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Port of Miami

  • Blogs

    May 1, 2012

    Mayhem Cruise 2012 Announces Lineup: Lamb of God, Machinehead, Anthrax, Hatebreed

    Caution: If you're an old lady looking for a relaxing weekend of easy listening on an ocean liner, you may as well kill yourself. The Mayhem Cruise 2012 is pure brutality. This inaugural Atlantic-bound metal fest will crush, punish, destroy, and burn down every other music cruise's lineup. And when ... More >>

  • Blogs

    March 29, 2012

    Hector Pesquera, Port of Miami Security Director, Named Puerto Rico's Chief of Police

    ​A decade ago, Hector Pesquera was rumored to be a top candidate for Miami Police chief. Instead, the former FBI man -- perhaps dogged by questionable ties to convicted felons -- embarked on ever more obscure positions: first as head of the Broward Sheriff's Office, lately as head of security for ... More >>

  • Blogs

    March 20, 2012

    Corrosion of Conformity With Holly Hunt, Consular, and Shroud Eater at Grand Central Miami, March 19

    Corrosion of Conformity​ With Holly Hunt, Consular, and Shroud Eater Grand Central Monday, March 19, 2012 Louder Than: Volcanoes, stampedes, and a skirmish in the valleys of Afghanistan. Can someone please explain how Corrosion of Conformity ended up playing an only-show-in-Florida date at G ... More >>

  • Blogs

    February 24, 2012

    Miami Port Deep Dredge Gets Green Light in Tallahassee, Environmentalists Outraged

    ​Carlos Lopez-Cantera is having a helluva week in Tallahassee. On Monday, the Miami-based state rep requested an amendment to Florida law so that the City of Miami wouldn't have to pay taxes on the new Marlins Stadium parking garages -- never mind that such an exemption is probably unconstitutiona ... More >>

  • Blogs

    February 15, 2012

    Border Patrol Seizes 3,614 Dangerous Hair Dryers at Port of Miami

    ​You can thank U.S. Costums and Border Patrol for the fact that you won't blow your face off next time you're trying to blow your weave out. The Department of Homeland Security agency recently seized a shipment of potentially killer hair dryers at the Port of Miami.

  • Blogs

    February 7, 2012

    Pitbull Cancels Club 305 Cruise, Avoids Maritime Disaster

    ​Following Costa Concordia's horrific disaster-at-sea, competing cruise line Royal Caribbean has managed to avoid their own maritime mishap thanks to Mr. Worldwide, Pitbull. Armando Christian Perez's Club 305 Cruise has been cancelled, but questions as to why the "magical voyage" with Pitbull, P ... More >>

  • Music

    February 2, 2012

    Bruise Cruise 2012 with Fucked Up, King Khan & the Shrines, Thee Oh Sees, and others February 10-13

    ​Following Costa Concordia's horrific disaster-at-sea, competing cruise line Royal Caribbean has managed to avoid their own maritime mishap thanks to Mr. Worldwide, Pitbull. Armando Christian Perez's Club 305 Cruise has been cancelled, but questions as to why the "magical voyage" with Pitbull, P ... More >>

  • Blogs

    January 30, 2012

    Bruise Cruise 2012 Party Plan: An Unofficial, Expanded, Five-Day Guide

    ​Ahoy, hipsters! Welcome to the second annual Bruise Cruise Festival, "a three-day tropical rock extravaganza" set to sail outta the Port of Miami and straight for Nassau, Bahamas, like some kinda dream ship for cool kids in search of a Spring Break that doesn't suck. The passenger list: You an ... More >>

  • Blogs

    January 26, 2012

    Deep Dredge Delayed: Port Officials Optimistic, Environmentalists Ready to Go the Distance

    The Port of Miami's much-debated "Deep Dredge" will be delayed for months -- possibly years -- as a Tallahassee judge hears arguments for and against the project this August.Port officials tell Riptide that they are optimistic the project will still be completed on time. But a lawyer representing en ... More >>

  • Blogs

    January 24, 2012

    Mickey Mouse vs. Micky Arison: Disney Bringing Cruises to Port of Miami

    ​Micky Arison's Carnival Cruise Lines has another Mickey with a cruise empire about to encroach on its turf. Mickey Mouse that is. Disney Cruise Line has announced that beginning later this year, it will be sail ships out of the Port of Miami for the first time.

