Port Everglades receives first Cuba-US shipment for 50 years

Two containers of artisanal charcoal from Cuba aboard a Crowley container vessel marked the first commercial shipment from a Cuban cooperative to a private US business for more than 50 years.

Port Everglades in Florida handled the first such exports of Cuban goods to the US since the establishment of the US-Cuba trade embargo.

The shipment follows 15 years of Crowley’s liner and logistics teams operating within the framework of regulations of both the US and Cuban governments to transport US exports to the island.