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Jaxport welcomes largest container ship to call

The Jacksonville Port Authority on Tuesday celebrated the largest vessel ever to call the Florida port. 

The container ship, One Stork, has a carrying capacity of 14,000 twenty-foot equivalent units. Previously the largest ship to call Jaxport had a capacity of 11,923 TEUs.

One Stork is the first of nine larger vessels that will call Jaxport through the EC5 container service operated by The Alliance. The container ship is operated by Ocean Network Express (ONE) within The Alliance, a partnership...

https://www.freightwaves.com/news/jaxport-welcomes-largest-container-ship-to-call

Jaxport ready for larger container ships

Jaxport on Monday celebrated the completion of the deepening of 11 miles of the federal shipping channel to 47 feet. 

The St. Johns River shipping channel from Mayport Naval Station to Jacksonville, Florida’s, Blount Island had been 40 feet deep. 

Port authority officials were joined by local, state and federal leaders as well as representatives of the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Jacksonville District in a ribbon-cutting Monday.

“Florida’s seaports are economic drivers for our state and serve as...

https://www.freightwaves.com/news/jaxport-ready-for-larger-container-ships

JAXPORT positioned ‘for great things to come’

Last year JAXPORT CEO Eric Green delivered his State of the Port 2020 address to a crowd of more than 450 over lunch in a Jacksonville, Florida, hotel ballroom. 

The world has changed, but the Jacksonville Port Authority chief executive officer still delivered an optimistic forecast for 2021 in an across-the-table conversation with Jamie Shelton, the JAXPORT board chairman, on Tuesday.

“We continue to see container growth in the Puerto Rico market as well as an uptick and a rebound on the Asian...

https://www.freightwaves.com/news/jaxport-positioned-for-great-things-to-come

Vehicle handling steers JAXPORT to cargo gain

The Jacksonville Port Authority (JAXPORT) provided evidence the global automobile manufacturing industry is recovering from the economic crash it suffered as a result of the COVID-19 pandemic, reporting its vehicle volumes grew 7% year-over-year in its first fiscal quarter.

The 185,513 vehicles moved between Oct. 1 and Dec. 31 marked the second-busiest quarter for the automotive sector in the Jacksonville, Florida, port’s history.

JAXPORT’s fiscal year began Oct. 1. The strong demand for vehicles...

https://www.freightwaves.com/news/vehicle-handling-steers-jaxport-to-cargo-gain

1A Auto driving for faster deliveries with Jacksonville warehouse

1A Auto will park its Southeast distribution operations in Jacksonville, Florida.

The online-only aftermarket auto parts retailer will open an 86,800-square-foot warehouse near JAXPORT’s Blount Island Marine Terminal in the first quarter of 2021.

Massachusetts-based 1A Auto will use the Jacksonville facility for same-day shipments of imported auto accessories and repair parts from Asia for e-commerce distribution throughout the southeast United States. 

“Our new facility’s proximity to JAXPORT,...

https://s29755.pcdn.co/news/1a-auto-driving-for-faster-deliveries-with-jacksonville-warehouse

Tugboat captain presumed lost off Florida coast

The Coast Guard said Monday night that it had suspended the search for a man who had fallen from a tugboat near Blount Island in Jacksonville, Florida, early Sunday morning.

Coast Guard Sector Jacksonville said it received notification at about 3 a.m. Sunday from the tugboat Pops that a 42-year-old man had fallen into the water while transferring to a barge and had not resurfaced.

International Union of Operating Engineers Local 25 on Facebook identified the man as Ozzy Martinez and said he was...

https://www.freightwaves.com/news/tugboat-captain-presumed-lost-off-florida-coast

JAXPORT expands funding for harbor deepening

JAXPORT was awarded $75 million this week to help deepen its harbor.

The Jacksonville, Florida, port authority called the $35 million grant and $40 million loan approved by the City Council a “historic win for our community and the 15,000 jobs that will be created or protected” by the project.

JAXPORT said the harbor deepening, which will take the 13-mile shipping channel from 40 feet to 47 feet and allow larger container ships to call, is expected to be completed in 2023. The U.S. Army Corps of...

https://s29755.pcdn.co/news/jaxport-expands-funding-for-harbor-deepening

Car carrier totaled, to be removed from JAXPORT

Removal plans are underway for the Höegh Xiamen, a total loss after a more than weeklong fire smoldered on board the car carrier in Jacksonville, Florida.

Ocean Yield ASA, owner of the Höegh Xiamen, said on its website that the vessel “has been declared a constructive total loss” and that it expects to receive insurance proceeds of about $26 million in the third quarter. 

The net cash proceeds after repayment of debt related to the vessel will be about $8 million, it said.

Ocean Yield referred a...

https://s29755.pcdn.co/news/car-carrier-totaled,-to-be-removed-from-jaxport

JAXPORT car carrier fire contained but not out

Fire officials in Jacksonville, Florida, say the blaze aboard the Höegh Xiamen has been contained but not extinguished.

The fire was reported on the seventh deck of the car carrier shortly after loading operations were completed at JAXPORT’s Blount Island Marine Terminal at about 4 p.m. Thursday. An explosion reportedly occurred about three hours after firefighters responded and the fire spread to other decks.

Nine firefighters were injured battling the blaze. Four were transported to a burn unit...

https://s29755.pcdn.co/news/jaxport-car-carrier-fire-contained-but-not-out

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