With the recession showing signs of ebbing, Gulf of Mexico ports hope hundreds of millions of dollars in expansion projects proposed before the downturn will help them capture more trade as the world economy recovers. ...more

December 29, 2009

A long-standing dispute between the management of Channelside Bay Plaza and its landlord, the Tampa Port Authority, appears headed to court, with eviction and termination of the lease at stake. ...more

December 16, 2009

The Port of Tampa is opening a route to Puerto Rico by closing a deal with a third major container service, Horizon Lines Inc., the nation's leading domestic shipping company. ...more

September 4, 2009

Port of Tampa officials said Thursday they expect petroleum, container cargo shipments and total tonnage to increase in 2010, when projected total revenue will be $41.6 million, compared with an estimated $39.2 million for the fiscal year that ends Sept. 30. ...more

August 28, 2009

One of four sirens to alert the Port of Tampa and adjacent neighborhoods of an uncontrolled release of anhydrous ammonia is inoperative and must be replaced, port officials said Thursday. ...more

March 13, 2009

One of four sirens that are part of a warning system to alert the Port of Tampa and adjacent neighborhoods to an uncontrolled release of anhydrous ammonia is inoperative and must be replaced, port officials said this morning ...more

March 12, 2009

SOUTH VENICE - A North Port man has been awarded $100,000 for pain and suffering after he was falsely arrested and charged with molesting a 5-year-old neighbor. ...more

November 13, 2008

The Tampa Port Authority board approved on Tuesday the transfer of a property lease to GreenHunter Energy Inc., which plans to build a biodiesel fuels plant at the port. ...more

October 22, 2008

The Tampa Port Authority board today approved the transfer of a lease option from Port Sutton Envirofuels, a Bay area company that intended to build an ethanol plant at the port, to GreenHunter Energy Inc of Houston, which intends to build a biodiesel fuel plant. ...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