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SeaLand and APL select Port Everglades for service to Latin America
PORT Everglades will be the first and last US call for SeaLand and APL's North American Express Service (NAE/ACX) to Latin America.
Following the launch of their joint service in late June, the carriers temporarily used Miami as their south Florida port. The two liner's first port Everglades call is scheduled August 29, the Newark's Journal of Commerce reported.
Florida International Terminal will provide stevedoring and cargo handling for the service, which the port said is expected to generate 20,000 container moves a year.
Port Everglades CEO Steven Cernak said the joint service "is an excellent fit" because of the port's position in north-south markets, particularly refrigerated cargo, which the new service plans to emphasise.
The port is investing US$600 million in waterside improvements, and in the last year celebrated the opening of a 43-acre intermodal rail container transfer facility and road improvements.
The weekly North Atlantic Express service uses three ships with capacities of 1,700 TEU with two units provided by SeaLand, a regional unit of Maersk Group, and one by APL, which previously operated a standalone service in the trade.
The service's rotation is Cartagena, Colombia; Manzanillo, Panama; Port Everglades, New York (GCT-Staten Island), Philadelphia, Savannah, Port Everglades and back to Cartagena.
The major Florida container ports of Miami, port Everglades, Jacksonville and Tampa made up 11.5 per cent of total US east coast imports in the first half of the year.
Port Everglades experienced a 5.1 per cent compound annual growth rate from 2010 to 2014. However, the port saw volume decline slightly by one per cent the first half, processing 376,230 TEU compared to 378,511 TEU in the first half of 2014.
Following the launch of their joint service in late June, the carriers temporarily used Miami as their south Florida port. The two liner's first port Everglades call is scheduled August 29, the Newark's Journal of Commerce reported.
Florida International Terminal will provide stevedoring and cargo handling for the service, which the port said is expected to generate 20,000 container moves a year.
Port Everglades CEO Steven Cernak said the joint service "is an excellent fit" because of the port's position in north-south markets, particularly refrigerated cargo, which the new service plans to emphasise.
The port is investing US$600 million in waterside improvements, and in the last year celebrated the opening of a 43-acre intermodal rail container transfer facility and road improvements.
The weekly North Atlantic Express service uses three ships with capacities of 1,700 TEU with two units provided by SeaLand, a regional unit of Maersk Group, and one by APL, which previously operated a standalone service in the trade.
The service's rotation is Cartagena, Colombia; Manzanillo, Panama; Port Everglades, New York (GCT-Staten Island), Philadelphia, Savannah, Port Everglades and back to Cartagena.
The major Florida container ports of Miami, port Everglades, Jacksonville and Tampa made up 11.5 per cent of total US east coast imports in the first half of the year.
Port Everglades experienced a 5.1 per cent compound annual growth rate from 2010 to 2014. However, the port saw volume decline slightly by one per cent the first half, processing 376,230 TEU compared to 378,511 TEU in the first half of 2014.
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