In its fiscal year of 2021 (which ended on September 30th), the Jacksonville Port Authority (JAXPORT) in Florida handled more than 1.4 million twenty-foot equivalent units, which is an all-time record for the port and 10% higher from 2020. JAXPORT also noted that the port’s auto business has nearly gotten back to their pre-pandemic levels. JAXPORT moved more than 616,000 vehicles in FY21, which is about 13% higher than 2020’s volumes, reported by Freightwaves.
JAXPORT handles containers, breakbulk, dry and liquid bulk, heavy lift, refrigerated cargo, forest product, liquefied natural gas and U.S. military cargo, according to the port. JAXPORT also offers availability for both berth and terminal capacity to easily accommodate vessels displaced by congestion at other U.S. ports. These record volumes are from the effort the port and Florida Governor Ron DeSantis have made, urging potential customer to consider using JAXPORT’s “congestion-free” facilities.
Early last week the port announced, that they have had no vessels waiting at anchorage to enter the Jacksonville harbor. The Florida seaports of JAXPORT, Port Everglades, Port Tampa Bay and Port Panama City all have the availability to take on more cargo since the $1 billion in investments that were provided in 2019. “Year after year we continue to invest in our seaports, in infrastructure and in workforce education to make sure our supply chain is resilient,” Governor DeSantis said in mid-October.
Many of Florida’s seaports have already been working 24-hours around the clock operations. The federal efforts to further deepen JAXPORT from 40 feet to 47 feet are still ongoing, with the hope the project will finish in June 2022. If you would like to learn more, contact a team member today!
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