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North American East Coast Regional Market Shares. Source: Individual Ports
Mid-Atlantic Ports Pick Up Market Share

Press Releases

Worldwide Terminals Fernandina - Port of Fernandina, Florida closes on $2 million bridge financing
US Ports
ZIM's M/V Arsos arrives in Miami, part of ZIM's Canada Florida Express Service
Zim Integrated Shipping Services
Port Manatee awarded federal grant to support emergency operations
Port Manatee
The Suddath Companies designated as one of Northeast Florida’s fastest-growing private companies
Logistics Providers
JAXPORT Board of Directors elects new officers
Port of Jacksonville
Containers for world’s first LNG-powered container ships arrive at JAXPORT
Port of Jacksonville
IATA's 71st Annual General Meeting commences
International Air Freight
FECR and PortMiami meet with Panama Canal officials
Port of Miami
400 new ambulances head to Mid East via JAXPORT
Port Tampa Bay partners with USF in maritime research
Port of Tampa
JAXPORT begins service as Volkswagen’s Southeastern U.S. distribution hub
Port of Jacksonville

Three southeastern US ports agree to remain in chassis pool

08 Jul 2021
Port officials in Savannah, Jacksonville, and Wilmington, North Carolina, have signed a deal to maintain the South Atlantic Chassis Pool through 2028 on the condition the pool will grow and chassis quality will significantly improve.
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Food shippers can’t satisfy hunger for truck capacity
31 May 2021
US produce and food shippers are short on trucks as heightened demand for grocery and restaurant food meets shortages of everything from ketchup to truck drivers to pallets.
Southeast chassis pool must ‘evolve’ to meet surging demand: port authorities
20 May 2021
Although the Port of Charleston will be leaving the regional chassis pool in the Southeast, port officials in Savannah, Georgia; Jacksonville, Florida; and Wilmington, North Carolina, remain optimistic that they can upgrade the fleet with safer, modern equipment.
Fuel shortages further tighten Southeast truck capacity
13 May 2021
Shippers moving goods to and from the Southeast may expect further disruptions in service as fuel shortages linger, pushing more freight to the spot market.
US Gulf ports eyeing inland intermodal as Asian import share increases
20 Apr 2021
A new all-water service from Asia will boost the volume of imports flowing into the US Gulf Coast amid an ongoing boom in regional import distribution capacity.
J.B. Hunt increases container order amid heavy demand
16 Apr 2021
J.B. Hunt will be adding 12,000 new containers in 2021, upping its original order announced in January based on increased shipper demand for intermodal service.
Coming US hurricane season heightens supply chain risks: Convoy
09 Apr 2021
Digital marketplace Convoy is warning US shippers and trucking companies of the risks from what may be the sixth straight year of above-average hurricanes and storms.
Delays, congestion in South Florida threaten US–LatAm perishables trade
09 Apr 2021
Although trade between the US and Latin America has been spared the severe disruptions seen on the US West Coast, sources say PortMiami has seen vessel unloading times spike because of ships arriving one to two days late.
Tampa port looks to lock in paper fiber exports for Asia
23 Mar 2021
A new paper fiber plant to be built next to the Port of Tampa’s container terminal will generate additional export cargo volume to Asia.
SSA puts final funding piece in place for Jacksonville terminal expansion
23 Feb 2021
SSA Marine will provide $50.9 million on top of a $20 million federal grant to expand the capacity of its Blount Island Terminal at the Port of Jacksonville.
RoadOne boosts North Florida drayage network
10 Feb 2021
The acquisition of JZ Expedited Companies gives the national drayage operator more trucking services, transload capacity near the port of Jacksonville.