A since-fired cruise ship worker appeared in a Fort Lauderdale federal courtroom on Monday after agents arrested him at Port Everglades over the weekend after they said he had “several videos and photos of child sex abuse material” on his cellphone.

The U.S. Coast Guard offloaded more than 16,100 pounds of cocaine Monday at Port Everglades, which had been seized by Coast Guard Cutter Hamilton’s crew, along with interagency and international partners.

A Celebrity Cruises crew member was sentenced to four years in prison Friday after federal agents discovered graphic child sexual abuse material on his cellphone during a search at Port Everglades back in late April.

The $1.3 billion project to improve, deepen and widen Port Everglades is still in limbo because of the millions of precious corals and other endangered marine species that will be impacted once the dredging begins.

After three days of picketing at PortMiami, hundreds of port workers there and at Port Everglades in Fort Lauderdale are getting back to work.

Dockworkers at PortMiami and Port Everglades joined 50,000 striking members of the International Longshoreman Association this week, demanding better pay and benefits and job security through a ban on automation.

Dockworkers at PortMiami and Port Everglades joined a nationwide strike overnight after failed negotiations between ports and the International Longshoremen’s Association.

A U.S. Coast Guard crew offloaded a multi-million dollar haul of drugs at Port Everglades on Monday, according to the agency.

Deputies joined a search on Saturday morning off Port Everglades.

Federal agents caught a man facing two child sex crime charges in Ohio with child sexual abuse material on his phone after he disembarked a Disney cruise ship at Port Everglades, authorities said.

People headed from the Fort Lauderdale-Hollywood International Airport to Port Everglades and the Broward County Convention Center could whiz above traffic as part of a planned elevated light rail system.

A Royal Caribbean crew member was arrested Wednesday after federal agents said they found child pornography material on his phone after he disembarked at Port Everglades.

A Celebrity Cruises crew member appeared in Fort Lauderdale federal court Tuesday after federal agents said they found child sexual abuse material on his phone after he disembarked at Port Everglades the day prior.

Deputies responded to Port Everglades on Saturday to investigate how a Holland America Line employee vanished at sea.

Broward Sheriff’s Office detectives are working in conjunction with federal investigators in an attempt to identify more potential victims of a Royal Caribbean cabin attendant accused of placing hidden cameras in bathrooms, an agency spokesperson said Thursday.

A federal criminal complaint reveals more extensive allegations of voyeurism against a Royal Caribbean cruise line employee arrested at Port Everglades over the weekend.

Broward County deputies arrested a Royal Caribbean stateroom attendant Sunday after they said he placed a hidden camera in a cabin bathroom shared by a woman and her two daughters.

A search of a Disney Cruise Line employee’s electronics after his ship docked at Port Everglades turned up a child sexual abuse video, leading to his arrest by Broward Sheriff’s Office deputies, according to an arrest report.

Medics rushed a worker at a Port Everglades shipping firm to a local hospital after he suffered a crush injury Monday, according to fire rescue officials.

A Celebrity Cruises youth counselor was jailed in Broward County after federal authorities said he admitted to molesting multiple children.

Port Everglades welcomed three large modern container cranes on Tuesday as part of an expansion project estimated to cost over $470 million.

The behemoth boat owned by Amazon founder Jeff Bezos has dropped anchor in South Florida.

Captain Mickey will now sail into a brand new, magically themed terminal at Port Everglades.

Broward Sheriff’s Office homicide detectives were investigating after a worker died at a concrete plant at Port Everglades Friday morning, according to fire rescue officials.

A Texas tourist who took a cruise from Port Everglades returned, only to be arrested at the port on a felony child endangerment charge. She spent three nights in the Broward County Jail, but it turns out law enforcement officials detained the wrong person.

An 18-foot boat took on water and capsized near Port Everglades on Saturday.

Several conservation groups have announced that they’re planning to sue federal wildlife officials, citing a failure to protect the West Indian manatee following record death rates in recent years.

Gas prices rose across most of the state of Florida last week following historic flooding in South Florida that led to numerous gas terminals being out of operation at Port Everglades, AAA reported Monday.

