JAXPORT

FlexCold announces expansion of Jacksonville facility

FlexCold, a cold storage warehousing company, will expand its facility in the port of Jacksonville (JAXPORT), located in Florida in the United States.

The facility is the first one of the company and the planned expansion is expected to more than double the overall building footprint to over 32,500 m², bringing the total number of pallet positions to 55,000, up from the initial 25,000 positions.

The facility is located 4.8 kilometres from the port.

Moreover, the FlexCold-Jacksonville expansion...

https://container-news.com/flexcold-announces-expansion-of-jacksonvilles-facility/

JAXPORT to receive full funding for raising powerlines near Blount Island

JAXPORT has secured complete funding for the project to raise the Fulton Cut Crossing powerlines over the St. Johns River adjacent to JAXPORT’s Blount Island Marine Terminal.

According to a port’s statement, the Jacksonville City Council voted to award JAXPORT a US$10 million grant toward the project. The City will also provide a US$12.5 million loan and a US$5 million bridge loan, which will be repaid by JAXPORT.

This funding is in addition to a US$22.5 million grant awarded to JAXPORT by the...

https://container-news.com/jaxport-to-receive-full-funding-for-raising-powerlines-near-blount-island/

Ellerman City liners launches new Europe-US service

UK-based Ellerman City Liners is now offering direct container service at the Jacksonville Port Authority (JAXPORT) to and from three destinations in Europe.

Ellerman will begin calling the SSA Jacksonville Container Terminal at JAXPORT’s Blount Island Marine Terminal with the arrival of the container ship SC Mara scheduled in late December.

According to JAXPORT, the bi-weekly service offers premium transit times of 13 to 17 days from North Europe to Jacksonville.

The port rotation will be Antwerp...

https://container-news.com/ellerman-city-liners-launches-new-europe-us-service/

Florida ports close as Nicole nears

Ports in the Southeast are bracing for what is expected to be a Category 1 hurricane when Nicole makes landfall in Florida late Wednesday night or early Thursday.

Condition Zulu, meaning the gates are closed and no operations are taking place, has gone into effect in Florida at Port Miami, Port Canaveral, Port Everglades and Jaxport. The ports of Savannah and Brunswick in Georgia and Charleston in South Carolina on Wednesday were at condition X-Ray, which means gale-force winds are expected...

https://www.freightwaves.com/news/florida-ports-close-as-nicole-nears

Ports, carriers prep for disasters — everything from hurricanes to fires

When Hurricane Harvey wreaked havoc across the Houston area in 2017, Colin Rizzo had never seen anything like it before.

Rizzo is Port Houston’s director of emergency management and responsible for planning and directing the facility’s emergency and disaster preparedness. 

Harvey was a Category 4 hurricane that made landfall in Texas and Louisiana in late August 2017, causing catastrophic flooding and more than 100 deaths.

“Harvey was almost just the opposite [of other hurricanes] in that it was...

https://www.freightwaves.com/news/ports-carriers-prep-for-disasters-everything-from-hurricanes-to-fires

JAXPORT completes deepening project – Container expansion investments underway

Τhe completion of the Jacksonville Harbor Deepening Project through JAXPORT’s Blount Island Marine Terminal (US) is now a fact.

The project deepened 17.7 km of the federal shipping channel to a depth of 14.3 m from its previous depth of 12.1 m.

Larger ships can now call Blount Island and at the same time, ships that could already go to Jacksonville due to their size can now carry more cargo on board. In parallel, the project includes a new rotation basin that allows larger ships to turn around at...

https://container-news.com/jaxport-completes-deepening-project-container-expansion-investments-underway/

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

MSC’s Florida Gulf Feeder service completes first call at JAXPORT

The 1,400 TEU container ship MSC Reet II is the first vessel in MSC’s Florida Gulf Feeder service that made its inaugural call to the Jacksonville Port Authority on 26 April.

The Florida Gulf Feeder service calls the SSA Jacksonville Container Terminal (JCT) at JAXPORT’s Blount Island Marine Terminal bi-weekly with JAXPORT partner SSA Atlantic providing stevedoring services at Blount Island.

The service connects Jacksonville to major transshipment hubs in the Dominican Republic and The Bahamas....

https://container-news.com/mscs-florida-gulf-feeder-service-completes-first-call-at-jaxport/

Jaxport lays out big plans as channel deepening nears completion

CEO Eric Green said Jaxport is paving the way to a future serving more — and bigger — ships with its biggest growth initiative, the deepening of the Jacksonville, Florida, shipping channel, on track for a May completion.

“The solution to the nation’s port congestion problem is right here in this room,” Green said during his State of the Port address Tuesday. “As the industry looks to combat everything from truck capacity issues to labor and equipment challenges, protecting the supply chain is a...

https://www.freightwaves.com/news/jaxport-lays-out-big-plans-as-channel-deepening-nears-completion

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