Facility Expansion: Miami
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PortMiami Completes Deep Dredge, Intermodal Rail Projects
PortMiami marked the completed of its -50/-52 ft. Deep Dredge project and On-dock Intermodal Rail with a ceremony on September 18.
"A new big ship era is here and PortMiami is ready," said PortMiami Director and CEO Juan M. Kuryla, PPM®. "I am proud to say that PortMiami is now able to berth post-Panamax ships; and we are able to expedite the movement of goods throughout Florida, the continental U.S., and the world, fast and efficiently."
PortMiami’s Super Post-Panamax gantry cranes can service cargo vessels up to 22 containers wide and up to nine containers above deck and eleven containers below. On-dock intermodal rail service in partnership with Florida East Coast Railway (FECR) today links PortMiami to 70 percent of the U.S. population in four days or less. Additionally, a new access tunnel connects the port directly to the Interstate Highway System.
This means the port is ready to receive largest vessels capable of transiting the expanded Panama Canal.
"When bigger ships start transiting through the expanded waterway next year, deep ports like Miami will transform maritime trade on a global scale," said Panama Canal Authority Administrator Jorge L. Quijano. "We are proud of our long-standing partnership with PortMiami and are certain that the synergies achieved through the Deep Dredge and the Panama Canal expansion projects will boost international trade and contribute to future economic growth by increasing job opportunities and revenues at both PortMiami and the Panama Canal."
The port and the Panama Canal Authority are partners in a joint-marketing agreement.
PortMiami marked the completed of its -50/-52 ft. Deep Dredge project and On-dock Intermodal Rail with a ceremony on September 18.
"A new big ship era is here and PortMiami is ready," said PortMiami Director and CEO Juan M. Kuryla, PPM®. "I am proud to say that PortMiami is now able to berth post-Panamax ships; and we are able to expedite the movement of goods throughout Florida, the continental U.S., and the world, fast and efficiently."
PortMiami’s Super Post-Panamax gantry cranes can service cargo vessels up to 22 containers wide and up to nine containers above deck and eleven containers below. On-dock intermodal rail service in partnership with Florida East Coast Railway (FECR) today links PortMiami to 70 percent of the U.S. population in four days or less. Additionally, a new access tunnel connects the port directly to the Interstate Highway System.
This means the port is ready to receive largest vessels capable of transiting the expanded Panama Canal.
"When bigger ships start transiting through the expanded waterway next year, deep ports like Miami will transform maritime trade on a global scale," said Panama Canal Authority Administrator Jorge L. Quijano. "We are proud of our long-standing partnership with PortMiami and are certain that the synergies achieved through the Deep Dredge and the Panama Canal expansion projects will boost international trade and contribute to future economic growth by increasing job opportunities and revenues at both PortMiami and the Panama Canal."
The port and the Panama Canal Authority are partners in a joint-marketing agreement.
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