  • News

    December 29, 2011

    Miami's Dirty Dozen 2011

    View the Miami New Times Dirty Dozen 2011 slide show.

  • News

    November 10, 2011

    A Guide to Trashing Taxpayers

    View the Miami New Times Dirty Dozen 2011 slide show.

  • Blogs

    November 10, 2011

    Dummies Guide To Trashing Taxpayers: The Port Tunnel

    ​This week, Miami New Times published a guide to the eight of the worst public works projects in Miami-Dade, where bureaucrats and elected officials take pride in wasting millions in taxpayer dollars on crap residents have little-to-no use for. As we reveal each one of these boondoggles on Riptide ... More >>

  • Calendar

    November 10, 2011

    Armchair Diver

    ​This week, Miami New Times published a guide to the eight of the worst public works projects in Miami-Dade, where bureaucrats and elected officials take pride in wasting millions in taxpayer dollars on crap residents have little-to-no use for. As we reveal each one of these boondoggles on Riptide ... More >>

  • Blogs

    November 9, 2011

    Here's Video of Gov. Rick Scott (AKA DJ Govvy Gov) Dancing

    ​Now, you may think that our tall, white, lanky, bald governor could be a horrible dancer, but we have to say he moves with such grace and enthusiasm it almost moved us to tears. His feet move like finely timed fireworks in slow motion, exploding with elegant energy. He's a master of the lock step ... More >>

  • Blogs

    October 19, 2011

    Groove Cruise 2012 Is 96-Percent Sold Out! Less Than 40 Cabins Left!

    Via facebook.com/groovecruise​Quick, hit the fucking techno siren! Alert, alert, alert ... If all you beat freaks were planning to "GET WHET" aboard the Groove Cruise next January, there's no time to waste 'cause Crossfade has just received word that the world's largest floating dance music festi ... More >>

  • Blogs

    October 13, 2011

    Paul Oakenfold and Flo Rida Join Pitbull on Club 305 Cruise

    ScreenshotHey Pit, you bringing those two girls with you on the Club 305 Cruise? ​The first tidal wave of artists joining Mr. Worldwide on his Club 305 Cruise has been announced, and it's fucking huge. Electro master and commander Paul Oakenfold is joining Pitbull aboard Royal Caribbean's Majest ... More >>

  • News

    October 6, 2011

    The Condome: New Marlins stadium gets a rubber coating

    ScreenshotHey Pit, you bringing those two girls with you on the Club 305 Cruise? ​The first tidal wave of artists joining Mr. Worldwide on his Club 305 Cruise has been announced, and it's fucking huge. Electro master and commander Paul Oakenfold is joining Pitbull aboard Royal Caribbean's Majest ... More >>

  • Blogs

    October 4, 2011

    Miami Marlins Move Into "Condome": 5 Other Buildings That Should Be Hidden Under Latex

    ​A few weeks ago, bigwigs at the Florida Miami Marlins announced they were putting the final touches on the team's new stadium in Little Havana. The coup de grace: a rubber membrane designed to reduce the glare off its bulbous, retractable metal roof. Soon the stadium will be shrink-wrapped i ... More >>

  • Music

    August 25, 2011

    Lucenzo at Grand Central August 27

    ​A few weeks ago, bigwigs at the Florida Miami Marlins announced they were putting the final touches on the team's new stadium in Little Havana. The coup de grace: a rubber membrane designed to reduce the glare off its bulbous, retractable metal roof. Soon the stadium will be shrink-wrapped i ... More >>

  • Blogs

    August 18, 2011

    Lucenzo Drops Some "Danza Kuduro" at Grand Central August 27

    ​Considering Lucenzo's superlucrative connections to the 407's Don Omar and the 305's Pitbull (not to mention his obvious appreciation for babes in bikinis and dancing aboard million-dollar boats), it's kinda shocking that the French-slash-Portuguese singer, songwriter, and producer hasn't alread ... More >>

  • Blogs

    May 23, 2011

    Miami's Curd Cowboys: Is Cheese the New Cocaine?

