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Cargo Statistics: Port Everglades, Miami

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Port Everglades FY 2015 Box Trade Up 9.7 Percent

Port Everglades reports container volumes totaling 545,194 TEUs during the first six months of the fiscal year that began October 1, 2014. That was up 9.7 percent from the year-earlier total of 496,803 TEUs, putting the port on track to its second consecutive record year.  

Inbound loads accounted for 167,111 TEUs ( 1.1 percent), outbound loads for 218,552 TEUs ( 11.1 percent), and empties for 159,531 TEUs ( 12.1 percent) of this year’s total.

FY 2013-2014 throughput totaled 1,013,344 TEUs. Top commodities were miscellaneous fruits, grocery products, general merchandise, paper/paper board, bananas, apparel, and automotive products. Leading trading regions by container volume were the Caribbean, Central America, South America, the Mediterranean, and northern Europe.

"We continue to enjoy robust North-South trade between Port Everglades and Latin America and the Caribbean," said Port Everglades Chief Executive and Port Director Steven Cernak, PPM®. "Our landside or 'last mile' connections are nearly complete with the opening of Florida East Coast Railway's intermodal facility and the Eller Drive Overpass from I-595, and better aligning our interior roadways, which is attractive from a distribution point of view. We are now focusing on our waterside improvements including new cranes, adding new berths, and deepening and widening our channels."

PortMiami Container Volumes Soar

The container business is booming at PortMiami, with increases from a year ago of 15 percent in March and 12 percent for the first six months of the fiscal year that began October 1, 2014.

In detail, March volumes totaled approximately 84,000 TEUs, up from 73,000 TEUs in March 2014. The fiscal year-to-date total of 477,400 TEUs, up from 426,000TEUs for the comparable period of FY 2013-14.

More than $1 billion of capital infrastructure projects are transforming PortMiami. Already in place are new super post-Panamax gantry cranes that can service cargo vessels up to 22 containers wide with up to nine containers above deck and eleven containers below, new on-dock intermodal rail service, and a new tunnel linking the Port directly to the United States Interstate Highway System. Slated for completion this July is the port’s main harbor channel deepening to 50/52 feet (15.2/15.9 meters).

"Reliability is the key to success in the port industry, it is as important as capacity and productivity," said PortMiami Director and CEO Juan M. Kuryla, PPM®. "At PortMiami, we are working hard to put the infrastructure in place to provide the world’s top ocean carriers the best quality of service, but the key to our growth is largely dependent on the continued partnership and efforts of our primary stakeholders. Together, we ensure that every port user can efficiently conduct business at the port. Our customers are our priority."
 

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