Hydi Webb, who ran PortMiami as director and CEO until June, has joined Miami-based design-build firm Lemartec as vice president of national strategic accounts for transportation.

The move puts a three-decade port insider on the business development team of a contractor whose cruise portfolio directly touches the infrastructure of PortMiami's biggest cruise customers. Lemartec, a subsidiary of MasTec, is currently building PortMiami's Cruise Terminal G complex, including a parking garage, for Royal Caribbean Group. It completed the award-winning Cruise Terminal F expansion and berthing realignment for Carnival Cruise Line in 2022.

For travel sellers, the appointment matters less as a personnel item than as a signal of where cruise-terminal capacity is heading. Terminals G and F underpin PortMiami's ability to berth larger Royal Caribbean and Carnival ships — capacity that determines which itineraries, homeport markets and ultimately inventory levels cruise sellers can plan around.

Lemartec's reach extends beyond the port. Its project list includes Miami International Airport's Concourse K expansion, the Brightline Aventura train station, the Florida Panthers' ice rink and training facility, and Inter Miami CF Stadium. The firm works across aviation, sports, transportation and education sectors.

In the new role, Webb will support Lemartec's national strategic growth in the transportation market. The company said her experience and perspective will "further strengthen Lemartec's transportation capabilities and support the development of lasting relationships across the industry."

Webb brings more than 30 years of experience in transportation and public infrastructure. Her PortMiami career began in 1992 as a conference coordinator, and she rose through roles including manager of cruise development, manager of business development, assistant port director of business development and marketing, deputy port director and interim port director.

Miami-Dade County Mayor Daniella Levine Cava announced Webb's promotion to port director in 2022 after a national search. The announcement drew a standing ovation. Webb served in the top role until June, when she left amid a county government reorganization.

At the port, she helped advance major initiatives supporting the facility's growth and its global competitive position. PortMiami is the world's busiest cruise port by passenger volume, and the terminal projects Lemartec manages there are central to maintaining that standing against rivals such as Port Everglades and Port Canaveral.

A cruise industry source said Webb will be a valuable asset to Lemartec given her government knowledge and contacts. That profile — deep public-sector relationships plus cruise-terminal delivery experience — positions the contractor to compete for port infrastructure work nationally as cruise lines and port authorities accelerate terminal investment.

For cruise lines and the agents and operators selling their capacity, the practical stakes are straightforward: firms like Lemartec, now armed with Webb's port authority relationships, will shape how quickly new berths and terminals come online — and therefore how much sellable cruise capacity reaches the market in the years ahead.