Jacksonville continues to look south.
The Port of Jacksonville is the most northerly port in Florida, and it has a very clear focus, as the “global gateway to Florida, the nation’s third largest state,” and, as a result, access to 28 million inhabitants.
This is an indication that Jacksonville Port Authority (Jaxport) is primarily looking south rather than north for its primary market. This limits competitive overlap with other South Atlantic ports.
Specific activities at Jacksonville include two new container cranes for its Blount Island Marine Terminal, after receiving US$30 million in state funds, as part of master planning improvements that will expand capacity at this facility by 250,000TEU to one million TEU per annum by 2025.
Also, the port authority is raising power lines to be able to offer an operational air draught of 205ft, up from the existing 175ft clearance, while three new ship-to-shore cranes arrived at the SSA Jacksonville Container Terminal during Summer 2023.
Another important development involves a major port automotive customer, Southeast Toyota Distributors, which is investing over US$100 million to develop a new facility at Blount Island when it moves out of its current Talleyrand terminal in 2025. This will help support the port’s key role in vehicle handling and distribution in its core markets in Florida.
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