Port Everglades is experiencing a surge in international trade with a 11 percent increase in TEUs (20-foot equivalent units, the industry’s standard measurement for container volumes) and a 6.85 percent increase in the dollar value of all waterborne commerce during the first nine months of calendar year 2014 compared to same period in 2013, according Port statistics. Port Everglades’ trade with the world totaled $20.17 billion through the first nine months of 2014, which includes containerized cargo, petroleum products and bulk cargoes such as cement. Imports rose 16.21 percent, and exports decreased 1.27 percent. The Port, located in Broward County including the cities of Fort Lauderdale, Hollywood and Dania Beach, is Florida’s top seaport for import/export trade with 17.5 percent of the state’s total international trade.