The Port of Tampa along with nine other U.S. seaports accounted for 83 percent of the American cruise industry's passenger traffic last year, the Cruise Lines International Association, a trade group in Fort Lauderdale, said in a new report. ...more

October 22, 2008

Ten U.S. cruise ports, including the Port of Tampa, accounted for 83 percent of U.S. cruise embarkations in 2007, a report by the Cruise Lines International Association in Fort Lauderdale reported. ...more

October 21, 2008

A plan to build a $70 million biofuels plant at the Port of Tampa rather than an ethanol plant could create 250 construction jobs and 50 to 60 full-time jobs once the plant opens, port officials said. ...more

October 21, 2008

St. Petersburg firefighters are working a blaze that is consuming a 56-foot wooden boat at Demen's Landing, said Lt. Joel Granata of St. Petersburg Fire and Rescue. ...more

October 20, 2008

Carnival Cruise Lines and Holland America Line, which sail out of the Port of Tampa, will raise ticket prices by an undisclosed amount but eliminate fuel surcharges for 2010 cruises, parent company Carnival Corp. said. ...more

October 15, 2008

The former chief engineers of a Panama-based cargo ship are scheduled to plead guilty to federal charges this afternoon, admitting they rigged the ship to bypass pollution controls, dumping oily sludge into the ocean. ...more

October 14, 2008

Carnival Cruise Lines, which sails out of the Port of Tampa and four other Florida seaports, said it will raise ticket prices by an undisclosed amount but eliminate fuel surcharges for 2010 cruises. ...more

October 14, 2008

The Tampa Port Authority has retained its A2 "investment grade" rating on $120.3 million of outstanding revenue bonds with a stable outlook, a report by Moody's Investors Service released Wednesday states. ...more

October 9, 2008

A sweet deal with a diesel distributor has the Hillsborough County School District flush with fuel when other districts across the state are canceling field trips and after-hours buses for students. ...more

September 18, 2008

A sweet deal with a diesel distributor has the Hillsborough County school district flush with fuel when other districts around the state are canceling field trips and after-hours buses for students. ...more

September 17, 2008