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JAXPORT’s heavy lift berth offers rail-to-ship service for locomotives

Highly trained master riggers moved two locomotives each weighing more than 363,000 pounds through the heavy lift and specialty cargo berth at JAXPORT’s Blount Island Marine Terminal, home of one of the nation’s highest-capacity weight bearing docks. The 68-foot long locomotives arrived at JAXPORT by CSX rail from Illinois. Portus stevedores loaded the locomotives onto the charter vessel Eemslift Dafne using the ship’s onboard cranes. The move was arranged by Houston-based ... [+]

First-of-its-kind facility opens in JAXPORT’s FTZ

On February 12, JAXPORT partner North Florida Warehouse FTZ, a division of JZ Expedited Companies, celebrated the grand opening of Foreign Trade Zone No. 64’s first outdoor storage facility. The 3.7-acre facility is located minutes from JAXPORT’s North Jacksonville terminals and offers flexible short- and long-term outdoor storage options for a variety ... [+]

JAXPORT Hires Experienced Seaport Executive as Chief Operating Officer

Following a nationwide executive search, JAXPORT has selected Frederick P. Wong Jr. as Chief Operating Officer. Wong’s first day on the job will be Feb. 5, 2018. Wong has more than 20 years of experience in all facets of port operations and since 2014 has been responsible for all cruise, cargo ... [+]

JAXPORT Hires New Container Accounts Director

JAXPORT has hired experienced logistics and transportation professional David Kalata as Director, National Container Accounts. Kalata joins JAXPORT’s award-winning Sales and Marketing team and is responsible for developing new and existing container cargo business with accounts throughout the United States. Kalata comes aboard as the federal project to deepen Jacksonville's shipping ... [+]

JAXPORT’s heavy lift berth offers ship-to-rail service for large generator

Highly trained dockworkers recently moved a nearly 331,000-pound diesel-powered generator through JAXPORT’s heavy lift and specialty cargo berth at Blount Island Marine Terminal, the nation’s highest capacity weight-bearing dock. The equipment is valued at approximately $3 million and will be used to generate power for a Florida hospital. The 42.5-foot-long generator ... [+]

JAXPORT container volumes continue double-digit growth

JAXPORT achieved double-digit growth in container volumes in the first two months of fiscal year 2018, moving 204,492 TEUs, compared to 165,571 TEU during the same period in FY2017. JAXPORT’s fiscal year runs Oct. 1 through Sept. 30. JAXPORT’s Asian container volumes continue to grow, up 13% in the first two ... [+]

PANJIVA: JAXPORT LEADS NATION’S PORTS TO EIGHTH STRAIGHT HANDLING EXPANSION

JAXPORT led the nation’s ports in inbound container handling growth in October, according to Panjiva Inc., a global trade data company. Panjiva article “JAXPORT Leads Nation’s Ports to Eight Straight Handling Expansion” (Nov. 8, 2017) focused on the nation’s eighth consecutive month of growth in this sector. In October, container imports ... [+]

JAXPORT expands vehicle-handling capacity

JAXPORT has begun construction of a new automobile processing terminal, the first phase of a multi-year project which will increase the port’s vehicle handling capacity by 25%. Once completed, the facility will add more than 100 acres of processing and storage space on JAXPORT’s Dames Point Marine Terminal and offers vessels ... [+]

JAXPORT partners leading the LNG Revolution

This new video outlines the pioneering role Jacksonville, JAXPORT and our partners are playing in the advancement of LNG as a maritime fuel. From multimillion-dollar investments in LNG-powered vessels to the development of landside bunkering and liquefaction plants, Northeast Florida is on the leading edge of this safer, cleaner fuel revolution. [embed]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BLZpSsl1CtQ&feature=youtu.behttp://[/embed] [+]

JAXPORT’s FTZ now includes first-of-its-kind facility

 JAXPORT partner North Florida Warehouse FTZ, a division of JZ Expedited Logistics, has been granted permission to operate Foreign Trade Zone No. 64’s first outdoor storage facility. The 3.7-acre facility is located minutes from JAXPORT’s North Jacksonville terminals and offers flexible short- and long-term outdoor storage options for a variety of ... [+]

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