<p>Celebrity Cruises will be sailing year-round from the Port of Miami for the first time.<br /><br />The cruise line will begin its new schedule in December, when the 1,814-passenger Celebrity Century will sail four- and five-night alternating Eastern and Western Caribbean cruises.<br /><br />&ldquo;We are proud to announce that, for the first time, Celebrity will sail year-round to the Caribbean from Miami,&rdquo; port director Bill Johnson said in a news release. &ldquo;This new itinerary is an upgrade from seasonal to year-round for the Celebrity Century. Total annual amounts will be nearly 290,000 passengers and an estimated $ 2.8 million.&rdquo;<br /><br />Of 290,000 annual passengers expected at the port, 186,000 will come as a result of the new schedule, port spokeswoman Andria Muniz said. Celebrity&rsquo;s extended schedule translates into an additional $1.7 million for the port, she noted.<br /><br />Earlier this year, the port predicted that the number of cruise passengers would be flat or slightly down from last year&rsquo;s record 4.1 million cruisers. Now, however, the port expects another record year in 2010, Muniz said.<br /></p>