During the very first 6 months of 2018, Florida’s port of Jacksonville tape-recorded 27 percent development in overall container deliveries over the exact same duration in 2014, relocating 634,460 twenty-foot comparable container devices (TEU), according to the JAXPORT port authity.

JAXPORT’s runsOct 1 withSept 30.

JAXPORT’s Asian container quantities remain to expand, up 16 percent in the very first 6 months of the , with 209,803 TEU relocated.

During the previous 5 years, JAXPORT has actually tape-recorded approximately 21 percent yearly development in Asian container quantities.

The government task to grow the Jacksonville delivery network to 47 feet to suit even more freight aboard the biggest container ships from Asia started building and construction in February 2018.

JAXPORT’s Puerto Rican quantities have actually additionally boosted, expanding 40 percent with 375,633 TEU relocated, up from 267,827 throughout the exact same time in 2014. As the key united state port for profession with Puerto Rico, JAXPORT and also its companions remain to provide help to the homeowners complying with Hurricane Maria’s destruction in September.

Last year, JAXPORT and also personal customers of the harbor relocated greater than 1.3 million TEU, making Jacksonville theNo 1 container port facility in Florida.