Written by Kelly Sanchez on April 1, 2026
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With record passenger totals and a diverse trade pattern, PortMiami welcomed over 8 million cruise passengers and more than a million 20-foot freight equivalent units in fiscal year 2025.
It welcomed 8,564,225 cruise passengers – up from 8,233,056 the previous fiscal year – marking a 4.02% increase and the highest annual passenger count in the seaport’s history. It also recorded 1,115,058 20-foot equivalent units (TEUs) – up from 1,089,443 the previous fiscal year – representing a 2.35% growth and 11 consecutive years exceeding one million TEUs.
The major seaport trades with over 140 nations, with partners in Latin America and the Caribbean, Asia, Europe, the Mediterranean, Africa and Oceania. The market share by region is 48% with Latin America, 31% with Asia, 20% with Europe and the Mediterranean, and 1% with Africa and Oceania. In all, 54% of PortMiami’s trade is imports and 46% is exports.
“In Miami, we’re actually very lucky that we have a very diversified trade pattern,” PortMiami Director and CEO Hydi Webb said. “A lot of ports, particularly out on the West Coast, focus on one region.”
Ms. Webb added that the “diversified trade pattern really helps balance us out.”
In addition, she said, the biggest trading commodity is fruits and vegetables, with an increase in perishables from Latin America and the Caribbean this past year.
“Our number one trading commodity actually is fruits and vegetables,” Ms. Webb said. “And we have seen, talking about trends, a really, really large increase of perishables from Latin America and the Caribbean this past year.
“Our perishables are really on the rise,” she said, “which is exciting, followed by apparels and textiles, which is our number two commodity, and then different types of machinery as our third largest commodity. But it’s important to stress here in Miami how we have this balanced trade and our diversified trade pattern.”