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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

US ro-ro ports upbeat after dismal first half

28 Sep 2020
The ports of Baltimore, Maryland, and Brunswick, Georgia, have reported a sharp uptick in roll-on, roll-off (ro-ro) cargo since June as consumer demand returns and dealers restock vehicle inventories.
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Jaxport secures final dredging funds to deepen to 47 feet
24 Sep 2020
The Jacksonville Port Authority (Jaxport) has secured the final piece of the funding pie needed to deepen the port’s main harbor to 47 feet to Blount Island, a critical step toward handling more post-Panamax vessels in the trans-Pacific trade.
CSX service deteriorates at Georgia, Florida terminals
18 Sep 2020
As container volume has picked up, trucking and logistics executives say that CSX’s domestic intermodal service has become unreliable in two key southeast US rail ramps.
Jaxport seeking city funds for dredging project
08 Jul 2020
Jaxport’s $484 million project, due to be complete in 2023, will provide a wider vessel turning basin and the ability to handle two post-Panamax vessels simultaneously in SSA’s Blount Island Terminal.
Tampa Bay gets federal grant to expand container terminal
16 Jun 2020
Port Tampa Bay has received almost $20 million in a federal grant to help construct a second 1,300-foot berth and a 30-acre container yard, key elements of its plan to increase capacity to handle three Asian direct services.
Produce lifts refrigerated trucking demand, rates
26 May 2020
Produce shipments from western and southern US states provoked a refrigerated spot rate spike in May, and some truck shortages in California.
Comcar exits, but its trucks keep rolling
20 May 2020
Comcar’s bankruptcy is a transfer rather than elimination of capacity, with new owners buying its subsidiaries and assets.
Port Everglades pushes for funds to upgrade infrastructure
19 May 2020
Port Everglades is seeking more funding to dredge and improve infrastructure in order to handle larger vessels on the north–south and east–west lanes.
Data reveals extent of April’s trucking decline
22 Apr 2020
An American Transportation Research Institute analysis of vehicle location data across six states shows trucking activity plummeting 8 to 10 percent in April as the COVID-19 lockdown spread across the US.
New berth to expand Port Canaveral’s breakbulk capacity
26 Feb 2020
A new $38 million berth will boost Port Canaveral's capacity for handling breakbulk cargo, including cargo bound for the space industry.
PortMiami wins $44 million federal grant for perishables
PortMiami wins $44 million federal grant for perishables
14 Feb 2020
PortMiami won a $44 million federal grant which will be used to improve the cold chain cargo facilities to handle temperature-controlled food, and perishables such as flowers.