Just about everyone in South Florida last week was wondering where the gas supply was and why it was taking so long for gas stations to be replenished.

Nearly all gas terminals are back in service at Port Everglades following last week’s historic flooding, Port Everglades officials confirmed Friday.

Nearly all gas terminals are back in service at Port Everglades following last week’s historic flooding, Port Everglades officials confirmed Friday.

There are still nine out of 12 gas terminals in operation Thursday at Port Everglades, a spokeswoman for the port confirmed, and it’s unclear when the remaining three will reopen.

Gas stations in Miami-Dade and Broward counties weren’t the only ones beset by a logistical crunch cutting off fuel supplies following last week’s historic floods.

Nine out of 12 gas terminals are now fully operating at Port Everglades after recovering from last week’s severe flooding, a spokeswoman for the port confirmed Wednesday.

If you want to fill up fast, you may want to head to Palm Beach County.

Tuesday marked another day of long lines at South Florida gas pumps as fuel tankers continued to make their way to South Florida gas stations, playing catch-up after flooding issues created logistical problems at Port Everglades.

From long lines, to bagged pumps, to signs that read “no gas,” South Florida drivers found themselves in a similar situation to many gas stations Monday: empty and with no fuel.

Historic flooding in Broward County led to gasoline outages at various gas stations throughout South Florida, but that should soon change, AAA reported Monday.

Gas stations that still have fuel have been difficult for South Florida drivers to come by in recent days, but officials are promising that relief is on the way.

Officials with the Fort Lauderdale-Hollywood International Airport and Port Everglades asked travelers to check with their airlines and cruise lines for changes on their itinerary amid ongoing flood recovery Friday.

Royal Caribbean’s Liberty of The Seas rescued a group of 17 migrants from Cuba who were stranded at sea on Jan. 14 and arrived at Port Everglades on Monday, Martin Luther King Jr. Day.

Two Holland America Line ships are departing on Grand Voyages Tuesday from Port Everglades.

A death investigation is underway at Port Everglades in Fort Lauderdale.

Those who are catching a flight at Fort Lauderdale-Hollywood International Airport or boarding a cruise ship at Port Everglades have a pretty good chance of spotting the monkeys swinging in the trees or stealing your snacks.

The U.S. Navy plans to commission USS Fort Lauderdale LPD 28 on Saturday morning at Port Everglades but the celebrations started early.

It’s been two years since the last fleet week event took place at Port Everglades in Fort Lauderdale.

They kept COVID-19 at bay for more than two years, now a couple says they contracted the virus while on a luxury cruise.

The Broward County Commission has approved Port Everglades terminal design project for Disney Cruise Line.

Fleet Week returns to Fort Lauderdale next month following a two-year hiatus due to the COVID-19 pandemic.

The U.S. Coast Guard offloaded about 54,500 pounds of cocaine and about 15,800 pounds of marijuana Thursday at Port Everglades.

Gov. Ron DeSantis held a news conference Friday morning at Port Everglades to announce more than $80 million that has been allocated for various infrastructure projects in South Florida.

The U.S. Coast Guard Cutter Vigilant docked at Fort Lauderdale’s Port Everglades to offload illegal narcotics worth an estimated $236 million.

Six cruises are set to sail from the Fort Lauderdale port on Saturday, filling almost every terminal.

A pedestrian died at a hospital Friday morning shortly after being struck by a semi-truck in Port Everglades, authorities confirmed.

Princess Cruises’ newest cruise ship, Enchanted Princess, sailed into her homeport of Port Everglades Thursday morning as crew members prepare for guest voyages in November.

The U.S. Coast Guard offloaded a whopping $1.4 billion worth of cocaine and marijuana Thursday at Port Everglades from various interdictions at sea.

Broward Sheriff's Office Fire Rescue told Local 10 News that they treated patients at the port, but did not have to transport any to a hospital.

Gov. Ron DeSantis is celebrating a victory in his ongoing fight against federal COVID rules on cruise ships departing from Florida.

