Mar 27 2025
- This week, Port Tampa Bay welcomed the vessel SEASPAN LIMA as part of Maersk’s new America Shuttle 2 service on her inaugural call to our port. Last fall, Maersk announced plans to add a new weekly container service connecting Port Tampa Bay with Cartagena, Colombia as part of its new global East-West Network under the Gemini Cooperation. The new America Shuttle 2 service dramatically expands the port's connectivity to West Coast South America, East Coast South America and the Caribbean via Maersk's worldwide network of services. The partnership will expand further, as Hapag-Lloyd joins the service later this quarter.
Maersk is a global provider of logistics services and an integrated container logistics company headquartered in Copenhagen, Denmark, employing around 100,000 people and operating in more than 130 countries.
Port Tampa Bay continues to see double-digit growth in its container business and is the closest port to the I-4 Corridor, home to Florida’s largest concentration of distribution centers (DCs), with over 550 million square feet of space stretching from Tampa to Orlando. Because of the port’s proximity to this huge market in its backyard, customers can make multiple round-trip deliveries per day between the Port and their DCs, resulting in significant savings in truck drayage costs.
Maersk is a global provider of logistics services and an integrated container logistics company headquartered in Copenhagen, Denmark, employing around 100,000 people and operating in more than 130 countries.
Port Tampa Bay continues to see double-digit growth in its container business and is the closest port to the I-4 Corridor, home to Florida’s largest concentration of distribution centers (DCs), with over 550 million square feet of space stretching from Tampa to Orlando. Because of the port’s proximity to this huge market in its backyard, customers can make multiple round-trip deliveries per day between the Port and their DCs, resulting in significant savings in truck drayage costs.
Together with container terminal operator partner Ports America, Port Tampa Bay is making significant investments to expand capacity and has recently added three more ship-to-shore (STS) gantry cranes for a total now of five, with plans to acquire two more. A new, expanded state-of-the-art gate complex is now open, and additional paved storage expansion is underway that will bring the container terminal footprint to 100 acres, with construction soon to begin on a third deep-water berth and a new on-dock rail-served trans-load warehouse.
To celebrate the SEASPAN LIMA’s first call, leaders from Port Tampa Bay and Maersk participated in a plaque exchange ceremony. To view photos of the ceremony and the vessel, visit: https://porttampabay.box.com/s/a3u7zeiyoag4ykii4fyk3mzecm1anmhi