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FreightWaves Flashback 1982: New container box stacker for Jax Port is state of the art

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The many industries that make up the world of freight have undergone tremendous change over the past several decades. Each Friday, FreightWaves explores the archives of American Shipper’s nearly 70-year-old collection of shipping and maritime publications to showcase interesting freight stories of long ago.

The following is an excerpt from the July 1982 edition of the Jacksonville Seafarer.

The JPA (Jacksonville Port Authority) is getting a brand new container straddle lift for its new 25-acre...

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JAXPORT welcomes its largest-ever container ship

The Jacksonville Port Authority (JAXPORT) set a new port record on March 18 with the arrival of the ZIM vessel Cape Sounio, the largest container ship to ever call Jacksonville. The 11,000-TEU (container) vessel is operated by ZIM on a service offered by the 2M alliance. The 2M alliance is comprised of Maersk, MSC, Hamburg Süd and strategic partners HMM and ZIM.

The vessel, which transited the Panama Canal from Asia before reaching the U.S. East Coast, loaded and offloaded cargo at JAXPORT’s...

https://container-news.com/jaxport-largest-ever-container-ship/

JAXPORT to build a world-class container terminal

The Jacksonville Port Authority (JAXPORT) Board of Directors on March 4 unanimously approved a long-term agreement with experienced terminal operator SSA Marine for the development and operation of a state-of-the-art, $238.7 million international container terminal at JAXPORT’s Blount Island Marine Terminal. The facility, SSA Jacksonville International Gateway Terminal, is an expansion of SSA Marine’s current leasehold at Blount Island and will offer deepwater berthing space to accommodate the...

https://container-news.com/jaxport-build-world-class-container-terminal/

Second LNG ConRo ship delivered to Crowley

The Taíno is the second of two liquefied natural gas (LNG) fueled ConRo ships for Crowley Maritime Corp. Crowley Maritime photo.

Crowley Maritime Corp. announced Thursday that it has taken delivery of the Taíno, second in a pair of the world’s first combination container/roll on-roll off (ConRo) ships powered by liquefied natural gas (LNG).

VT Halter Marine Inc., Pascagoula, Miss., delivered the Taíno recently and sister ship El Coquí, which was delivered in July. Crowley says the two 720’, 26,500 dwt Commitment-class vessels will be “providing fast, reliable and environmentally friendly shipping and logistics services...

https://www.workboat.com/news/shipbuilding/second-lng-conro-ship-delivered-to-crowley/

JAXPORT marks a new monthly record

The Jacksonville Port Authority (JAXPORT) achieved its highest-ever monthly container volumes in August, moving nearly 115,700 twenty-foot equivalent units (or TEUs, the industry standard for measuring containers). The previous JAXPORT monthly container record of 115,300 TEUs was set in December 2017.

JAXPORT’s container volumes are up 20 percent year–to–date in fiscal year 2018. Taking into account volumes moving through private terminals, Jacksonville’s port is on track to surpass last year’s...

http://container-news.com/jaxport-new-monthly-record/

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