Tuesday, August 4, 2015

Sealand starts service to Port Everglades



Shipping line Sealand, part of the shipping giant Maersk, is starting service to Broward County's seaport in late August.

Port Everglades expects to handle more than 20,000 TEUs per-year from Sealand's new North Atlantic Express route. The port will be its first U.S. stop on the way from Panama moving up the U.S. East Coast and its last U.S. stop on the way back to Panama.

The new route should boost cargo carried in and out of the port by Florida East Coast Railway trains and by trucks, too, port officials said. The seaport handled more than 1 million TEUs last year.

The route comes after Sealand opened its headquarters in Miramar last January, pledging to invest at least $350,000 at that 13,000-square-foot site. The company received government incentives that include grants for training employees, Florida officials said.

Maersk formed its Sealand line in 2014 to handle its trade within the Americas. It has other lines for trade within Asia and within Europe.

For more of the Sun Sentinel story: www.sun-sentinel.com


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