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JAXPORT’s public seaport terminals achieved record growth in containers, vehicles and overall tonnage during the fiscal year ending Sept. 30, 2017. JAXPORT moved more than 1 million TEUs, a 7% increase over 2016, which was also a record year in container volumes for the port.
When combined with the containers handled through private terminals, more than 1.3 million containers move through the Port of Jacksonville annually, making it Florida’s largest container ...
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The U.S. Army 841st Transportation Battalion, Joint Base Charleston, S.C., recently moved helicopters and other equipment bound for a combat mission overseas through JAXPORT’s Blount Island Marine Terminal.
The cargo, including Apache, Black Hawk, Chinook and Osprey aircraft, was loaded onto the Central Gulf Lines Ro/Ro vessel Green Ridge.
The Army’s Blount ...
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The Jacksonville Port Authority Board of Directors unanimously voted to hire longtime JAXPORT executive Eric Green as Chief Executive Officer. The JAXPORT Board conducted a national executive search to fill the vacant CEO position, culminating in today's unanimous selection.
Green, appointed JAXPORT interim CEO in March, joined the port in 2005 ...
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Highly trained stevedores at JAXPORT recently moved a 108,000-pound generator bound for a manufacturing plant in the Midwest through the port’s Talleyrand Marine Terminal.
The machinery, which is worth more than $2 million, was made in Germany and shipped from Belgium to JAXPORT in a wooden crate aboard the Spliethoff general ...
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During its regular monthly meeting and surrounded by a crowd of enthusiastic supporters, JAXPORT’s Board of Directors unanimously approved the start of the Jacksonville Harbor Deepening project, allocating the first phase of port funding to the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers for construction.
The federal project to deepen the Jacksonville shipping channel ...
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JAXPORT and the TraPac Container Terminal at Dames Point today welcomed the 10,100-TEU (container) MOL Bravo, the largest containership to ever visit a Florida port. The MOL Bravo transited the Suez Canal from Asia before reaching the U.S. East Coast.
The federal project to deepen the Jacksonville shipping channel to 47 ...
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Highly-trained master riggers moved 17 military fighter jets through JAXPORT’s Blount Island Marine Terminal, taking advantage of the port’s expertise in the movement of specialty and oversized cargoes.
The F-5s are 50 feet in length and worth $1 million each. After arriving at JAXPORT, the aircraft were trucked to destinations in ...
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Central Florida-based dining products supplier Blackwood Industries, Inc. is now shipping all of the company’s imported products from Asia through JAXPORT. Blackwood supplies flatware, furniture, apparel and other items to businesses around the world, including popular U.S. restaurant chains, retailers and theme parks.
Blackwood will use a third party logistics provider to ...
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During the past six months, JAXPORT has recorded 12 percent growth in vehicle handling volumes, moving 360,945 vehicles compared to 321,471 during the same period last year and solidifying JAXPORT’s position as one of the nation’s busiest vehicle handling ports.
JAXPORT is a leader in the movement of automobiles, passenger trucks ...
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Cycle Up Supply Chain Services, a South Florida-based third party logistics provider, is expanding to Jacksonville, bringing new transportation and logistics options for shippers. Cycle Up recently signed a five-year lease on an 80,000 square-foot warehousing and distribution facility located near JAXPORT’s North Jacksonville Marine Terminals.
Cycle Up provides warehousing, pick ...
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