Florida

 
20 May 2013
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.
 
20 May 2013
Sea Star Line LLC has named Tim Nolan executive vice president, reporting to company President Peter Keller. He will be based in Jacksonville, Fla.
PortMiami to be deepened in time for Panama Canal expansion.
 
16 May 2013
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.
 
14 May 2013
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.
Steve Kapustka, Jaxport's operations manager, presents a maiden voyage plaque to Capt. Alen Knego of the vessel Bahri Abha during its first call.
 
09 May 2013
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.
 
09 May 2013
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.
 
06 May 2013
Juan Kuryla, the top choice to become the next CEO of the Jacksonville Port Authority, has withdrawn as a candidate, and the port authority has reopened its search to fill the post.
 
30 Apr 2013
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.
 
22 Apr 2013
Juan Kuryla, deputy port director at Miami, has been chosen the new CEO at the Port of Jacksonville.
 
15 Apr 2013
Roadrunner Transportation Systems will open new service centers in Florida to expand its less-than-truckload outbound capabilities.
 
09 Apr 2013
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.