In April 1998, the Port of Miami and the Port of Alicante, Spain signed an agreement of collaboration for the exchange of information and ideas, with the stated aim of increasing the cargo and cruise trade between the two ports. Later that same year, the Miami-Dade Board of County Commissioners passed a resolution establishing the criteria for entering into international sister seaports agreements, thus formalizing the process for all future accords.

Since that time, the Port of Miami has signed sister seaports agreements with 36 foreign ports.  Please click on the links below for information about our Sister Seaports, including history, future projects, and excursions:

Asia

China

• Shanghai International Port (Group) Co., Ltd

Africa

Kenya

• Port of Mombasa

Morocco

• Port of Casablanca

Nigeria

• Nigerian Ports Authority (Lagos)

Senegal

• Port of Dakar Authority
  

South Africa

• Port of Durban
• Port of Cape Town

Europe

France

• Port Authority of Marseilles

Italy

• Ravenna Port Authority
• Port of Genoa
• Bari Port Authority
• Autorita Portuale di Napoli
• Venice Port of Authority

Portugal

• Port of Madeira

Spain

• Port of Alicante
• Autoridad Portuaria de Gijón
• Port Authority of A Coruña
• Port of Las Palmas
• Port of Santander
• Sevilla Port Authority
• Port of Santa Cruz de Tenerife
• Port of Valencia
• Port of Barcelona
• Autoridad Portuaria de Malaga
• Port Authority of Bilbao

Ukraine

• Port of Odessa

United Kingdom

• Port of Liverpool

The Americas

Argentina

• Port of Buenos Aires

Belize

• Port of Belize

Canada

Port of Quebec (Quebec City)

Chile

• Port of Iquique
  Port of Valparaíso

Colombia

• Sociedad Portuaria de Santa Marta
• Sociedad Portuaria Regional de Buenaventura (Buenaventura)
• Port of Barranquilla
• Port of Cartagena
• International Port of San Andres Islands

Guatemala

• Empresa Portuaria Quetzal
• Port of Santo Tomas de Castilla

Honduras

• Puerto Cortés

El Salvador

• Comision Ejecutiva Portuaria Autonoma (CEPA)

Mexico

• Port of Progreso (Yucatan)
• Port of Dos Bocas (Tabasco)

Nicaragua

• Port Authority of Rama

Panama

• Panama Canal Authority (Memorandum of Understanding)

Peru

• Empresa Nacional de Puertos del Peru S.A. (Iquitos)
• Autoridad Portuaria Nacional del Peru  (Callao)

Uruguay

• National Port Administration, Republic of Uruguay (Montevideo)

Caribbean/West Indies

• Barbados Port Inc.
• St. Vincent and the Grenadines Port Authority
• Curaçao Ports Authority
• Dominican Port Authority (Santo Domingo)