebec City)
United States Territory
- Puerto Rico Port Authority
II Marinaio
In January 2012, the Harbor Authority of the Port of Livorno, Italy graciously extended a gift to PortMiami in the form of a bronze statue, II Marinaio (The Mariner), the Twinning Sailor, symbolizes the relationship between the two ports.