NORTH AMERICA

..and Port Everglades follows the trend

22 years ago

Port Everglades set a record among the nations top 15 container ports for the calendar year through July with a 22% increase in containerised cargo from 2003 to 2004. ” Our container business has grown dramatically due in part to the effective marketing of our increased container handling capacity, ” said port director Ken Krauter.

“It is no longer a question of if our nation’s transport infrastructure will start to fail, but when,” Mr Raymond said. Short-sea shipping services could move cargo from congested ports to ready ports with available capacity,such as ports in Wilmington and Philadelphia.

Year to date, July 2003 through July 2004, total TEUs increased to 293,244. The port is attributing part of the increased to new services from Great White Fleet/Chiquita, a vessel sharing agreement between Zim Israel Navigation Company, Evergreen and Lloyd Treistino with service to and from the Far East and the MSC agreement signed earlier this year.