Port Everglades’ container volume up 14%

Port Everglades’ container volume up 14%   Port Everglades said it handled 333,546 TEUs in the first six months of 2011, 14 percent more than the same 2010 period.
  “Port Everglades is climbing back to its pre-2007 cargo levels, before the downturn in the global economy,” said Port Everglades Director Phil Allen, in a statement. “Cargo volumes have increased each month this year over 2010 and we expect the trend to continue.”
  The port authority said its container growth rate is twice the national average of 7.1 percent in the first half of 2011.