It’s huge. it is magenta — and it is the biggest containership ever to name JAXPORT
At 364 meters lengthy and with a 14,000 TEU capability, the ONE Stork yesterday set a port document by changing into the biggest containership ever to name the Port of Jacksonville, Fla. (JAXPORT).
Operated by Ocean Network Express (ONE) inside THE Alliance community of ocean carriers, the 2015-built, Japanese-flagged ONE Stork is the primary of 9 bigger vessels that may name JAXPORT weekly by means of the EC5 container service operated by THE Alliance. Effective May 2023, THE Alliance has upsized the vessels used within the service, changing smaller ships with six bigger 14,000-TEU and three bigger 13,000-TEU vessels. The upgraded vessel sizes common a 60% enhance in container carrying capability over the earlier ships within the service.
Previously, the biggest ships to name JAXPORT, which not too long ago accomplished a 47-foot deepening challenge, had a capability of 11,923 TEU.
“We are pleased to grow as ONE and strengthen our valued partnership with JAXPORT as we expand our fleet and broaden our service reach,” stated ONE director East Coast and Gulf Port operations Louis Ferrer. “The operational capabilities of Jacksonville’s harbor to accommodate vessels of this size make JAXPORT a great fit for us. We are pleased that our customers will continue to benefit from direct service and efficient transit times between Asia and the Southeast U.S. offered through the EC5.”
As a part of the upsizing, the EC5 service now calls the SSA Jacksonville Container Terminal (JCT) at Blount Island to make the most of the terminal’s newly-deepened 47-foot harbor, which supplies the water draft wanted to accommodate the bigger vessels. SSA Jacksonville Container Terminal is operated by SSA Marine, one of many largest terminal operators within the Americas and is Jacksonville’s largest worldwide container terminal by quantity working on 100 acres at JAXPORT’s Blount Island Marine Terminal.
“SSA’s efficiencies continue to grow as we are making significant progress on the modernization of the SSA JCT on Blount Island,” stated Lauren Offenbecher, president of SSA Conventional. “We will welcome three new 100-gauge container cranes later this summer. We look forward to welcoming more services to this growing gateway as we continue to invest.”
“Today’s arrival of the ONE Stork represents yet another milestone for our port and community,” stated JAXPORT CEO Eric Green. “Harbor deepening and the other investments that have been made in our port provide the capability for these larger vessels to call Jacksonville, supporting jobs and economic impact throughout our region and state. We are grateful for the partnership we have with our THE Alliance partners and look forward to their continued growth and success in Jacksonville.”
