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Port Manatee extends agreement with World Direct Shipping

April 20, 2017
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Port Manatee extends agreement with World Direct Shipping

PALMETTO, Fla. - Port Manatee has extended its agreement with World Direct Shipping to maintain its swift weekly service between the Florida Gulf Coast port and the Mexican state of Veracruz for as many as five more years.

Under a lengthened pact approved today [April 20] by the Manatee County Port Authority, World Direct Shipping has committed to bring refrigerated produce and other goods into Port Manatee from the Port of Coatzacoalcos through at least Dec. 31, 2019, with a pair of one-year options extending through the end of 2021.

Since begun in November 2014, the weekly World Direct Shipping service has carried increasing volumes of refrigerated produce from Mexico while returning from Port Manatee with paper, recycled materials and oversized cargos.

World Direct Shipping has moved nearly 300,000 tons of cargo through Port Manatee to date and last July deployed the 430-foot-long M/V Queen B to accommodate steadily growing trade.

"Extension of the agreement with World Direct Shipping ensures continuation of a positive relationship with a valued partner of Port Manatee," said Vanessa Baugh, chairwoman of the Manatee County Port Authority.

Port Manatee's executive director, Carlos Buqueras, said, "We look forward to continuing to work with World Direct Shipping for many years to come."

Carlos Diaz, director of World Direct Shipping, commented, "We are very pleased to have extended our agreement with Port Manatee as the port's proximity to Mexico has been very beneficial to us.

"Our 2 1/2-day transit time offers the fastest short-sea connection between Mexico and the U.S. Southeast, Northeast and Midwest and has led to the success of World Direct Shipping," Diaz added.

Located "Where Tampa Bay Meets the Gulf of Mexico," Port Manatee is the closest U.S. deepwater seaport to the expanding Panama Canal, with 10 40-foot-draft berths serving container, bulk, breakbulk, heavylift, project and general cargo customers. The port generates more than $2.3 billion in annual economic impact for the local community, while supporting more than 24,000 jobs, without levying ad-valorem taxes.

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World Direct Shipping, which operates the M/V Queen B weekly between Coatzacoalcos, Mexico, and Port Manatee, looks to provide the service for as many as five more years under an extended agreement.

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