    ​On December 18, 2010, a freighter named America Feeder arrived at the Port of Miami from Nicaragua. Federal agents were secretly running surveillance on one container, marked ARLU 5102167. Five days later, the container was hitched to a truck and driven, with agents trailing, to a cold-stora ... More >>

  • Blogs

    April 29, 2011

    Bruise Cruise Festival 2012 Dates and Initial Lineup Announced

    via myspace.com/ohseesBruise Cruise vets Thee Oh Sees.​Good news for anyone who missed the chance to rock out ironically while simultaneously creeping out sunbathing Midwesterners this past February ... As our sister blog County Grind reported earier today, Bruise Cruise Festival organizers have a ... More >>

  • Blogs

    March 23, 2011

    Does Bouygues, Contractor on the $1 Billion Port of Miami Tunnel, Have a $1 Million Yacht?

    According to a tipster, this is Bouygues's $1 million boat​These are dangerous times for the conspicuously wealthy. Overtaxed voters just threw out BMW-driving county mayor Carlos Alvarez. The outrage over George Burgess's $500,000 severance package is still palatable.But nothing brings out the pi ... More >>

  • Blogs

    February 22, 2011

    Bruise Cruise Travel Tip: Don't Smuggle Drugs Onto the Ship

    Torben Bjorn Hansen, Flickr ​The Bruise Cruise sets sail from the Port of Miami on Friday. And while there's plenty of dope coming through Dodge Island, y'all better think twice about sneaking some out; narcs like to prey on unsuspecting travelers, especially theme cruise passengers. In January, ... More >>

  • Music

    February 3, 2011

    The more Rick Ross lies, the more we love him

    Torben Bjorn Hansen, Flickr ​The Bruise Cruise sets sail from the Port of Miami on Friday. And while there's plenty of dope coming through Dodge Island, y'all better think twice about sneaking some out; narcs like to prey on unsuspecting travelers, especially theme cruise passengers. In January, ... More >>

  • News

    December 9, 2010

    Five SoFla projects that have snorted our taxes

    Torben Bjorn Hansen, Flickr ​The Bruise Cruise sets sail from the Port of Miami on Friday. And while there's plenty of dope coming through Dodge Island, y'all better think twice about sneaking some out; narcs like to prey on unsuspecting travelers, especially theme cruise passengers. In January, ... More >>

  • Blogs

    November 25, 2010

    Florida Power & Light "Hid" Document, Settles with Longshoreman over Port of Miami Accident

    FPL "hid" a document to avoid liability in a serious accident, according to a Miami-Dade judge​For a company that's in the business of providing light, FPL apparently likes to keep some things in the dark.Last month a jury found Florida Power & Light partly responsible for an accident at the P ... More >>

  • Blogs

    September 10, 2010

    Castro Death Meter: Fidel is 88% Dead, 79% Insane

    ​What is up with El Comandante these days? Have Fidel Castro's handlers been slipping amphetamines into his banana pudding? Take a look at the rampage he's been on in the last month or so:

  • News

    June 10, 2010

    Shower Posse, the gang holding Jamaica hostage, has bloody Miami roots

    ​What is up with El Comandante these days? Have Fidel Castro's handlers been slipping amphetamines into his banana pudding? Take a look at the rampage he's been on in the last month or so:

  • News

    June 3, 2010

    Port of Miami tunnel is a waste of taxpayer money

    ​What is up with El Comandante these days? Have Fidel Castro's handlers been slipping amphetamines into his banana pudding? Take a look at the rampage he's been on in the last month or so:

  • Blogs

    May 24, 2010

    Florida City Church Goes Up in Flames

    The United Methodist Church Outreach Ministry in Florida City went up in flames over the weekend, and the building was mostly destroyed. Even the church's playground, which was built a year ago, was melted to the ground.Parishioners say that they hope to rebuild the building, and are accepting don ... More >>

  • Blogs

    April 26, 2010

    Biggest Cheese Bust in Memory in Miami

    Alex Izaguirre​Two Hondurans were busted Monday for illegally selling diseased cheese to more than 30 people in Miami.The pair -- Francisca Josefina Lopez, 40, and Jorge Alexis Ochoa Lopez, 34 -- was nailed for importing $322,000 of the stuff from Nicaragua and then illegally reselling it. Mo ... More >>

  • News

    April 8, 2010

    Luke's Gospel: Legalizing marijuana will fix the economy

    Alex Izaguirre​Two Hondurans were busted Monday for illegally selling diseased cheese to more than 30 people in Miami.The pair -- Francisca Josefina Lopez, 40, and Jorge Alexis Ochoa Lopez, 34 -- was nailed for importing $322,000 of the stuff from Nicaragua and then illegally reselling it. Mo ... More >>

