Everglades and Savannah step closer to expansion

Everglades had been awaiting approval to move forward with work to deepen and widen its harbour, while the story at Savannah is similar, with plans to deepen its own harbour from 42 to 47 ft in order to accommodate new traffic soon to be transiting the Panama Canal.

Now that both the House and Senate have passed their respective pieces of water resources legislation, they will appoint a conference committee to resolve differences between the two bills.

“House approval of the Manager’s Amendment was essential to allow Port Everglades to move forward with deepening and widening our harbor, which is critical to sustaining local jobs that are increasingly dependent upon the larger cargo ships that our customers are already starting to deploy to compete in today’s global marketplace,” said Steven Cernak, Everglades’ chief executive and port director.