Workforce Florida has made available a $2 million Quick Response Training Challenge Grant for employers in Florida’s logistics and trade industry, according to Chris Hart IV, president and CEO of the statewide work force policy board.
PortMiami’s Deep Dredge Project contract has been awarded to the Great Lakes Dock and Dredge for the deepening of the port’s channel to 50/52 feet, according to the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers.
Florida ports’ total economic impact value for cargo activities rose 26 percent from $66 billion in 2008 to $90 billion in 2012, according to the Florida Ports Council’s 2013-2017 Five-Year Florida Seaport Mission Plan.
The Jacksonville Port Authority in Florida has received the first vessel call from Bahri General Crago, formerly known as the National Shipping Company of Saudi Arabia.
Florida East Coast Railway reported profit in the first quarter of 2013 was $4.2 million, compared with a net loss of $4.5 million in the same quarter last year.
Juan Kuryla, the top choice to become the next CEO of the Jacksonville Port Authority, has withdrawn as a candidate, and the port authority has reopened its search to fill the post.
Steven Cernak, chief executive and port director of Port Everglades, and James Hertwig, president of Florida East Coast Railway, discuss their organizations’ recent performance, their partnership in a new intermodal container transfer facility, and the opportunities they see and projects they are pursuing for further growth.
Dachser Transport of America’s Miami division has opened a bonded container freight station, I.B.E.C. and Bonded Warehouse, the first of its kind for Dachser USA.