AutoTerminal.com Americas Receives Foreign Trade Zone Status; Auto Shipments At Port Everglades to Increase Greatly.Business Editors FORT LAUDERDALE Fort Lauderdale (lô`dərdāl), residential, commercial, and resort city (1990 pop. 149,377), seat of Broward co., SE Fla., on the Atlantic coast; settled around a fort built (c.1837) in the Seminole War, inc. 1911. , Fla.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--April 12, 2001 AutoTerminal.com Americas has received approval from the U.S. Custom's Service to operate a Foreign Trade Zone on its Port Everglades Port Everglades, in Broward County, Florida, is one of the United States's top container ports with more than 5,400 ships at call in a year, a major petroleum storage and distribution hub, and a United States Navy liberty port. It is the deepest of all Florida ports. terminal site. The designation was necessary for AutoTerminal.com Americas to store vehicles duty-free at its terminal for shipment between foreign ports. The terminal can store about 3,000 cars and trucks awaiting shipment to auto dealers throughout the world. "This is the approval we've been waiting for to enable us to operate at full capacity and reach our full potential," said Stephen Magee, AutoTerminal.com Americas vice president of operations & ocean service division. Port Everglades is the U.S. Headquarters for the international auto-shipping company and will be its main distribution point for the shipment of an estimated 3,000 vehicles a month between Asia, Europe, the Middle East, the Caribbean and Central and South America South America, fourth largest continent (1991 est. pop. 299,150,000), c.6,880,000 sq mi (17,819,000 sq km), the southern of the two continents of the Western Hemisphere. . The company will move an estimated $300 million worth of vehicle stock through Port Everglades on an annual basis. AutoTerminal.com Americas serves large-scale vehicle wholesalers and individual auto dealers. It provides a complete range of transportation services to ensure its customers' vehicles are delivered on time and in excellent condition. It also has terminals in Asia, the Middle East, Europe and the South Pacific, and ships cars, buses, heavy equipment and other vehicles worldwide. The company is planning a mid-May grand opening for its 10-acre terminal, which includes a 45,000-square-foot headquarters and inspection and customization facility. Auto dealers and shippers from around the world are expected to attend. The terminal has a paved pave tr.v. paved, pav·ing, paves 1. To cover with a pavement. 2. To cover uniformly, as if with pavement. 3. To be or compose the pavement of. lot large enough to hold thousands of vehicles awaiting shipment. "AutoTerminal.com Americas is making a major commitment to Port Everglades by making it our home base for the United States United States, officially United States of America, republic (2005 est. pop. 295,734,000), 3,539,227 sq mi (9,166,598 sq km), North America. The United States is the world's third largest country in population and the fourth largest country in area. , the Caribbean, and Central and South America," Magee said. "We expect this to become one of our busiest shipping hubs in a matter of just a few months." AutoTerminal.com Americas' unique, interactive, business-to-business Internet Internet Publicly accessible computer network connecting many smaller networks from around the world. It grew out of a U.S. Defense Department program called ARPANET (Advanced Research Projects Agency Network), established in 1969 with connections between computers at the web site -- www.autoterminal.com -- allows customers to place orders, track shipments and conduct virtual examinations of the exterior and interior of specific vehicles. Its terminals are fully secured and bonded. The company guarantees damage-free delivery of customer vehicles, and has the facilities to repair and accessorize ac·ces·sor·ize v. ac·ces·sor·ized, ac·ces·sor·iz·ing, ac·ces·sor·iz·es v.tr. To furnish with accessories: accessorized my outfit with a matching watch. v. any vehicle according to according to prep. 1. As stated or indicated by; on the authority of: according to historians. 2. In keeping with: according to instructions. 3. customer demand at all of its worldwide terminals. AutoTerminal.com Americas is the only independent auto shipping company with these comprehensive capabilities. |
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