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The Port of Jacksonville (JAXPORT) is an international trade port on the St. Johns River in Jacksonville, Florida.JAXPORT is the largest port by volume in Florida, and the 14th largest container port in the United States. [3]
The Jacksonville Port Authority replaced the city's Department of Docks and Terminals [2] and was created in 1963 by Florida's Legislature to progress, preserve, and promote the city's port facilities.
North American container ports. This is a list of ports of the United States, ranked by tonnage. [1] Ports in the United States handle a wide variety of goods that are critical to the global economy, including petroleum, grain, steel, automobiles, and containerized goods.
It was completed in six months during 2003 and is a facility at the Port of Jacksonville, administered by the Jacksonville Port Authority. The baggage handling area is 28,000 sq ft (2,600 m 2); and a passenger embarkation section has 15,000 sq ft (1,400 m 2). Vehicle access to the site is via Hecksher Drive and there is paved parking for about ...
The Port of Jacksonville produces $1.38 billion in the local economy and supports 10,000 jobs. [29] The U.S. Navy has two bases in the Jacksonville area: Naval Station Mayport, at the mouth of the river, serves as the second largest Atlantic Fleet operation and home port in the country.
Container port draft depths and air drafts Port Draft depth Air draft Port of Miami: 43 feet (13 m) Unlimited Port Everglades: 43 feet (13 m) Unlimited Port of Palm Beach: 36 feet (11 m) Unlimited Port of Jacksonville: 47 feet (14 m) 175 feet (53 m) Port of Savannah: 47 feet (14 m) 185 feet (56 m) Port of Charleston: 52 feet (16 m) 186 feet (57 m)
Blount Island is an island of approximately 2,000 acres (8.1 km 2) on the St. Johns River in Jacksonville, Florida, nine nautical miles (16.7 km) west of the Atlantic Ocean. One of three public cargo facilities at the Port of Jacksonville is located there, and it is also the site of the United States Marine Corps Blount Island Command. [1]
U.S. Highway 17 (US 17) in Florida is a north–south United States Numbered Highway that runs 317 miles (510 km) from the Punta Gorda, Florida Metropolitan Statistical Area northeast to the Jacksonville metropolitan area.