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JAXPORT is now offering expanded service to Asia through Hamburg Süd’s new Asia-North America East Coast rotation. JAXPORT's Blount Island Marine Terminal serves as the last port of call for the new service which is offered through the 2M Alliance.
Vessels in the rotation offer direct service from Jacksonville to Busan in South Korea as well as Qingdao, Xingang, Shanghai and Ningbo in China. SSA Marine provides stevedoring services at Blount Island.
The Asian container ...
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Contractors at JAXPORT have securely fastened two, 260-ton cryogenic liquefied natural gas (LNG) storage tanks onto their foundations at Crowley Maritime Corporation’s new shore-side fueling facility on Talleyrand Marine Terminal.
The tanks arrived at Talleyrand aboard the BBC Chartering vessel, Moonstone, from Hamburg, Germany. Highly trained stevedores from port partner Seaonus ...
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Trailer Bridge, Inc., is now offering additional service to the Dominican Republic from JAXPORT’s Blount Island Marine Terminal. The company has two sailings per week to Santo Domingo, in addition to its long-time weekly call from JAXPORT to Puerto Plata.
The Santo Domingo service utilizes one Roll-on/Roll-off (Ro/Ro) barge, plus one ...
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JAXPORT has awarded University of North Florida (UNF) senior Beatrize Gomez with a $2,500 scholarship for transportation and logistics studies at UNF's Coggin College of Business.
Born and raised in Belize, Beatrize moved to Jacksonville in 2014 to begin her studies at UNF. She has distinguished herself as an outstanding scholar, ...
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JAXPORT recently welcomed Liberty Passion, the nation’s newest U.S.-flagged pure car and truck carrier (PCTC), to Blount Island Marine Terminal during the vessel’s maiden voyage. PCTCs are designed to accommodate all types of vehicles, from completed passenger cars to construction machinery.
The 6,450-car-capacity Liberty Passion, operated by Liberty Global Logistics of ...
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JAXPORT's Governing Board announced that its CEO Brian Taylor and the Authority have agreed to part ways. Taylor will pursue other business opportunities.
Brian Taylor joined the Jacksonville Port Authority in 2013 after a long and distinguished career in the maritime industry, serving in executive roles at both SeaLand and Horizon ...
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Florida Governor Rick Scott visited JAXPORT’s Blount Island Marine Terminal on Feb. 7 to discuss his plans for investing further in state transportation and seaport projects during the coming year. He recently proposed a $10.8 billion transportation budget, including $176 million for Florida ports.
Gov. Scott was joined by JAXPORT CEO ...
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JAXPORT now offers 30 day shipping service to Japan, the fastest, freshest transit time for grapefruit exports from the U.S. East Coast to Asia.
A seasonal change in Mitsui O.S.K. Lines’ PA2 southbound service to the Asian market will serve grapefruit exporters through April 2017 as part of the ...
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JAXPORT’s new state-of-the-art 100-gauge cranes have begun operations at the newly rebuilt Berth 35 at JAXPORT’S Blount Island Marine Terminal. The electric cranes are equipped to service the wider, post-Panamax vessels currently calling on JAXPORT through the expanded Panama and Suez canals.
Each of the three cranes can lift up to ...
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JAXPORT payments for work by certified Jacksonville Small and Emerging Businesses (JSEB) have topped $12.4 million over the past three years, accounting for an average of 12 percent of the port’s overall contract payments per year. Recently, the JAXPORT Board of Directors approved a multi-year contract with JSEB-certified JAX Supply ...
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