THE Port of Jacksonville, or Jaxport, recorded a 10 per cent year-on-year increase in container throughput to 1.4 million TEU in FY2021 after posting a five per cent increase from 2019, a record year for the port.
Throughout the Covid crisis jaxport had no vessels waiting at anchorage to enter the Jacksonville harbour, offering berths to vessels diverted from other congested ports, said officials.
Earlier this month, Germany's Hapag-Lloyd announced the company is temporarily routing a European container service to Jacksonville to 'adapt to market needs', reported Hellenic Shipping News Worldwide.
Strong consumer demand bolstered the port's auto business to near pre-pandemic levels. More than 616,000 vehicles moved through Jaxport during the year, a 13 per cent increase over 2020 volumes. An industry-wide shortage of vehicle parts, most notably microchips, tempered auto volume growth during the second half of the year.
'Achieving a container record and strong vehicle volumes while maintaining our efficiencies - all in the middle of a pandemic - speaks to the resiliency and capability of Jacksonville's maritime community,' said Jaxport CEO Eric Green.
'Our port workers, terminal operators and service providers have shown the world that Jaxport is a solution to the nation's port congestion problem.'
Jaxport's single biggest growth initiative, the federal project to deepen the Jacksonville shipping channel to 47 feet from its current depth of 40 feet, will be completed through Blount Island in June 2022.
More than US$200 million in berth enhancements are underway to enable Blount Island to simultaneously accommodate two postpanamax vessels and handle more containers.
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Throughout the Covid crisis jaxport had no vessels waiting at anchorage to enter the Jacksonville harbour, offering berths to vessels diverted from other congested ports, said officials.
Earlier this month, Germany's Hapag-Lloyd announced the company is temporarily routing a European container service to Jacksonville to 'adapt to market needs', reported Hellenic Shipping News Worldwide.
Strong consumer demand bolstered the port's auto business to near pre-pandemic levels. More than 616,000 vehicles moved through Jaxport during the year, a 13 per cent increase over 2020 volumes. An industry-wide shortage of vehicle parts, most notably microchips, tempered auto volume growth during the second half of the year.
'Achieving a container record and strong vehicle volumes while maintaining our efficiencies - all in the middle of a pandemic - speaks to the resiliency and capability of Jacksonville's maritime community,' said Jaxport CEO Eric Green.
'Our port workers, terminal operators and service providers have shown the world that Jaxport is a solution to the nation's port congestion problem.'
Jaxport's single biggest growth initiative, the federal project to deepen the Jacksonville shipping channel to 47 feet from its current depth of 40 feet, will be completed through Blount Island in June 2022.
More than US$200 million in berth enhancements are underway to enable Blount Island to simultaneously accommodate two postpanamax vessels and handle more containers.
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