Jacksonville Port Authority (JAXPORT) has announced a new record with the arrival of the ONE Stork, marking the largest container ship to ever call Jacksonville. The ship is operated by…
https://gcaptain.com/deepened-jacksonville-port-sets-new-largest-ship-record/
BAE Systems has started construction of a $200 million upgrade and modernization project at its repair complex in Jacksonville, Florida. The new complex will expand the BAE Systems shipyard’s docking…
Hello, and welcome to the coolest community in freight! Here you’ll find the latest information on warehouse news, tech developments and all things reefer madness-related. I’m your controller of the thermostat, Mary O’Connell. Thanks for having me!
All thawed outShiny new units. Carrier Transicold, manufacturer of reefer units on trailers, announced a new trailer refrigeration unit, the X4 7700. So what’s the difference between the 7700 and the other X4...
https://www.freightwaves.com/news/running-on-ice-upgrades-come-to-chilly-things
Hello, and welcome to the coolest community in freight! Here you’ll find the latest information on warehouse news, tech developments and all things reefer madness-related. I’m your controller of the thermostat, Mary O’Connell. Thanks for having me!
All thawed outWhether you believe that reefer units are smart depends on who you ask. Just kidding. If a fridge can have internet and bluetooth attached to it, a reefer unit can have some sort of “smart” component to it. So...
https://www.freightwaves.com/news/running-on-ice-florida-makes-headlines-again
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/
Sometime around early October, the ports in Florida, spearheaded by a reinvigorated Florida Ports Council (FPC), began strutting their stuff- encouraging cargo owners to shift their business from the U.S….
https://gcaptain.com/florida-ports-a-sunny-view-of-the-container-trades/
If so many container ships are stuck in the Pacific Ocean, waiting for weeks for a berth in Los Angeles or Long Beach, why not reschedule calls to another port? Why not make like Kurt Russell as Snake Plissken in the circa-1996 film and “Escape from LA”?
It’s not that simple, given how much warehousing and transloading capacity is built around the Southern California gateway — and congestion is affecting every port in America. Even so, shippers and carriers are indeed moving to sidestep Los...
https://www.freightwaves.com/news/escape-from-la-more-container-business-flees-to-east-coast
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
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
Compared to most ports in the United States – particularly the ports along the Eastern Seaboard – the Jacksonville Port Authority (JAXPORT) is a relatively new entity. It was created by a special act of the Florida Legislature in 1963 to develop, maintain and market Jacksonville’s port facilities.
However, the port area itself is hundreds of years old. In 1565 English sailors traded guns and ammunition to the French from Fort Caroline for food and a boat. This is considered the first...