Port Everglades in South Florida has reported that during fiscal 2014 it handled 1,013,344 TEU, with an almost equal number of imports and exports moving through the port.

Port CEO Steven Creak attributed the record result to continued growth in existing and new containerized cargo services, reported American Journal of Transportation.

New services include King Ocean opening a second terminal yard and consolidating services from Terminal Island in Miami, and a full year of the Grand Alliance's (Lloyd-Lloyd, and its partners NYK Line and OOCL) GAX service to northern Europe.

Port Everglades serves as a gateway to Latin America, the Caribbean, Europe and Asia. It has direct access to the newly opened 43-acre Florida East Coast Railway (FEC) interposal hub.

Ongoing capital improvements and expansion will ensure that the port can continue to handle future growth in container traffic.