Port of Tampa Announces New Commissioner

John Grandoff III has been appointed by Florida Governor Rick Scott to be the new commissioner of the busy Port of Tampa, the Sunshine State’s biggest sea cargo facility. Grandoff, a Tampa are attorney, will join six other commissioners who are responsible for managing the port, which generates an estimated $15 billion for the local economy each year. Five commissioners are gubernatorial appointees while the mayor of Tampa and one Hillsborough County commissioner are standing members of the port commission.