City of Jacksonville will put up $10 million to help raise power lines across river. But JaxPort's best year for Asian cargo on such ships was 2019.
JaxPort CEO Eric Green said the port authority talks daily with major shipping lines about bringing more cargo through Jacksonville. He said it's a methodical process of building up that business over time.
"I think the best way to look at the investments that JaxPort is making is if you don't make those investments, one thing for sure is the international cargo that you have will go elsewhere, simply because you're not making the investments as they transition into having bigger ships," he said.
But in the recently completed 2022 fiscal year, the total number dropped to just under 1.3 million cargo containers. JaxPort expects the number will rebound to roughly 1.4 million containers in the current fiscal year that goes through the end of September. “We are thrilled that the recent investment in the harbor deepening project has so quickly created opportunities for larger vessels to serve the port, Florida, and the nation," state Department of Transportation Secretary Jared W. Perdue said when JaxPort made the announcement.
SeaLead Shipping started service in 2021 at Blount Island for shipments between Jacksonville and ports in China and South Korea.
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