Jacksonville Port Authority (JAXPORT)

JAXPORT appoints new members in commercial team

The Jacksonville Port Authority (JAXPORT) has announced the addition of two transportation and logistics experts in containerised cargo to the port’s commercial team, Joyssy Arias and Sheila Cox.

Joyssy Arias will join JAXPORT as Director of Ocean Carrier Development. She will be responsible for developing JAXPORT’s ocean carrier service in the container trade, with a primary focus on building and maintaining the port’s relationships with global ocean carriers.

Arias has nearly two decades of...

https://container-news.com/jaxport-appoints-new-members-in-commercial-team/

JAXPORT handles record box volumes in FY2021

The Jacksonville Port Authority (JAXPORT) has set a new container volume record, while it maintained congestion-free operations on both the landside and waterside, during the Fiscal Year 2021, which ended on 30 September.

More than 1.4 million TEU moved through the port in Florida during FY 2021, which translates to an increase of 10% from the same period of the previous year and a 5% rise from 2019, which was a record year for container volumes at the port.

In addition, JAXPORT stated that...

https://container-news.com/jaxport-handles-record-box-volumes-in-fy2021/

JAXPORT CEO named one of Florida’s top business leaders

The US business publication Florida Trend has named Jacksonville Port Authority (JAXPORT) CEO, Eric Green, as one of the state’s most influential business leaders for the fourth consecutive year.

Among the publication’s 500 honorees, Eric Green was recognised as a transportation industry leader focused on growing JAXPORT’s impact on Florida’s economy.

Under his leadership, the JAXPORT has kept cargo moving uninterrupted throughout the pandemic while achieving record container volumes throughout...

https://container-news.com/jaxport-ceo-named-one-of-floridas-top-business-leaders/

Jaxport awards US$48 million contract for SSA terminal upgrade

The Board of the Jacksonville Port Authority (Jaxport) has awarded a US$48.8 million construction services contract to Superior Construction Company LLC for the expansion and modernisation of SSA Jacksonville Container Terminal at Blount Island, Florida.

The construction contract covers the first seven of eight phases or 311,608 m² of the total 376,357 m² capacity expansion project which will cost a total of US$72 million. The reason why the project will be conducted in phases is for the...

https://container-news.com/jaxport-awards-us48-million-contract-for-ssa-terminal-upgrade/

JAXPORT increases box volumes, Florida State provides federal Covid-19 relief funding

The Jacksonville Port Authority (JAXPORT) has recorded an increase of 15% in container volumes during the first three quarters of the Fiscal Year 2021 (1 October 2020 – 30 September 2021), compared to the corresponding period of last year, by moving more than 1 million containers.

Despite this growth, Florida’s largest container port makes a constant effort in order to totally recover from the disruptions caused by the pandemic.

With this vision, the port will conduct some improvement projects...

https://container-news.com/jaxport-increases-box-volumes-florida-state-provides-federal-covid-19-relief-funding/

US ports and major box carriers to upgrade Southeast US Chassis Pool

Three US port authorities have agreed with Ocean Carrier Equipment Management Association (OCEMA), an association of ten major international container carriers, to increase and upgrade the South Atlantic Chassis Pool (SACP).

The Georgia Port Authority (GPA), Jacksonville Port Authority (Jaxport), North Carolina State Ports Authority (NC Ports) and OCEMA, which includes Maersk, MSC, COSCO, CMA CGM, Hapag-Lloyd, ONE, HMM, Evergreen, ZIM and Wan Hai, have signed a Letter of Intent to update SACP.

“Th...

https://container-news.com/us-ports-and-major-box-carriers-to-upgrade-southeast-us-chassis-pool/

JAXPORT sets container and auto records

The Jacksonville Port Authority (JAXPORT) has achieved a record number of container and auto moves during the first three quarters of fiscal year 2019. During this time, JAXPORT moved nearly one million containers, a six percent increase over the same period last year. The port also moved nearly 535,000 auto units in this period, an increase of seven percent over the same time in FY18. JAXPORT’s fiscal year runs Oct. 1 – Sept. 30.

JAXPORT’s Asian container volumes continue to grow, up eight...

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