Welcome to Port Everglades Where Security Is Everyone’s Business
The following rules and regulations must be followed while on the premises of Broward County’s Port Everglades:
Security Checkpoint Hours
Checkpoint 1 (Eller Dr./I-595): 24/7
Checkpoint 2 (State Road 84/Spangler Blvd.): 6 AM - 10 PM
Checkpoint 3 (SE 17th St./Eisenhower Blvd.): 6 AM - 10 PM
Checkpoint 4 (McIntosh Rd.) 24/7
Weapons Prohibited
Under Florida State Statute 311.12 (4)(c),possession of concealed weapons and other contraband material on the premises of the seaport is prohibited. Any person in a restricted area who has in his or her possession a concealed weapon, operates, or has possession or control of a vehicle in or upon which a concealed weapon is placed or stored, commits a misdemeanor of the first degree, punishable as provided s.775.082 or s.775.083.
July 1, 2006, Florida passed a new Seaport Security Law and within this law there were several changes. One change regards the possession of weapons on Seaports. The changes in the law made it unlawful to:
Weapons (to include firearms):
Persons exempt from this law: