SeaFreight leases Port Everglades terminal space

SeaFreight leases Port Everglades terminal space    The Broward County Commission has awarded a 10-year cargo terminal lease to SeaFreight Agencies for a new 25-acre facility at Port Everglades.
   SeaFreight will be the Florida port’s first tenant to start operations on a new container yard that is nearing completion.
   The carrier operates eight containerships at Port Everglades with twice-weekly fixed-day sailings to and from the Caribbean region, a key market for the port.
   The guaranteed value of the agreement with SeaFreight to Port Everglades, including rent, over the lease period, will increase from $2.4 million to $4.1 million annually. Volume guarantees are expected to grow 23 percent higher than current cargo levels within the first six years, the port authority said.
   The SeaFreight terminal will be located in Southport on a 25-acre portion of a new cargo yard that has been under construction since April 2009. The entire 41-acre project is expected to create 15 percent more capacity for containerized cargo at the port.