Jacksonville Port Authority

Jaxport completes vehicle berth expansion

The Jacksonville Port Authority said it has completed a yearlong construction project to expand vehicle Berth 22 at the Blount Island Marine Terminal. 

The berth is the first of two vehicle berth projects in a $60 million initiative to increase efficiencies and accommodate additional vehicle vessel calls. 

The expansion will enable Berth 22 to accommodate larger vehicle vessels 750 feet in overall length.

Construction is also underway on a new vehicle berth at Blount Island, to be completed in...

https://www.freightwaves.com/news/jaxport-completes-vehicle-berth-expansion

Jacksonville Port Authority braces for Hurricane Helene, possible ILA strike

As Hurricane Helene inches closer to Florida and a possible strike looms over East and Gulf Coast ports, the Jacksonville Port Authority has provided a weather and labor update.

According to a news release from the Jacksonville Port Authority, the U.S. Coast Guard has set the port to condition Zulu, which prohibits vessel movements. The release states that the port’s terminal gates will remain open throughout the storms, though this might change depending on the storm’s movement and direction...

https://www.freightwaves.com/news/jacksonville-port-authority-braces-for-hurricane-helene-possible-ila-strike

Florida lawmakers present $30M to Jaxport for new container cranes

Florida legislators have provided the Jacksonville Port Authority (Jaxport) in Florida $30 million to purchase two new container cranes for the Blount Island Marine Terminal at the Port of Jacksonville.

Jaxport says the cranes will increase the port’s cargo handling efficiencies, which will allow more cargo to move through the port. The new ship-to-shore cranes will replace outdated equipment at the port.

Legislators approved the funding during the past legislative session and presented Jaxport...

https://www.freightwaves.com/news/florida-lawmakers-present-30m-to-jaxport-for-new-container-cranes

JAXPORT completes harbour deepening at Florida’s Blount Island Marine Terminal

Florida’s Jacksonville Port Authority (JAXPORT) and the US Army Corps of Engineers (USACE) Jacksonville District have completed harbour deepening works at Jacksonvi ..

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Ceres, JAXPORT agree to 20-year lease of container terminal

Ceres Terminals will lease and operate a 158-acre container facility at the Dames Point Marine Terminal at JAXPORT in Florida for the next 20 years.

JAXPORT’s board of directors, which oversees the port in Jacksonville, Florida, unanimously agreed to the $60 million deal between Ceres and the port in which Ceres will modernize the TraPac Jacksonville container terminal. A separate transaction calls for Ceres to purchase the terminal’s previous leaseowner, TraPac Jacksonville, from Mitsui O.S.K....

https://www.freightwaves.com/news/ceres-jaxport-agree-to-20-year-lease-of-container-terminal

Florida’s JAXPORT handles record container volume in 2021

A photograph of two ocean vessels floating on a bay.

The Jacksonville Port Authority (JAXPORT) in Florida handled more than 1.4 million twenty-foot equivalent units in its fiscal year 2021, an all-time record for the port and 10% higher from 2020.

JAXPORT’s 2021 fiscal year ended Sept. 30.

“Achieving a container record and strong vehicle volumes while maintaining our efficiencies — all in the middle of a pandemic — speaks to the resiliency and capability of Jacksonville’s maritime community,” said JAXPORT CEO Eric Green in a release. “Our port...

https://www.freightwaves.com/news/floridas-jaxport-handles-record-container-volume-in-2021

Southeast US ports seek to ramp up container capacity

A photograph of a stack of containers.

Two Southeast U.S. ports are seeking to expand container capacity in a bid to reach customers needing access to the Southeast and Midwest markets.

Port of Savannah to expand container capacity by an additional 1.6 million TEUs
GPA’s Peak Capacity Project, is currently under construction and will provide 800,000 twenty-foot equivalent container units of annual capacity at the Port of Savannah, accordingto GPA. The project will be completed in two phases, with the first coming online in December....

https://www.freightwaves.com/news/southeast-us-ports-seek-to-ramp-up-container-capacity

JAXPORT’s container and vehicle volumes ‘strong’ fiscal year-to-date

A photograph of containers at the Port of Jacksonville.

Container and vehicle volumes at the port in Jacksonville, Florida, have been “strong” fiscal year-to-date, with vehicle volumes nearing pre-pandemic levels.

The Jacksonville Port Authority (JAXPORT) is reporting that the port complex moved more than 1 million containers in the first three quarters of fiscal year 2021, which is 15% higher than what it moved during the same period in 2020. 

JAXPORT also moved 20% more vehicle volumes since the start of its fiscal year on Oct. 1, 2020. Vehicle...

https://www.freightwaves.com/news/jaxports-container-and-vehicle-volumes-strong-fiscal-year-to-date

Southeast ports and carriers agree to upgrade chassis pool

Port officials in Savannah, Georgia; Jacksonville, Florida; and Wilmington, North Carolina, along with the Ocean Carrier Equipment Management Association, have signed an agreement to upgrade and expand the South Atlantic Chassis Pool (SACP).

Dubbed SACP 3.0, the agreement among the Georgia Ports Authority, Jacksonville Port Authority, North Carolina State Ports Authority and the Ocean Carrier Equipment Management Association calls for up to 50,000 new high-tech intermodal chassis to handle the...

https://www.freightwaves.com/news/southeast-ports-and-carriers-agree-to-upgrade-chassis-pool

Florida’s JAXPORT boasts record container volumes in May

A photograph of a container vessel passing through a shipping channel. There are two smaller boats next to the vessel.

May was a record month for container volumes at JAXPORT, the Florida port serving the greater Jacksonville area and beyond.

Total container movements rose by 37% year-over-year in May to more than 128,900 twenty-foot equivalent units (TEUs), beating a previous record of 123,700 TEUs set in October 2019.

For its 2021 fiscal year, which runs from Oct. 1 to Sept. 30, container volumes are up by 15% year-to-date to nearly 950,000 TEUs. 

Of that, JAXPORT’s two largest trade lanes for containers...

https://www.freightwaves.com/news/floridas-jaxport-boasts-record-container-volumes-in-may

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