The Port of Palm Beach (Port Code:USPLB) is a full-service diversified landlord port located in Riviera Beach, United States, in Palm Beach County. At only 162 acres, the port can handle any size cargo. Its efficiency is unparalleled, annually processing more than $7 billion in commodities, with food being the port’s primary export sector. Almost 80 percent of all goods passing through the port are exported, making the Port of Palm Beach one of only 16 “export ports” in the United States.
The Port of Palm Beach is the fourth-busiest container port in Florida and the twenty fifth-busiest in the continental United States. In addition to intermodal capacity, the Port is a major nodal point for the shipment of bulk sugar, molasses, cement, utility fuels, water, produce and breakbulk items. With the exception of the spiced rum brand, all Cruzan Rum is shipped from St. Croix to the Port of Palm Beach to be bottled. In fiscal year 2019 (October, 2018 through September, 2019), the Port of Palm Beach served 1,273 cargo ships carrying more than 1.2 million short tons in approximately 280,000 TEUs, more than 2.3 million short tons of total cargo tonnage, and almost 450,000 cruise passengers.