Vessel port fees begin, China reciprocates

WTDC Newsletter – October 15, 2025 Vessel port fees begin On October 14, the U.S. and China began imposing fees on vessels manufactured in their counterpart’s country. The Chinese fees are in response to the fees announced by the U.S. Fees will be collected at the first port of entry of a single voyage or […]

PortMiami welcomes world’s largest cruise ship

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WTDC Newsletter – January 18, 2024 President’s Corner WTDC Spring Internship Port Everglades Panama Canal Authority Webinar PortMiami welcomes world’s largest cruise ship Maersk and Hapag-Lloyd to form alliance for January 2025 Port Everglades to find new Director Winter storm; Flight cancellations continue   President’s Corner WTDC’s Internship Program is now 16 years old! By […]

Record holiday passengers fly through MIA

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WTDC Newsletter – January 3, 2024 President’s Corner – 2023 Recap Miami International Airport welcomes record holiday passengers PortMiami surpasses 1 million TEUs for 9th consecutive year 9th Annual His House Pajama Drive by WTDC FDOT probes 16 sites for freight truck parking lots   Miami International Airport welcomes record holiday passengers On December 23rd, […]

September is Childhood Cancer Awareness Month

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WTDC Newsletter – September 11, 2023   President’s Corner September traditionally marks the beginning of a busy season for our duty free and travel retail clients. WTDC is working with local partners to accommodate large overflow inventory projects as we continue to grow new services such as our global door to door transportation for pharmaceuticals. […]

Water Donation for His House Children’s Home

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WTDC Newsletter August 28, 2023 President’s Corner The Florida Gulf Coast is preparing for Tropical Storm Idalia that may become a Hurricane when it makes landfall. Please be advised that even though this storm may affect Florida, WTDC is far from the projected impact. Like every hurricane season, we will prepare and keep an eye on the […]

Maersk and MSC terminate 2M Alliance

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WTDC Newsletter – February 2, 2023 President’s Corner Last week was my first meeting as a Board Member of the Adrienne Arsht Center Trust. One mission of the Board is to expand programs in the Arts for the youth of Miami-Dade County. AileyCamp Miami is a six week full-scholarship summer program where over 1400 students […]