The inaugural voyage of Royal Caribbean’s new Odyssey of the Seas ship from Port Everglades was scheduled for late June, but has been postponed after eight crew members tested positive for COVID-19, the company’s president and CEO, Michael Bayley, confirmed on social media.

On Monday, Coast Guard Cutter Tahoma’s crew offloaded more than 7,500 pounds of cocaine in Port Everglades, an estimated street value of $143.5 million, after three interdictions in the Eastern Pacific Ocean.

Royal Caribbean’s new Odyssey of the Seas ship pulled into its home port, Port Everglades, Thursday morning as its crew prepares to set sail next month for the first time.

Florida's governor Ron DeSantis said that cruise lines who require proof of vaccination from passengers will be breaking a new state law that goes into effect July 1.

Celebrity will sail out of Port Everglades in Fort Lauderdale at the end of June, according to a tweet by the cruise line.

South Florida doesn't get its gasoline from the Colonial Pipeline, so supply is not currently an issue, but it could become one if people are hoarding it.

With access to COVID-19 vaccines, cruise industry executives in Florida are ready to sail again. But with Gov. Ron DeSantis preventing them from requiring vaccines, they are considering moving out of Florida.

On Friday, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention issued its next phase of guidance for the cruise industry, but it wasn't a green light for commercial sailings to begin.

FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla. – The COVID-19 vaccine is helping to bring back a sense of normalcy for many, but the cruse industry is far from making a comeback. Even before stepping onto a cruise ship, passengers at Port Everglades in Fort Lauderdale can see vending machines that dispense face masks. That’s just part of the new reality at Port Everglades, where social distancing reminders and spacing markers will remain up indefinitely. Large scale cruise passengers have been missing from these terminals for nearly a year, though. Social distancing signage inside a terminal at Port Everglades in Fort Lauderdale.

FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla. – Crewmembers of the U.S. Coast Guard cutter James offloaded about 23,000 pounds of cocaine and about 8,800 pounds of marijuana — valued at more than $411.3 million — on Wednesday morning at Port Everglades in Fort Lauderdale. ”We know that each interdiction saves lives and helps to protect others from violence, extortion and instability,” Vance said, adding that 50 accused smugglers. The U.S. Coast Guard turned over the accused smugglers, cocaine, and marijuana to federal authorities in Broward County. Vance said maritime narcotraffickers are still using customized go-fast boats, also known as go-fast vessels, or GFV. The list of those in attendance at the port also included U.S. Coast Guard Adm. Karl Schultz, Netherlands’ Col. Jarst de Jong, France’s Capt.

PORT EVERGLADES, Fla. – As healthcare workers begin receiving the first round of the COVID-19 vaccines in South Florida, the cruise industry is preparing to welcome travelers once again. Construction continued Monday inside the brand-new Herron Garage at Port Everglades. “We’ve done everything we can to accelerate while business is down and times are a little bit slower,” said Port Everglades CEO Jonathan Daniels. At Port Everglades, cruising related revenues are down about $60 million. Of those 6,000 people, 4,500 work in the cruise industry.

Three Super Post-Panamax container gantry cranes, the largest of their kind worldwide, arrived to take part in the largest expansion project in the port’s history. Construction for the $471 million project is expected to be done by late 2022. The value of economic activity related to Port Everglades is nearly $32 billion. “Finally, the world’s largest ship-to-shore gantry cranes low profile arrive at Port Everglades,” said Jonathan Daniels, the chief executive port director. Now Port Everglades is equipped to handle some of the largest container ships in the world.

Because of that, county leaders are considering relaxing some of coronavirus restrictions. It’s been good to so far,” Broward County Mayor Dale Holness said during a press conference Saturday. With schools reopening, Holness said there is possibility of a surge. We hope that business can come out like it used to be before.”:Also taking a big hit is the cruise ship industry. It’s the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, however, that has the final say on when cruise ship operators can being sailing again.

FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla. – The U.S. Coast Guard offloaded about 11,500 pounds of cocaine and 17,000 pounds of marijuana Thursday morning at Port Everglades. The drugs have a street value of about $228 million in total, authorities said. Sky 10 was above the port as the Coast Guard Cutter Hamilton offloaded the drugs that had been seized during multiple interdictions in the Eastern Pacific and Caribbean Sea. Timothy Cronin, Commanding Officer of the Coast Guard Cutter Hamilton. “One word describes the work of the Coast Guard throughout this year -- it is extraordinary,” said U.S. Attorney Ariana Fajardo Orshan, of the Southern District of Florida.

DEERFIELD BEACH, Fla. The U.S. Coast Guard warned Port Key West, Port of Miami and Port Everglades to expect threatening winds with Hurricane Isaias. Local 10 News Weather Authority (Local 10 News)Broward County is under a tropical storm warning on Friday. The storm has already caused some damage in Puerto Rico, Dominican Republic and storm surge in Exuma, Bahamas. Hurricane Isaias has caused some damage in Puerto Rico and the Dominican Republic. (Local 10 News)WATCH: Norcross: Hurricane Isaias forecast models inch closer to FloridaTRACK STORM: Hurricane Isaias forecast to maintain strength as it tracks near South Florida coastFOR MORE COVERAGE: Visit our Local 10 Hurricane Page.

Dylan DeFrancisi, port director for U.S. Customs and Border Protection, said the value of each vehicle ranges between $20,000 and $140,000. The investigation began in April after a tip received by Homeland Security Investigation special agents in Bogot, Colombia. Salisbury said Raul Gorrin, the president of 24-hour television network Globovisin and La Vitalicia insurance company in Venezuela, was involved. John Tobon, HSI Miami deputy special agent in charge, is also involved in the investigation. How all these vehicles were going to Venezuela, paid for in cash and none of the businesses involved knew about it?

PORT EVERGLADES, Fla. – The crew of the U.S. Coast Guard cutter James offloaded about 23,000 pounds of cocaine and about 6,900 pounds of marijuana Tuesday at Port Everglades following seizures in international waters. According to Coast Guard officials, the drugs were seized during 11 interdictions in the eastern Pacific Ocean, off the coasts of Mexico, Central and South America and in the Caribbean Sea. The interdictions of the drug smuggling vessels were made by four Coast Guard cutters and two U.S. Navy ships. Jeffrey Randall, commanding officer of the cutter James. I couldn’t be more proud of my crew and their hard work.”According to Coast Guard officials, the U.S. Southern Command began enhanced counter-narcotics operations in the Western Hemisphere on April 1.

MIAMI – The Coral Princess cruise ship arrived at Port Miami Saturday morning, hours after being denied entry at Port Everglades in Fort Lauderdale. On Saturday night, one of the very first groups of passengers cleared to return, 50 Floridians, departed the Coral Princess ship. Princess Cruises, a subsidiary of Carnival Corp., switched the Coral Princess’ original destination from Fort Lauderdale. The Coral Princess departed March 5 from Chile. The Regal Princess delivered supplies to the Coral Princess.

FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla. – The coronavirus pandemic nightmare isn’t over for 26 people who remain quarantined and sick aboard a plagued cruise ship at Port Everglades in Fort Lauderdale. (Local 10 News)Only one crew member and 13 passengers were allowed to disembark the MS Zaandam on Thursday at Port Everglades. Workers in full personal protective equipment handled the luggage and disinfect it at Port Everglades. Carnival Corp. arranged for private transporation for Americans who were stranded at sea in one of their cruise ships. Passengers look out from the Zaandam cruise ship, anchored in the bay of Panama City, Friday, March 27, 2020.

Thirteen passengers and one crew member will be taken to Broward Health Medical Center for treatment, while 26 passengers will be staying on board to be quarantined for 14 days. The ship will not remain at the port for that entire time, officials say, but crew will be staying on board. Of the 1,211 passengers deemed fit for travel, most will be taken to Fort Lauderdale-Hollywood International Airport to board chartered flights back home on Friday, said Port Everglades’ Alinda Montfort. We’re thankful to the people of Broward County,” Rick de Pinho, of New Jersey, said. De Pinho and his wife were on a two week South American voyage on the Zaandam ship when the new coronavirus began spreading on their ship.

FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla. – A man working at Port Everglades in Fort Lauderdale was diagnosed with Covid-19, the contagious respiratory illness caused by the new coronavirus. When the outbreak in Broward County began, some of the first cases reported were from people who worked at Port Everglades. Amid the growing crisis, Broward County authorities discussed the dilemma of whether or not to allow cruise ships stranded at sea to dock in the port. Members of the U.S. Coast Guard and the Florida Department of Health denied the ships’ entry. On Wednesday afternoon, state public health officials reported there were more than 1,200 Covid-19 cases and 12 deaths in Broward County.

FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla. – The coronavirus pandemic left the passengers on MS Zandaam and MS Rotterdam stranded at sea, and now their fate is in the hands of Broward County commissioners. Holness decided they need more time to review the feasibility of a plan to allow the ships to dock at Port Everglades in Fort Lauderdale on Thursday. The MS Zandaam, which has COVID-19 patients, departed from Buenos Aires on March 7. The bodies remain on the MS Zandaam, which has at least 180 people reporting COVID-19-like symptoms. The MS Rotterdam has 1,400 people on board who are not symptomatic.

FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla. – Two cruise ships with almost 2,000 people aboard could be arriving by Wednesday or Thursday to Port Everglades. The ship had been anchored outside Panama Canal since Thursday waiting for approval from Panamanian authorities to allow the ship passage through the canal. Holland America planned to have passengers were not ill be transferred to a healthy ship, the cruise line’s Rotterdam, and then isolate those who were sick on the Zaandam. The Rotterdam would also dock at Port Everglades to have passengers disembark. Holland America stated on its web site that only passengers who have not been ill will be moved, and health screenings will be conducted before transferring.

FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla. – Holland America Line, a subsidiary of Carnival Corporation, deployed a ship to deliver coronavirus test kits to the MS Zaandam cruise ship heading to Port Everglades in Fort Lauderdale. The MS Zaandam’s voyage continues with 1,829 people on board, including 30 guests and 47 crew members who have reported coronavirus symptoms and haven’t been off the ship since March 14 in Chile. “Holland America Line has deployed Rotterdam to rendezvous with Zaandam and provide extra supplies, staff, COVID-19 test kits and other support as needed,” a cruise line representative wrote in a statement. Carrying 611 crew and no guests, Rotterdam departed Puerto Vallarta, Mexico, on Sunday and is set to meet with MS Zaandam’s crew on Thursday evening off the coast of Panama. The U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, the Florida Department of Health in Broward County, U.S. Coast Guard, and U.S. Customs & Border Protection and the Port Everglades Pilots Association are assessing the situation.

FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla. – Local officials are debating whether to allow a cruise ship with sick passengers to dock in Fort Lauderdale. Holland America Line’s MS Zaandam cruise ship is on its way to Port Everglades in hopes of docking there next week. If it all goes as planned by Holland America Line, it will arrive at Port Everglades March 30, according to the statement. But Cruise Mapper and other ship tracking services showed its Port Everglades arrival to be April 7. Some of the first COVID-19 cases reported in Broward County had links to workers who were in contact with cruise ship guests arriving at Port Everglades in Fort Lauderdale.

FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla. – Amid a spreading worldwide pandemic, Broward County’s newly confirmed COVID-19 cases nearly doubled in one day. The Florida Department of Health announced early Saturday morning there are 20 positive cases of COVID-19 involving Broward County residents. The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention expects COVID-19 cases to increase nationwide. The Saturday morning DOH reports showed the positive cases of COVID-19 in Florida had surged to 83 -- and include three deaths. Here is the list of COVID-19 cases in Broward County as of 12:54 a.m., March 14:UNDER INVESTIGATION: 7 casesWoman, 22, is a patient with a case that remains under investigation.

FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla. – Investigators linked five COVID-19 cases to Port Everglades in Fort Lauderdale, according to a statement Broward County released on Friday afternoon. According to Margaret Stapleton, a spokeswoman for Broward County, the area’s Emergency Operations Center was partially activated. The Florida Department of Health data shows Broward County has the biggest cluster in the state. One of the three non-Florida residents diagnosed with COVID-19 is in Broward County, officials said. Here is the list of COVID-19 cases in Broward County:TRAVEL RELATED: 2 cases (no longer under investigation)- Man, 61, is a travel-related case.

