b'FEBRUARY 20 - MARCH 19, 2023 NORTH AMERICAS TRANSPORTATION & LOGISTICS NEWSPAPER 33(FLOODcontinued from page 10) services that have been impacted by was discharged from the M/V Valorcongestion at other ports.on January 1st 2023. On a calendar year-to-date basis, Port Canaveral has a long historytrade at Port Everglades was valued at ofhandlingabroadmixofbulkand$21.45 billion, an increase of 23.92% breakbulk cargos, including aggregates,throughSeptember,accordingto petroleum products, lumber and build- the WorldCity trade analysis website. ingmaterials,andothercommodities.Exportstotaled$10.66billion,up Cargo throughput numbers at the Port25.07% while imports were valued at have been steadily increasing year over$10.79 billion, up 22.8%. year, hitting new high volumes of ton- The Port also added a direct ship-nage in the last fiscal year (2022). pingservicetotheFarEastforthe first time since 2011. P orte verglades MediterraneanShippingCom-PortEvergladesfellonedaypany (MSC) launched its new Zephyr short of beating its own annual recordservice in the summer of 2022 with forcontainerizedcargovolumesindirect weekly connections from north-FiscalYear2022(endingSeptem- ernChinaandSouthKoreatothe ber 30, 2022). The ships that wouldSoutheast United States. The Zephyr havetakenPortEvergladesoverservice includes a direct call to Port the top were delayed when the portEverglades,whichpreviouslyhad closedtoprepareforHurricaneIanonly been offered via transshipment.On November 18th, 2022, PortMiami welcomed a call by the CMA CGM Osiris, a Neo-Panamax inlateSeptember.ThosedelayedThe service route goes from Shanghaivessel and, the largest container ship to dock at PortMiami. ships offloaded on October 1, at theto Ningbo, Busan, Cristobal, Houston,era of success.PortMiami received a grant from the start of the new fiscal year and onePortEverglades,Savannah,LazaroAnd in 2022 the Port experiencedU.S. DOT for $16 million Rebuilding daytoolatetoclaimanewrecord.Cardenas, and back to Shanghai. considerable success as witnessed byAmerican Infrastructure with Sustain-Its frustrating that we were just 919theincreasedsizeintheboxshipsability and Equity (RAISE) grant for containers short of breaking our 2018P ort m iami calling the PortMiami. For example,its NetZero: Cargo Mobility Optimi-recordbutgratifyingtoknowthatPortMiamimadeanumberofonNovember18th,2022,thePortzationandResiliencyProject.The these high volumes translate into suc- significantmovesduring2022,andwelcomed a call by the CMA CGMNetZero Program is a plan to convert cesses for our customers and greaternonemoreimportantthanappoint- Osiris,aNeo-Panamaxvesseland,the entire cargo movementsupply economicbenefitsfortheregion,ing Hydi Webb as director. On Marchthe largest container ship to dock atchaintoacarbonneutralopera-PortEvergladesChiefExecutive10th,2022,Miami-DadeMayorPortMiami. The 15,536 TEUs Osiristion,fromPortMiamischannelto OfficerandPortDirectorJonathanDaniella Levine Cava made the moveis currently on the Manhattan Bridgeits final distribution site. The RAISE Danielssaidofthecircumstance.official. Webb had served as DeputyshippingrouteconnectingChinagrantwillhelpfundPortMiamis PortEvergladesmovedatotalofPort Director from February 2018 totoU.S.EastCoastPorts.Mayorintermodal rail expansion by adding 1,107,546 TEUsinFY2022,up7%January2022beforebeingtappedDaniellaLevineCavanotedthetworailtracksandthreenewelec-from FY2021, according to the PortsasInterimPortDirector.Through- importanceofthelargershipcalls,tric rubber-tired gantry cranes. Grant unaudited end-of-fiscal-year report. outhercareeratPortMiami,Webbsaying,AsanalternativetoWestfunding also provides for the instal-We expected to eventually returnhas held several executive positions,Coast traffic, PortMiami offers ship- lationofLEDlightsandtherecon-to normal cargo levels by the end ofincluding Manager of Advertising &pers the advantage of open expressstruction of the stormwater drainage theyear,andwerepleasantlysur- Public Relations, Manager of Cruiseaccesstodeep-waterdocks,supersystemtoaddresssealevelrise.In prisedbyadditionalvolumesfromDevelopment,ManagerofBusinesspost-Panamax electric cranes, a portaddition,theprogramwillsupport MSC,MaerskandCMACGM,Development,AssistantDirectoroftunnelwithdirecthighwayaccess,cargogateimprovements,including Daniels said. The new business canBusinessDevelopmentandMarket- and a national freight rail connectionroadway realignments, gate canopies, be attributed to increasing consumering, and Deputy Director.As Mayorreaching most of the U.S. within fourandtechnologyupgrades.Improved demandinFloridaandthePortsDaniellaLevineCavaexpressedthedays, in addition to its daily link toaccess and staging for trucks and new intermodal assets to efficiently moveappointment, Hydi Webb is beyondLatin America and the Caribbean.gate technology upgrades will allow goods into the marketplace. We mayqualifiedtotakeoveroperationofInAugust,ThePortofMiamiforfastermovementofgoodsand also be seeing some opportunity fromPortMiami and shepherd it into a newwas also awarded an important grant.reduced dwell time for trucks.Driven by Quality Over 60 years of enabling automotive logistics in the ports and inland terminals. Key locations offering optimal sustainable logistics flows. 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