Tag: JAXPORT

On October 27, JAX LNG, a small-scale LNG facility, welcomed NYK LINE’s Sakura Leader for the ship’s inaugural call to Jacksonville. Sakura Leader offloaded cargo at JAXPORT's Talleyrand Marine Terminal where JAX LNG completed its first ship-to-ship LNG bunkering of Sakura Leader. 

With 100 containerships waiting offshore to enter ports of Los Angeles and Long Beach, Jacksonville offers berth to ease congestion.

Florida's governor is calling ocean carriers to send their backlogged West Coast boxships to his state's eastern seaboard, as there is more capacity to berth big ships and offload cargo. 

Florida Governor Ron DeSantis said that Florida’s ports are open and ready to meet holiday demand, amid ship bottlenecks and congestion.

Jacksonville Port partnered with the Maritime Transportation System Information Sharing and Analysis Center to form a cyber security centre.

The first ship-to-ship LNG bunkering of a foreign-flagged vessel took place at the Jacksonville Port Authority (JAXPORT), US, when 1,800 m3 (~450,000 gallons) of LNG were loaded from North America’s first LNG bunker barge, the Clean Jacksonville, to the LNG-powered vehicle carrier, Siem Confucius, at Blount Island Marine Terminal.

Four cruise ships, including JAXPORT’s regular home-ported ship 'Carnival Ecstasy' already in port, will dock at the port and remain there, as the industry announced a voluntary suspension of US cruise operations due to COVID-19 (coronavirus).

The US Federal government recently granted $93 million to JAXPORT, concerning the next phase of its upgrade project. Namely, the investment will focus on the deepening of Jacksonville shipping channel to 47 feet from its existing depth of 40 feet.

On Friday, November 22, officials from Jacksonville Port Authority (JAXPORT), terminal operator SSA Marine and U.S. Department of Transportation Maritime Administrator Rear Adm. Mark Buzby, broke ground on a new $238.7 million international container terminal at JAXPORT’s Blount Island Marine Terminal.

The Jaxport has been awarded by the U.S. Department of Transportation, with a $20 million grant, to reconstruct more than 100 acres of the existing terminal pavement at the SSA Jacksonville Container Terminal. The funding came through the $238 million plan between Jaxport and their close partner SSA Marine.