Page 48: of Maritime Logistics Professional Magazine (Jan/Feb 2017)

CRUISE SHIPPING PORTS

Read this page in Pdf, Flash or Html5 edition of Jan/Feb 2017 Maritime Logistics Professional Magazine

STATISTICS

C D P C IOMPELLING ATA ROPELS RUISE NDUSTRY 2013. That trend continued in 2016 and is expected to extend

The Heart of into 2017. Florida remains the center of cruising in the United

States, accounting for more than 60 percent of all U.S. em-

Cruise Shipping, barkations. Miami continues to lead Florida ports and since like never before, is still here in the United States. And, says 2010, Florida ports have experienced more than a 20 percent industry advocate Cruise Lines International Association increase in passenger embarkations. 2015 passenger through- (CLIA), cruising has at the same time evolved from its more put at Port Everglades (3,622,229 passengers) and Miami conservative roots to become ever more exciting – and popu- (4,915,000 passengers) accounted for a whopping 8.6 million lar. Younger generations – including Millennials and Genera- of the nation’s 11 million cruise passengers. Combined, pas- tion X – will embrace cruise travel more than ever before, says sengers, crew and cruise lines directly spent $7.95 billion in

CLIA. The numbers would tend to support that position. the state, accounting for 38 percent of the industry’s direct ex-

CLIA bills itself as the world’s largest cruise industry trade penditures and an 8.4 percent increase over 2013. This spend- association, providing a uni

Maritime Logistics Professional

Maritime Logistics Professional magazine is published six times annually.