Florida Ports Council chair: South Florida ports ready for more cargo (no delays due to supply chain issues)

WPBF ^ | 11/05/21 | Steve King

[Little Ray]

Container ships up to 14000 unit size can pass through the Panama Canal.

[PAR35]

Ok, I understand now. I thought you were talking about 24’ containers, not 24,000 TEU ships. So I wast talking at cross purposes.

A story in late October talked about 100 ships waiting and another 45 on the way. I doubt many of them were bigger than Super Panamax. I thnk Miami has been enlarged to handle Panamax; at one point Charlston and Savannah were fighting over federal money for dredging. I think Virginia can handle the Super Panamx, but am not postivie about that. In any event, if only Panamax and Super Panamax were diverted from LA and Long Beach, leaving the larger ships to those ports, it should still help a lot.

[PAR35]

transited in a north direction from the Pacific Ocean to the Atlantic Ocean.

If I remember elementary school correctly, Pacific to Atlantic is actually east to west.

[GOPJ]

If I remember elementary school correctly, Pacific to Atlantic is actually east to west.

LOL - you're right. The quote was from the link - I have no idea what they were thinking...Great catch PAR...