Sometime around early October, the ports in Florida, spearheaded by a reinvigorated Florida Ports Council (FPC), began strutting their stuff- encouraging cargo owners to shift their business from the U.S….
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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...
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Port Everglades in Florida, United States started its fiscal year for 2022, which began on 1 October, with a record-setting first month of 94,588TEU, reflecting a container throughput increase of 5.5% over the previous October record set in 2018.
“It could be a record year for Port Everglades if the rest of the fiscal year holds true to October numbers,” commented Port Everglades Chief Executive and Port Director, Jonathan Daniels.
The US port exceeded one million TEU during Fiscal Year 2021,...
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Port Everglades, the National Port Authority of Honduras and the terminal operator at Puerto Cortes, Operadora Portuaria Centroamericana (OPC), have signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) as part of a joint Sister Seaports agreement.
The agreement was signed on 5 October during the sixth Annual Latin America Ports Forum and aims to establish an alliance that will generate new business by promoting all-water shipping routes that serve both Port Everglades and Puerto Cortes.
In particular, the...
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Port Everglades has commissioned three new Super Post-Panamax gantry cranes from Shanghai Zhenhua Heavy Industries Co., Ltd. Inc. (ZPMC) on 22 March, as part of its mega-expansion project.
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Baleària Caribbean relaunched voyages to Bimini from Port Everglades on February 10. Its sailings to Freeport, Grand Bahama began again Thursday 11. One-day ferry services do not need to follow the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention’s (CDC) guidelines for recreational cruise lines....
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APM Terminals Elizabeth at the Port of New York and New Jersey last month began using green power, an initiative that is expected to reduce carbon dioxide emissions by 45% this year.
APM Terminals Elizabeth said in a press release that it had “embarked on a decarbonizing plan in 2016 as part of a multiyear effort to reduce energy consumption through improved efficiency, equipment upgrades and electrification to reduce emissions and create a safer, cleaner working environment for employees.”
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Broward County’s Port Everglades received three Super Post-Panamax container gantry cranes, the largest of their kind worldwide. The new cranes are part of the Port’s $3 billion 20-Year Master/Vision Plan Update, which will add new cargo berths, expand cruise and energy capacity and improve navigation channels to handle larger ships.
“The state-of-the-art cranes are pivotal to allowing our customers to grow their businesses in Broward County so that they can compete in the global marketplace,”...
Port Everglades has received three Super Post-Panamax container gantry cranes, the largest of their kind on 17 November, with the option to buy three more of the same cranes.
The new cranes, designed and manufactured by Shanghai Zhenhua Heavy Industries Co., Ltd. Inc. (ZPMC), are part of the port’s US$3 billion 20-Year Master/Vision Plan Update, which will add new cargo berths, expand cruise and energy capacity and improve navigation channels to handle larger ships.
“The state-of-the-art cranes...
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