Gulf ports are looking to intermodal rail in an effort to extend their reach farther inland for containerized cargo.
Florida
Press Releases
06 Jan 2014
Armed with two new container services that launched last year and a new rail ramp opening later this year, Port Everglades is poised for a year of growth in its container throughput.
20 Nov 2013
Florida’s Gov. Rick Scott has plans to ask state legislators in an upcoming session for $9.7 million to expand the container terminal at Port Canaveral...
05 Nov 2013
Officials from the Tampa Port Authority and terminal operator Ports America, as well as regional exporters and importers, celebrated the 10-year anniversary of Zim Integrated Shipping Services’ calls at the Port of Tampa.
05 Nov 2013
Sometime this year or early next, Florida will replace New York to become the third-largest U.S. state in population.
30 Oct 2013
Crowley Maritime’s liner services group and Seaboard Marine have entered into a vessel-sharing agreement in the South Florida-Costa Rica-Panama trade.
16 Oct 2013
Florida Gov. Rick Scott pledged that he would ask the Florida legislature to include $14.7 million in funding for Port Everglades’ Southport Turning Notch project.
11 Oct 2013
Florida East Coast Railway has announced that its $53 million, 42.5-acre intermodal container transfer facility at Port Everglades is making progress and is expected to open in mid-2014.
11 Oct 2013
Galborg USA has upgraded its refrigerated container cargo service from Jacksonville, Fla., to ports in Namibia, South Africa and Mozambique, according to Jacksonville Port Authority.
10 Oct 2013
PortMiami has taken delivery of four new super-post-Panamax cranes to handle the new generation of mega-ships that will begin passing through the Panama Canal in 2015.