He was among the 3,140 guests who could have enjoyed a 10-day voyage on the Princess Cruises’ Caribbean Princess had it not been for COVID-19 cases. Princess Cruises canceled the voyage on Wednesday at the Port Everglades in Fort Lauderdale. Princess Cruises is also the operator of the Grand Princess and the Diamond Princess, which are linked to hundreds of COVID-19 cases in Japan and California. Princess Cruises employees who had worked in the Grand Princess in California were tested while working aboard the Caribbean Princess and the Regal Princess, which were both scheduled to dock at Port Everglades. Voyages on both the Regal Princess and the Caribbean Princess were canceled.

AK Building Services’ Fort Lauderdale office is a 15-minute drive away from Port Everglades, where three COVID-19 patients worked for Metro Cruise Services, a cruise terminal operator.

FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla. – Metro Cruise Services -- the employer of three of the four COVID-19 patients in Broward County -- released a statement on Tuesday saying they worked at various cruise terminals in Port Everglades. Metro Cruise Services President Anthony Newman said the company was unaware the three part-time employees were sick until public health officials notified them. Officials recommended employees of Metro Cruise Services at Port Everglades with any association to the COVID-19 cases to self-quarantine. Trouble is some COVID-19 patients can be asymptomatic while spreading the SARS-CoV-2 virus, and some patients’ symptoms won’t be apparent until after about 14 days. For more information about the cases, call the Florida hotline at 1-866-779-6121 or the COVID-19 Call Center at 1-866-799-6121.

Vice President Mike Pence was at Port Everglades on Saturday addressing concerns of the coronavirus. If you need help with the Public File, call (954) 364-2526.

The project will expand parts of the Intracoastal Waterway, so cargo ships are able to transit to and from the southern part of the port. It also contributes to part of the cost of building a new facility for the U.S. Coast Guard Station Fort Lauderdale. Recently, Congress allowed the port to move forward with the USACE fiscal year 2020 work plan. In 2017, the Broward County Board of County Commissioners approved the $500 million Southport Turning Notch Expansion, or STNE, construction. Workers broke ground June 2018 and the historic project is set to be completed in 2022.

FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla. – A cruise ship returned to Port Everglades on Thursday morning after an outbreak of gastrointestinal illness forced it to cut short its voyage. Frank Boguth speaks to Local 10 News from the balcony of his cabin on the Caribbean Princess. “All we saw was the staff cleaning, cleaning, cleaning,” Rosemary Neilson said. A santitization crew is headed toward the @PrincessCruises Caribbean Princess ship. Crew members for the next @PrincessCruises voyage on Caribbean Princess getting ready to get on board.

FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla. – A South Florida-based cruise ship is cutting its voyage short after a gastrointestinal outbreak. “This is a highly unusual development and we share the disappointment of our guests,” the cruise line said in a statement. Princess Cruises said there are no cases of coronavirus identified among the 4,196 people on the ship. All guests will receive a 50% refund and a future cruise credit valued at 50% of the cost. Upon its return, the Caribbean Princess will be sanitized and is expected to resume its travel schedule with a Feb. 16 departure from Port Everglades.

PORT EVERGLADES, Fla. – One person was injured Tuesday afternoon during a crane collapse at Port Everglades, authorities confirmed. According to Broward Sheriff Fire Rescue spokesman Michael Kane, the 46-year-old victim suffered a non-life-threatening back injury during the incident at 1820 Eller Drive. The man was taken to Broward Health Medical Center. Kane said the crane had been on a flatbed when it tipped over. He said 50 gallons of fuel spilled at the scene, which was contained by the department’s hazmat team.

PORT EVERGLADES, Fla. – Fighting fires at sea is always a potential reality for South Florida first responders, which is why firefighters routinely practice response efforts aboard ships in simulated trainings. Fort Lauderdale and Broward Sherriff’s Fire Rescue participated in a joint training Friday morning in Port Everglades. “One of the most dangerous things at sea is a fire,” Fort Lauderdale Fire Rescue Chief Stephen Gollian said. “The reason for that is there is no place to go.”The exercise started with a controlled fire aboard a ship. “Your resources are normally a long ways away and it takes them a long time to get there,” Gollian said.

