Commissioner Murman mentioned in this Tampa Bay Business Journal article regarding the Port of Tampa:
Port board ready to explore Pinellas terminals
Tampa Bay Business Journal
Date: Wednesday, May 16, 2012, 6:26am EDT
Board members at the Tampa Port Authority have asked port Chief Executive Richard Wainio to research options for hosting larger cruise ships that cannot sail underneath the Sunshine Skyway Bridge.
One idea floating in the bay is to build new terminals near the bridge, according to the Tampa Bay Times. Board Member Sandra Murman is pushing for a plan.
The port has invested heavily in the cruise industry, but could lose a large part of the business as cruise companies build significantly larger ships that are too tall to get into Tampa Bay and draft too deep to come all the way into the port. The cruise industry brings in about a quarter of the port’s budget — $9.9 million in revenue last year.
