{"id":2157,"date":"2026-06-23T17:32:02","date_gmt":"2026-06-23T17:32:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/floridamovingchronicle.com\/?p=2157"},"modified":"2026-06-23T17:32:02","modified_gmt":"2026-06-23T17:32:02","slug":"a-maritime-veteran-is-taking-over-as-portmiami-director-during-fuel-yard-turmoil","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/floridamovingchronicle.com\/?p=2157","title":{"rendered":"A maritime veteran is taking over as PortMiami director during fuel yard turmoil"},"content":{"rendered":"<article><!-- --><!-- --><!-- WPS-5038 -- removed the script from WPS and added the placeholder for trinity player --><!-- --><!-- --><!-- --><!-- --><!-- --><!-- --><!-- --><!-- CONTENT --><!--[--><!--[--><\/p>\n<p>Miami-Dade County\u2019s mayor recruited a port veteran to try and stabilize PortMiami during a tumultuous time as the county-owned facility scrambles to retain a nearby fuel depot and deals with departures from senior leadership.<\/p>\n<p>Read more <a href=\"https:\/\/floridamovingchronicle.com\/?p=2155\">A teen girl was found locked in a Key Largo man\u2019s dryer. He\u2019s now jailed<\/a><\/p>\n<p><!-- --><!--]--><!--[--><\/p>\n<p>Jonathan Daniels, director of the Port of Baltimore in Maryland, is taking the top job at Miami-Dade\u2019s port. Mayor Daniella Levine Cava\u2019s office did not release salary information for Daniels, but public records show  two years ago in his state job at the Baltimore port.<\/p>\n<p><!-- --><!--]--><!--[--><\/p>\n<p>He knows the South Florida maritime industry. In 2024, Maryland hired him away from PortMiami\u2019s top competitor \u2014 Port Everglades in Fort Lauderdale. In Baltimore, he was only on the job for seven weeks when the port faced the biggest crisis in its history after the collapsed Francis Scott Key Bridge shut down the shipping channel there. The Port of Baltimore reopened and last year set new records in cargo activity.<\/p>\n<p><!--]--><!--[--><\/p>\n<p>In Miami, Daniels will be taking over a port facing turmoil over missteps related to a nearby fuel yard. Cruise and cargo ships use the privately owned facility on luxe Fisher Island to refuel, and PortMiami failed to try and purchase the operation when it went up for sale two years ago. Luxury condo developers bought it for $180 million and announced plans to shut down fuel operations in 2027 \u2014 sending port administrators and cruise and cargo executives scrambling to undo the development plans.<\/p>\n<p>Read more <a href=\"https:\/\/floridamovingchronicle.com\/?p=2154\">Driver dies after crash with freight truck on Don Shula Expressway, FHP says<\/a><\/p>\n<p><!-- --><!--]--><!--[--><\/p>\n<p>Levine Cava\u2019s administration negotiated a deal to purchase it for a reported $400 million, but the mayor ultimately rejected that plan and ousted the two deputies who handled the sales talks \u2014 Chief Operating Officer Jimmy Morales and PortMiami Director Hydi Webb. Days later, the port executive whom Levine Cava appointed as interim director, Frederick Wong, <u>announced he was leaving, too<\/u>.<\/p>\n<p><!--]--><!--[--><!-- --><!--]--><!--[--><\/p>\n<p>Now, her administration is pursuing legal action to seize the fuel yard through an eminent domain proceeding, where the sales price would be set by a jury.<\/p>\n<p><!-- --><!--]--><!--[--><\/p>\n<p>Daniels takes over PortMiami in August. 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