PORT EVERGLADES, Fla. - The U.S. Coast Guard offloaded tons of cocaine and marijuana Monday at Port Everglades. The Coast Guard Cutter James crew offloaded approximately 27,300 pounds of seized cocaine worth an estimated $367 million and 11,000 pounds of seized marijuana worth an estimated $10.1 million. "The crew of James, operating in the dark of the night and under challenging conditions, drove our boat, flew our helicopters to interdict drug smugglers operating a variety of vessels," Capt. The drugs were interdicted in international waters of the Caribbean basin and the Eastern Pacific Ocean off the coast of Mexico and Central and South America. The contraband was seized in 18 separate interdictions of suspected drug smuggling vessels by the U.S. Coast Guard over the course of 6-8 weeks.

PORT EVERGLADES, Fla. - The U.S. Coast Guard has offloaded thousands of pounds of cocaine and marijuana at Port Everglades today. The Coast Guard Cutter James crew offloaded approximately 27,300 pounds of seized cocaine worth an estimated $367 million and 11,000 pounds of seized marijuana worth an estimated $10.1 million. The drugs were interdicted in international waters of the Caribbean basin and the Eastern Pacific Ocean off the coast of Mexico, Central and South America and include contraband seized and recovered in 18 separate interdictions of suspected drug smuggling vessels by the U.S. Coast Guard. "The offload of over 13 tons of drugs represent the efforts of not only 10 Coast Guard cutters over 18 separate interdictions, but also the commitment and dedication of the international allies and partners, like the Colombians, as we work together to disrupt the networks that profit from them," Lt. Cmdr. Copyright 2019 by WPLG Local10.com - All rights reserved.

FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla. - A major drug bust has been announced by U.S. Customs and Border Protection. Nearly 50 pounds of cocaine were found concealed inside boxes of oranges. CBP made the find at Port Everglades in Fort Lauderdale. According to CBP, the estimated street value of the cocaine is in the hundreds of thousands of dollars. Copyright 2019 by WPLG Local10.com - All rights reserved.

FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla. - A family of migrating ray-finned fish helped a couple of fishermen to catch big fish Tuesday near Port Everglades, and the moment made for some jaw-dropping video. Mark Coleman, the pastor for New Life Baptist Church in Davie, shot the video showing a "rolling wave" of the desperate baitfish leaping out of the water. The baitfish phenomenon happens when a massive school of grey mullets sends predators such as Tarpon, Redfish, Snook and Kingfish into a frenzy. Every year, during the Florida fall mullet run, the grey mullets migrate south from the Carolinas in large schools along the Atlantic coast. The fish go on to breed in the Gulf Stream and form massive bait schools.

FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla. - Firefighters with the City of Miami and Miami-Dade fire rescue are back in South Florida. There was a warm welcome home for local first responders, storm weary Bahamians and United States citizens desperate to get homeThey arrived together at Port Everglades late Tuesday by ferry. Over four grueling, sweltering days, rescue teams from South Florida canvassed the hardest hit areas in the northern islands of the Bahamas. A pregnant woman on board arrived safely with family members. She is from North Miami Beach and is still waiting on seven relatives to arrive from the Bahamas and stay with her.

PORT EVERGLADES, Fla. - A team of South Florida firefighters left Port Everglades Friday morning to help those in need in the Bahamas following Hurricane Dorian. A team of 30 firefighters -- half from the City of Miami and the other half from Miami-Dade Fire Rescue -- boarded a ferry at Port Everglades bound for Freeport. While the U.S. Coast Guard conducts search and rescue operations on the coast, South Florida's firefighters will focus inland. This is local government helping our neighbors in the Bahamas," Miami-Dade County Deputy Mayor Maurice Kemp said. Miami Fire Rescue and Miami-Dade Fire Rescue are each planning to send 25 more members to the Bahamas with extra equipment on Sunday.