Port Everglades welcomes SC Line’s Caroline Russ RoRo ship
posted by AJOT | Feb 26 2015 at 09:00 AM | Ports & Terminals
Ocean RoRo carrier SC Line consolidates and reaffirms its USA SERVICE commitment from Broward County’s Port Everglades to Mexico, Panama, Colombia, and the Caribbean with the arrival of its new Roll On / Roll Off cargo ship, M/V Caroline Russ, to the South Florida seaport.
Founded by the Sola Matas family in 2006, SC Line began operating at Port Everglades, FL, in 2012, servicing OEMs and the NVOCC community at large by transporting self-propelled new & used vehicles, trucks, heavy equipment as well as project static cargo on mafi roll trailers from South Florida to Latin America and the Caribbean.
“SC Line has a proven track record that includes reliable service and professionalism,” said Port Everglades Deputy Director Glenn Wiltshire. “We appreciate their business and look forward to continued success with the Caroline Russ.”
The 10,488-gross-ton RoRo ship sails every other Friday from Port Everglades beginning February 14. The ship has capacity for 190 trucks, 470 cars and 120 20-foot containers (TEUs) on chassis.
Fast Terminal, the land based supply chain integrated services business unit of the SC Group, www.fast-terminal.com, operates at Port Everglades as the cargo handler and terminal operator for SC Line. Fast Terminal features a specialized RoRo terminal with several value added services for the port´s trade community such as VPC, EPC, FTZ and transit storage with a capacity of 1,100 bays. The latter earmarked and tailor-made with the OEM auto, truck and heavy equipment industry in mind. Thanks to its ocean liners weekly service and rail connectivity through the FEC, CSX, BNSF, NS, the terminal serves as an ideal OEM inventory transshipment & processing point of service for the SE United States, Caribbean, Central & Northern part of South America´s markets.