Dockworkers on the U.S. East and Gulf coasts have overwhelmingly approved a six-year contract, averting the threat of a strike that could have crippled the economy.

A Miami-Dade Sherriff’s Office deputy was arrested Thursday night after the agency received information that the deputy was trafficking MDMA, authorities announced Friday morning.

Hundreds of workers at PortMiami could go on strike if contract negotiations between the International Longshoremen’s Association (ILA) and management are not completed by the end of Monday.

Several people were injured in a boat crash that occurred on Sunday afternoon.

A new federal report found that a past dredging project at PortMiami caused serious damage to more than 278 acres of sensitive coral reef habitat along the port’s entrance channel.

Florida has been sizzling in record, crushing heat, and it is already having destructive impacts on our local ecosystems.

A Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission investigation is underway following a deadly boat and car ferry collision near Port Miami.

South Florida law enforcement officers converged at a Port Miami parking garage Tuesday night, responding to a staged active shooter incident with hostages.

This week we bring you a surprising twist to Don’t Trash Our Treasure as we went out to cover one story and stumbled upon an even bigger more pressing situation.

A big sendoff from South Florida as military officers and crew members onboard one of the U.S. Navy’s largest hospital ships made a stop in Miami before leaving on their next humanitarian mission.

The Disney Dream cruise ship arrived at Port Miami this week after bidding farewell to its former home port -- Port Canaveral.

A company contracted by Miami-Dade County is no longer servicing or working on elevators, escalators and moving walkways for the county.

Miami-Dade county leaders discussed their plans to help combat climate change on Monday in Miami Beach.

The Miami-based Norwegian Cruise Line’s The Pearl returned to Port Miami on Wednesday after canceling a voyage over COVID-19 cases.

The Carnival Freedom, which left on an 8-day trip Saturday, had stops in Bonaire and Aruba canceled. The line said it would instead make a stop at Amber Cove in the Dominican Republic on Friday before returning to Port Miami on Sunday.

Royal Caribbean Cruise Line confirmed 48 people on its Symphony of the Seas cruise, which ended Saturday in Miami, tested positive for Covid.

Gov. Ron DeSantis is prepared to keep fighting the Centers for Disease Control on restrictions they've put in place along with a no-sail order for Florida-based cruise ships.

Miami-Dade Mayor Daniella Levine Cava said Friday afternoon the death toll of the Surfside building collapse increased to 22.

Royal Caribbean's Freedom of the Seas returned to Port Miami on Tuesday after spending several days on a pandemic-proof test run.

Gov. Ron DeSantis is celebrating a victory in his ongoing fight against federal COVID rules on cruise ships departing from Florida.

One of the last cruise ships to set sail before the industry shut down over a year ago will now be the first to help usher in this long-awaited comeback.

With access to COVID-19 vaccines, cruise industry executives in Florida are ready to sail again. But with Gov. Ron DeSantis preventing them from requiring vaccines, they are considering moving out of Florida.

A group demanding to restart the cruising industry brought together cruise line CEOs, longshoremen and politicians on both sides of the aisle.

At Port Miami on Friday, an array of bipartisan elected officials, cruise line executives and union leaders gathered to speak with one voice about the need to start cruising again.

On Friday, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention issued its next phase of guidance for the cruise industry, but it wasn't a green light for commercial sailings to begin.

MIAMI, Fla. – The Coral Princess docked at Port Miami screened every soul before the people were loaded onto buses and headed to the airport. But the process did not happen fast enough for married couple Wilson and Toyling Maa. Lisa Ouchida is now worried about her sister, Toyling, who is in the hospital. Congresswoman Debbie Mucarsel-Powell (FL-26) is now calling for an investigation by local authorities. Mucarsel-Powell said that Maa and his wife waited "four hours before being transported to a hospital."

MIAMI, Fla. – A busy and difficult day at Port Miami where the Coral Princess has now been docked for more than 24 hours. Some 380 cleared passengers got on board a fleet of buses with their luggage wearing masks and gloves. That message coming from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention who is mandating that cruise passengers not take commercial flights and they must all take charter flights. “As of April 4, 2020, CDC has updated its recommendations to help US cruise ship travelers get home as quickly and safely as possible during the COVID-19 Pandemic. CDC recommends that cruise ship travelers with no symptoms or mild symptoms disembark as quickly and safely as possible at US ports of entry.

MIAMI – The Coral Princess cruise ship arrived at Port Miami Saturday morning, hours after being denied entry at Port Everglades in Fort Lauderdale. On Saturday night, one of the very first groups of passengers cleared to return, 50 Floridians, departed the Coral Princess ship. Princess Cruises, a subsidiary of Carnival Corp., switched the Coral Princess’ original destination from Fort Lauderdale. The Coral Princess departed March 5 from Chile. The Regal Princess delivered supplies to the Coral Princess.

MIAMI - The City of Miami is sending firefighter medics to the Bahamas even before the federal government is asking them to, so they can start to help those in need following Hurricane Dorian. They will not be there as an official federal search and rescue operation, but will only be wearing City of Miami Fire Department uniforms. There is already a ship sitting at Port Miami waiting to head out Thursday night. City officials said they will be paying for the operation out of their own budget this month and there will be no additional cost to taxpayers. If U.S. officials eventually activate the medics as part of the federal operation, the federal government will take over the cost."

MIAMI - Valentino and Marissa Daxon, who are newlyweds from the Bahamas, are stranded in Miami this week with no cash and worried about loved ones back home who they have not heard from following Hurricane Dorian. "We are at a mix of confusion and worry," Marissa Daxon said. According to Marissa Daxon, the couple knows through Whatsapp that three of their relatives are homeless. "We are not enjoying anything," Marissa Daxon said. Local 10 News reporter Jeff Weinsier asked Marissa Daxon.

Emmy Award-winning investigative reporter and Miami native Christina Boomer Vazquez joined Local 10 News as a general assignment reporter in 2011.