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JAXPORT expands funding for harbor deepening

30 July 2020

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...

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Manufacturing thriving in Northeast Florida

27 April 2019

JAXPORT’s article:

Some 1,500 manufacturing companies can’t be wrong. Those with solid business models are thriving across Northeast Florida in a wide variety of industries, planted in a region with exceptional transportation and logistics, served by a deep, energetic workforce.

Manufacturers provide 93 percent of Florida’s exports, according to the First Coast Manufacturing Association (FCMA). That level of activity puts JAXPORT to work. Exports provide an excellent counter-balance to the port’s...

https://container-news.com/manufacturing-thriving-northeast-florida/

JAXPORT connects Florida business community

7 February 2019

More than 120 Northeast Florida small business leaders participated in JAXPORT’s inaugural Small and Emerging Business Appreciation Day. The daylong seminar was held Tuesday, Feb 6, at JAXPORT’s Cruise Terminal and connected area small businesses with valuable training and resources.

Business development experts from the City of Jacksonville, Florida Small Business Development Council, Florida State Minority Supplier Development Council and other area public agencies were on site offering...

http://container-news.com/jaxport-connects-florida-business-community/