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As of 2022, cruises from Jacksonville visit the Bahamas and Eastern Caribbean sailed aboard the Carnival Elation. [8] During the COVID-19 pandemic all cruises were suspended. The first post-pandemic cruise was the American Queen Voyages ship, Ocean Voyager which departed February 21, 2022 for a 12-day cruise to destinations along the Atlantic ...
Port activity is estimated to have an annual impact of over $19 billion, including 65,000 jobs. [14] The Port of Jacksonville also serves as a hub for passenger ships. The JAXPORT Cruise Terminal is a 63,000 sq ft (5,900 m 2) cruise ship terminal located at the northwest corner of the Dames Point Marine Terminal, beside the Dames Point Bridge.
The Jacksonville Port Authority had plans to relocate the cruise terminal. In 2008, an 8-acre (32,000 m 2) parcel was purchased in the small fishing village of Mayport as the site of a permanent, $60 million facility. The economic crisis delayed the project, and opposition from local residents was vehement; a lawsuit seeking an injunction was ...
Americans' cruise vacations to see slower growth in 2025, industry group forecasts. Passenger volume this year is projected to grow 4.5% from 2024, when 18.2 million Americans went on ocean ...
Passengers disembark from the Carnival Sunshine cruise ship Monday, March 16, 2020, in Charleston, S.C.
Jacksonville’s port is one of the largest commercial cargo ports on the Atlantic Coast. [6] JAXPORT controls docks and wharfs, cranes, a passenger cruise terminal, warehouses, paved open storage areas, and road connections to the public highway system. JPA maintains these facilities and manages their overall use.
LaVilla station was one of the three original Jacksonville Skyway stops that opened with the initial 0.7-mile (1.1 km) Phase I-A segment in June 1989. It was originally called "Terminal Station" in reference to the Jacksonville Terminal, a former train station that was converted into the Prime F. Osborn III Convention Center in 1986 and renamed "Convention Center" in reference to the Prime F ...
Maintained by the Jacksonville Port Authority, the cruise ship terminal is located near the Dames Point Bridge, on the northern banks of the St. Johns River. [19] Celebrity Cruises began regular service from Jacksonville on October 27, 2003, discontinuing service in 2005. [20]