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===PortMiami=== {{Main|PortMiami}} [[File:PortMiami main channel with city skyline in the background (March 11, 2024).jpg|thumb|[[PortMiami]], the world's largest cruise ship port and headquarters for many of the world's largest cruise companies, seen from the docked ''[[MSC Magnifica]]'' cruise ship in March 2024.]] [[PortMiami]] in Miami is the largest cruise ship port in the world.<ref name="miamiport">{{Cite web |title=Port of Miami |url=http://www.miamidade.gov/portmiami/ |access-date=October 28, 2008 |website=Miami-Dade County |archive-date=May 3, 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210503070701/http://www.miamidade.gov/portmiami/ |url-status=live }}</ref> It has retained its status as the number one cruise and passenger port in the world for well over a decade, accommodating the largest cruise ships and the major cruise lines. In 2017, the port served 5,340,559 cruise passengers.<ref name="portreport">{{Cite web |title=2017β18 Port Report |url=http://www.miamidade.gov/portmiami/library/brochures/2017-statistics-brochure.pdf |publisher=PortMiami |access-date=October 5, 2018 |archive-date=October 5, 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181005071916/http://www.miamidade.gov/portmiami/library/brochures/2017-statistics-brochure.pdf |url-status=live }}</ref> The port is one of the nation's busiest cargo ports, importing 9,162,340 tons of cargo in 2017.<ref name = portreport/> Among [[North American]] ports, it ranks second to [[New Orleans]]' [[Port of South Louisiana]] in cargo tonnage imported from [[Latin America]]. The port sits on {{convert|518|acre|km2|0|abbr=on}} and has seven passenger terminals. China is the port's number one import country and number one export country. Miami has the world's largest amount of cruise line headquarters, home to [[Carnival Cruise Line]], [[Celebrity Cruises]], [[Norwegian Cruise Line]], [[Oceania Cruises]], and [[Royal Caribbean International]]. In 2014, the [[Port of Miami Tunnel]] opened, connecting the [[MacArthur Causeway]] to PortMiami.<ref>{{Cite news |last=Cordle |first=Ina Paiva |date=May 28, 2014 |title=The new PortMiami tunnel's opening is delayed until mid-June |work=The Miami Herald |url=http://www.miamiherald.com/2014/05/28/4143644/the-new-portmiami-tunnels-opening.html |access-date=June 6, 2014 |archive-date=July 12, 2014 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140712133703/http://www.miamiherald.com/2014/05/28/4143644/the-new-portmiami-tunnels-opening.html |url-status=live }}</ref>
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