ID Badges

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The ID Office is located at 1530 SE 24th Street (Spangler Boulevard/SR84). The phone number is 954-765-4604 or 954-765-4225.  

Hours of operation are:

  • Monday through Friday 8:00 a.m. to 4 p.m.
  • Saturday and Sunday closed

Pursuant to local, state and federal law, all persons entering Port Everglades are subject to established security restrictions:

Federal law requires a person seeking unescorted access to any seaport facility in the country to obtain a Federal Transportation Worker Identification Crendential (TWIC).  The cost of a TWIC is $132.50.  Applications must be submitted in person at 2700 West Cypress Creek Road, Suite D-130, Fort Lauderdale FL 33309.  To contact the TWIC office with any questions dial: 1-866-347-8942
 

Visitors

  • All visitors must be invited guests of a specific Port Everglades business, tenant or agency.
  • Visitors shall be authorized access only to the area specific to their Port business. Unauthorized roaming through the Port is prohibited.
  • In restricted and secure areas, visitors must be issued a visitor identification badge and be escorted by an individual with a permanent Port Business Purpose Card and a valid Transportation Worker Identification Credential (TWIC) for access to that area. They must remain accompanied by that escort at all times. Badges must be conspicuously displayed at all times.
  • The Visitor ID badge, self-expiring at 11:59 p.m. on the date received, is issued at the checkpoints.
  • Visitors attempting to enter the Port more than 15 times in a 90-day period will be required to obtain and display a permanent port-issued Business Purpose Card.
  • Visitors will not be allowed to park in restricted or secure areas.
  • Special rules apply to Day Laborers.

Day Laborers

  • Temporary, self-expiring badges are issued at the Port ID Office and at the checkpoints.
  • Temporary badges are issued for single days and for specific areas of access.
  • Day laborers must apply for a blue temporary Business Purpose Card at the first visit and have it in their possession at all times while working at the Port. To apply for a temporary card, day laborers must submit their company work order, valid form of government-issued identification and $25 in cash or company check.
  • Badges must be conspicuously displayed at all times.
  • Itinerant/day laborer parking is in designated areas throughout the Port.

Valid Picture Identification

Picture identification, accepted by Port Everglades for issuance of access badges, includes the following:

  • Driver’s License
  • Passport
  • Florida Identification Card
  • Alien Registration Card
  • Foreign Identification Card

Proof of Destination

  • Bill of Lading
  • Company Identification
  • Faxed Company Letter
  • Call Placed to Receiving Company to Verify Delivery

Permanent Employees

  • All personnel permanently employed at Port Everglades are required to obtain a Port-issued picture Business Purpose Card.
  • Business Purpose Cards will be issued for a period up to three years depending on the nature of the persons work at the Port.
  • Persons with a valid TWIC will be issed a green Business Purpose Card authorizing unescorted access to designated restricted and secure areas based on their purpose for acess.  Cards will be issued at no cost.
  • Persons without a valid TWIC will be issued a yellow Business Purpose Card, but will require escort by a TWIC holder to enter designated restricted or secure areas.  Cards will be issued for a fee of $25 payable in cash or company check.
  • Business Purpase Cards must be displayed at all times when accessing or working within restricted areas of the Port.
  • Lost, stolen, mutilated or rescinded cards must be reported to the Port Security Administration and Broward Sheriff’s Office.
  • All Port Business Purpose Cards must be returned to Port Security Administration or Broward Sheriff’s Office upon termination of employment.
  • Business Purpose Cards normally will be available approximately the same day that the application have been submitted.

Cruise Passengers

  • All cruise passengers departing from Port Everglades will enter the Port through a security checkpoint after presenting picture identifications for each person in the vehicle over age 18 as well as travel documents.

Vehicles

  • Vehicles will enter only through security checkpoints at the Port.
  • Vehicles will be parked in specific designated parking lots.
  • Private vehicles will not be allowed to park in restricted access unless authorized and credentialed.
  • Dockside parking pass fee $100.
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