  • Blogs

    April 6, 2010

    Legalizing Pot Will Fix the Economy

    Uncle Luke, the man whose booty-shaking madness once made the U.S. Supreme Court stand up for free speech, gets as nasty as he wants to be for Miami New Times. Up this week, Luke makes the case for legalizing marijuana across the nation, beginning in Miami-Dade County.Off the bat, I am not a weed he ... More >>

  • News

    February 11, 2010

    Cutler Bay man smuggles cigarettes through the Port of Miami and goes to prison

    Uncle Luke, the man whose booty-shaking madness once made the U.S. Supreme Court stand up for free speech, gets as nasty as he wants to be for Miami New Times. Up this week, Luke makes the case for legalizing marijuana across the nation, beginning in Miami-Dade County.Off the bat, I am not a weed he ... More >>

  • Blogs

    February 11, 2010

    News Roundup: Police Environmental Fund Used to buy SUVs

    Miami-Dade public schools are on the verge of another budget crisis, one that could ultimately affect arts education. [CBS4]A fatal accident has shut down much of North-bound I-95 this morning. [WSVN]A Miami-Dade police fund set up to fight environmental crimes has been used to buy SUVs, satellite T ... More >>

  • Blogs

    August 14, 2009

    Miami's Black-Market Cigarette King Pleads Guilty

    Earlier this summer, New Times brought you the story of Roman Vidal, a 54-year-old Cutler Bay resident accused of funneling millions of dollars' worth of black-market cigarettes through the Port of Miami to criminal gangs in Europe.​Just before 11 a.m. today, Vidal pleaded guilty to four counts of ... More >>

  • Blogs

    July 24, 2009

    Miami's Black-Market Cigarette King and Irish Terror Financier Likely to Plead Guilty

    A few weeks ago, New Times brought you the story of our own black-market cigarette king, Roman Vidal.The feds accused the gray-haired Cutler Bay resident of funneling millions of illegal smokes through the Port of Miami to England and Ireland. Worse, investigators say Vidal's profits went to a group ... More >>

  • Blogs

    March 26, 2009

    News Roundup

    LocalMiami commissioners will vote on whether to build a new children's courthouse today. [Herald]And F.D.O.T. is expected to finally make a decision on the Port of Miami tunnel this week. Gee, so many things are coming to a head this week. Once you commit $2.1 billion to help a private enterprise l ... More >>

  • Blogs

    March 16, 2009

    Miami's Favorite Shock Jock vs 24 Hour Fitness vs Coconut Grove's Favorite Blogger

    Miami's reigning number one public intellectual (and I say that with all due respect) Enrique Santos was out picketing the Shaq 24 Hour Fitness in Coconut Grove this weekend. Depending on which side of the story you believe, either he got kicked out for being a fatty in the eyes of the holy fitness ... More >>

  • Blogs

    January 23, 2009

    Dennis Moss Picks Committee Chairs

    Dennis Moss is done putting together the new make-up of the county commission's committees and I'm impressed with most of his selections. In case you don't know, the commissioners use the committee system to hammer out decisions that ultimately impact our tax dollars, from formulating new ways to ta ... More >>

  • Blogs

    December 12, 2008

    Is the Megaplan dying? Port of Miami tunnel plan squashed

    You may have heard of the Global Agreement- the ominously titled, outrageously ambitious $3 billion project that will basically solve all of Downtown Miami's debt problems, put a new Marlins stadium in Little Havana, build of Port of Miami tunnel, and cure genital warts.  Okay, we threw that last o ... More >>

  • Music

    August 17, 2006

    Rick Ross

    Port of Miami (Def Jam)

  • City Life

    May 13, 2004

    BEST DEFENSE AGAINST TERRORISM

    Haiti and Cuba

  • Calendar

    May 13, 2004

    Instruments of Commerce

    Wide-eyed statues tackle the music biz

  • News

    May 6, 2004

    Junk Bonds

    Giant bronze dolphins and Miccosukees in the golf zone

  • Calendar

    October 9, 2003

    Health Nuts

    >Get screened and beat the blues

  • News

    October 12, 2000

    The Children's Museum, Inc.

    New Times gives a tour of the Miami Children's Museum and its corporate exhibitisements -- for kids of all ages!

  • News

    January 7, 1999

    These Numbers Are Up

    1998 was a great year for corruption. New Times puts a price tag on the year's malfeasance

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