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Port Everglades

U.S. East Coast port

Shipping heavy equipment from Port Everglades

Port Everglades handles all four methods: containers and flat racks at Florida International Terminal, Port Everglades Terminal, Crowley and the other Southport and Midport container operators, and RoRo and breakbulk through Crowley and King Ocean, whose sailings run mainly to the Caribbean and Central America[1][3][4][13].

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TEUs, fiscal 2025 (preliminary)[2]
1,167,552
container services, mainly to the Caribbean and Latin America[1]
26
inner entrance channel and main turning basin depth[7]
42 ft12.8 m
railway running the 43-acre near-dock intermodal container transfer facility[8]
FEC

Official website: Broward County’s Port Everglades. Terminal names and figures on this page come from its own publications, listed under Sources.

Container, flat rack, RoRo and breakbulk here

Shipping methods at this port and the terminals that handle them
MethodAt this portWhere
ContainerYesFlorida International Terminal (CMA CGM, Hapag-Lloyd, Maersk, ONE), Port Everglades Terminal (MSC, ZIM), Crowley, Sun Terminals for King Ocean and Hyde Shipping for Seaboard Marine[3]. Southport Terminal alone has 256 acres of container yard[5].
Flat rackYesFlat racks are containers, so they load at the same terminals[3]. Crowley lists 20 ft and 40 ft flat racks in its equipment[12].
RoRoYesCrowley and Accordia list RO/RO at the port, and King Ocean runs a RoRo service for vehicles, machinery and heavy equipment[4][14]. The port has RoRo ramps at Berths 1, 4, 5A, 18, 19 and 33A–C[5].
BreakbulkYesKing Ocean takes breakbulk (out-of-gauge) cargo at its South Terminal and Midport locations, Crowley receives breakbulk and not-in-trailer cargo at 4300 McIntosh Road, and Port Everglades Terminal handles oversized cargo and heavy lifts[10][11][13].

Terminals and rail

Port Everglades has 17 ocean carriers and 10 terminal operators, and its 26 container services are focused on north–south trade with the Caribbean and Latin America[1]. Most container yards are at Southport, with smaller yards at Midport and Northport[5]. Crowley lists its Port Everglades terminal for Central America, the Western Caribbean and the U.S. Virgin Islands and Eastern Caribbean, with separate receiving hours for containers and for vehicles, breakbulk and not-in-trailer cargo[11]. The port moved 1,841,786 tons of bulk and break bulk in fiscal 2025 (preliminary), mainly steel, lumber and wood on the break bulk side[2][6].

Florida East Coast Railway runs the 43-acre intermodal container transfer facility next to the Southport container terminals, with 9,000 ft of processing track and three rubber-tired gantry cranes[8][9]. The port tariff also lists a dedicated project cargo track alongside the facility’s daily operations[9]. The inner entrance channel and main turning basin are 42 ft deep, and the Army Corps of Engineers project will deepen them to 48 ft[7].

Questions about shipping from Port Everglades

Can I ship RoRo from Port Everglades?

Yes. Crowley and Accordia list RO/RO service at the port, and King Ocean runs a RoRo service for vehicles, machinery and heavy equipment to the Caribbean, Central America and South America.

Where does breakbulk and oversized cargo load at Port Everglades?

At the carrier’s terminal: King Ocean takes out-of-gauge cargo at its South Terminal and Midport locations, Crowley receives breakbulk at 4300 McIntosh Road, and Port Everglades Terminal handles oversized cargo and heavy lifts.

Is there rail at Port Everglades?

Yes. Florida East Coast Railway runs a 43-acre intermodal container yard next to the Southport container terminals, and the port also has a dedicated project cargo track.

Auction yards that ship through this port

Equipment auction yards for which the Port Everglades is one of the recommended export ports, by road distance from the yard (OSRM, OpenStreetMap).

Sources

Every figure on this page comes from the documents below, each checked on the date shown. Carriers and authorities revise them, so we confirm the current figure when we book.

  1. [1]Port Everglades, Cargo, checked October 18, 2026
  2. [2]Port Everglades, Cargo statistics (FY2025 preliminary), checked October 18, 2026
  3. [3]Port Everglades, Terminal operators, checked October 18, 2026
  4. [4]Port Everglades, Shipping lines, checked October 18, 2026
  5. [5]Port Everglades, Facilities, checked October 18, 2026
  6. [6]Port Everglades, Bulk and break bulk cargos, checked October 18, 2026
  7. [7]Port Everglades, Harbor deepening and widening, checked October 18, 2026
  8. [8]Port Everglades, Near-dock rail, checked October 18, 2026
  9. [9]Port Everglades Tariff No. 12, Item 165 Railroad (effective October 1, 2026), checked October 18, 2026
  10. [10]Port Everglades Terminal, Terminal particulars, checked October 18, 2026
  11. [11]Crowley, Port terminal locations, checked October 18, 2026
  12. [12]Crowley, Container and trailer specs, checked October 18, 2026
  13. [13]King Ocean Services, Places of delivery, checked October 18, 2026
  14. [14]King Ocean Services, Bulk & vehicles, checked October 18, 2026

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