TERMINAL operator King Ocean is consolidating several eastern Caribbean services that previously called on Terminal Island in Miami, which is expected to bring an extra 30,000 containers annually to Port Everglades.
There is weekly sailings from King Ocean's Sun Terminal at Port Everglades to St Maarten, St Kitts, St Barth, Nevis, Dominica, Anguilla, St Lucia, Barbados, Grenada, Montserrat, St Vincent, Suriname, Guyana and the Dominican Republic.
These new services build on King Ocean existing services calling at ports in Colombia, Venezuela and Central America.
King Ocean moved 140,000 TEU through Port Everglades a year, and recently added a 7.3-acre Midport marine terminal to its 33.8-acre Southport terminal, the American Journal of Transportation reported.
"King Ocean is a productive container carrier/terminal operator at Port Everglades, generally exceeding port-wide throughput per acre," said Port Everglades CEO Steven Cernak.
King Ocean's services is also key Port Everglades' position as the number one South Atlantic seaport in containerised ocean cargo trade with the north coast of South America," he said.
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13 August 2014 - 20:43
King Ocean consolidates loops to boost box volume at Port Everglades
TERMINAL operator King Ocean is consolidating several eastern Caribbean services that previously called on Terminal Island in Miami, which is expected to bring an extra 30,000 containers annually to Port Everglades.
PORTS
13 August 2014 - 20:43
King Ocean consolidates loops to boost box volume at Port Everglades
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