b'6American Journal of Transportation ajot.com(DIVERSEcontinued from page 4) feettofacilitatehandlingofglobal passenger ship activity at its renownedalliances megacontainerships.Cruise Capital of the World, Miami- Mostrecently,amodernization DadeCountysPortMiamikeepsproject at the densified South Florida moving strong volumes of container- ContainerTerminal,orSFCT,has ized cargo. Officials reported that thereplaceddiesel-poweredtoploaders 107,088 twenty-foot-equivalent units,withsixecofriendlyelectrifiedrub-orTEUs,movingacrossdocksinber-tiredgantries,whilegateopera-October was the most for any monthtion upgrades allow trucks to enter and intheportshistory,up1.5percentexit via weigh-in-motion scales in a safety-minded touchless environment. The SFCT facilityisoneofthree cargo terminals at Port-Miami, joining those of SeaboardMarineand Port of Miami Terminal Operating Co. Three new super-post-Panamax container gantries arrive in November at Broward Countys Port Everglades for deployment at expanding container terminal facilities.P ort ofM iaMir iver house complex on the river. CentauritheSouthportcontainerterminalis Withnumerouspri- Transportdeploysa190-foot-longreportedtobe58percentdone,en vate terminals along its 5landing craft, the Costa V, capable ofroute toward projected 2023 comple-1/2-mile-long,15-foot- carrying between 26 and 28 TEUs oftion.Theendeavor,theportslarg-deep navigational chan- containerized cargo. est ever, includes extending berthing nel,theMiamiRiverWhile the Florida Department ofarea to 2,400 feet from 900 feet and remainsacruciallinkTransportation continues to advanceaddition of three newly arrived super-betweenSouthFloridaconstruction, maintenance and repairpost-Panamax gantries joining seven and shallow-draft Carib- projects upgrading more than a dozenexisting ship-to-shore cranes, with an bean ports, including thosebridgessome nearly a century oldoption to purchase three more of the of the Dominican Republicspanningtheriver,shipactivitylarger units.and Haiti, plus many smallerhasbeenlargelyunimpededthanksAlso, Port Everglades has received islands, with services reach- toextensivecoordinationamongU.S.MaritimeAdministrationdesig-Centauri Transports Costa V passes under a raiseding a total of more than 100the U.S. Coast Guard, Miami Rivernation of an Americas Marine High-bascule bridge in serving shallow-draft Bahamian portsports throughout the region. Marine Group and a host of water- way route with Port Houston, Puerto from a Miami River terminal. Arecentadditionway stakeholders. Rico and the U.S. Virgin Islands, to ini-from the comparable month in 2019.toPortofMiamiRiverservicesistially be served by National Shipping Morethan$1billionininfra- Miami-based Centauri Transport, car- P orte verglades of America; the long-awaited project to structureendeavorscompletedoverrying project cargo, dry and refriger- Under the comprehensive master/ deepen the ports navigation channel to the past several years include a directatedcontainers,heavyequipment,vision plan recently approved by Bro- as many as 50 feet is advancing toward tunnel link between the island seaportboats and vehicles to the Outer Islands,wardCountycommissioners,Portanticipated2029completion;the and Interstate highways, enhanced on- orFamilyIslands,oftheBahamas,Everglades has more than $3 billion300,000-square-footPortEverglades dock rail capabilities and new super- includingEleuthera, Abaco,Exuma,ininfrastructureundertakingstar- International Logistics Center, includ-post-Panamaxship-to-shorecranes,Bimini and Berry Islands, from a newgeted for the next 20 years. ing relocated Foreign-Trade Zone No. as well as a channel deepened to 503 1/2-acre shipping terminal and ware- The$471millionexpansionof(DIVERSEcontinued on page 8)COAST TO COAST AUTOMOTIVE PORT PROCESSOR WITH 12 LOCATIONS IN THE U.S. AND MEXICO.WWW.AMPORTS.COM904-652-29621'