Port Everglades

New cranes enhance Port Everglades box handling capabilities

Florida’s Port Everglades received three additional Super Post-Panamax container gantry cranes as part of the port’s US$471 million project to expand its deepwater turn-around area for cargo ships.

The ship-to-shore container gantry cranes are among the world’s largest low-profile cranes, bringing the US port’s total crane count to six Super Post-Panamax, seven Post-Panamax, one Paceco and one mobile harbor crane.

The three 53-metre high Super Post-Panamax container gantry cranes, valued at...

https://container-news.com/new-cranes-enhance-port-everglades-box-handling-capabilities/

Port Everglades Terminal goes live with Advent eModal platform

Advent eModal (AeM), one of the world’s largest port community systems serving the intermodal supply chain, announced that Port Everglades Terminal (PET), a terminal in Port Everglades’ Southport area in Florida, is now live with its eModal® platform powering its new gate appointment system.

The platform meets PET’s needs for an integrated and automated gate management and fee payment solution.

AeM’s PreGate and Fee Manager programmes are incorporated into the eModal Community Portal (eCP) on the...

https://container-news.com/port-everglades-terminal-goes-live-with-advent-emodal-platform/

Florida ports close as Nicole nears

Ports in the Southeast are bracing for what is expected to be a Category 1 hurricane when Nicole makes landfall in Florida late Wednesday night or early Thursday.

Condition Zulu, meaning the gates are closed and no operations are taking place, has gone into effect in Florida at Port Miami, Port Canaveral, Port Everglades and Jaxport. The ports of Savannah and Brunswick in Georgia and Charleston in South Carolina on Wednesday were at condition X-Ray, which means gale-force winds are expected...

https://www.freightwaves.com/news/florida-ports-close-as-nicole-nears

VESSEL REVIEW | Spartan – Hybrid escort tug enters service with US operator Seabulk

Master Boat Builders of Alabama recently delivered a new hybrid electric ASD escort tug to Florida-based the Seabulk Group for operation by its Seabulk Towing Services bu ..

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Port Everglades on track to break its annual cargo volume record

Port Everglades performed very well in terms of cargo volume the past two months, having managed to beat the May and June record.

The above is due to the new ocean shipping services from India, Turkey, and Greece.

“Unlike the downturn that we typically experience at the end of our busy melon season, we had a spike in May and June because of the new Mediterranean Shipping Company (MSC) services from South Asia and the Mediterranean,” said Port Everglades chief executive and port director Jonathan...

https://container-news.com/port-everglades-on-track-to-break-its-annual-cargo-volume-record/

Truckers to monitor traffic flow in Port Everglades

Traffic flows on McIntosh Road, the main thoroughfare in the container area of ​​Southport in Port Everglades, will be monitored 24 hours a day by truck drivers.

“Certain times of day are busier than others, and these new webcams give truckers the ability to plan accordingly,” said Port Everglades chief executive and port director, Jonathan Daniels.

“The trucking community and our customers requested this service and we responded,” Daniels added.

Drivers have two-sided visibility – one camera...

https://container-news.com/truckers-to-monitor-traffic-flow-in-port-everglades/

Port Everglades welcomes largest ship to date

Port Everglades has welcomed Kotor Bay, the largest container ship to ever visit the port of South Florida, earlier in December.

Mediterranean Shipping Company’s (MSC) Kotor Bay has a container handling capacity of 8,566 TEU, carrying a variety of cargo from India and the Mediterranean.

The 2009-built container ship, with a beam of 46 meters and an overall length of 340 meters, called at the US port on 22 December.

Currently, the Post-Panamax vessel has traversed the Panama Canal and, according to...

https://container-news.com/port-everglades-welcomes-largest-ship-to-date/

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