Culled from the Jacksonville and the Charlotte NC Business Journal the following articles which give our readers an idea of things to come. With the second new Oriental Terminal moving into construction, it seems the sky is the limit. Even in these bad economic times, Jacksonville seems to have at least one guiding light. JaxPort.
Monday, April 6, 2009, 1:48pm EDT
Fascination embarks record number of passengers from Jacksonville
Jacksonville Business Journal
Fascination embarks record number of passengers from Jacksonville
Jacksonville Business Journal
The Jacksonville Port Authority’s cruise terminal set a record last week when 2,623 passengers embarked on Carnival Cruise Lines’ Fascination cruise to Half Moon Cay and Nassau, Bahamas.
The previous record for a single cruise was 2,539 passengers, set earlier this year. The record-breaking cruise comes after the authority pulled back on its plans to build a $60 million terminal in Mayport Village to focus on its cargo business and see how the cruise industry weathers the recession.
Port of Jacksonville traffic edges up
Jacksonville Business Journal
The amount of traffic through the Port of Jacksonville in fiscal year 2008 increased by 1 percent to nearly 8.4 million tons, compared to 2007, according to its recently released annual report.
The port remains the nation’s second busiest vehicle handling port and 12th busiest container port.
The authority’s operating revenue increased by 6.2 percent to $42.4 million.
Its operating expenses increased by $5 million to $30 million, while its operating income fell from $14.5 million to $12 million.
Roll-on-roll-off traffic — mainly cars, trucks and heavy equipment — increased by 7 percent to its record level of about 567,000 units.
Bulk cargo, which includes crushed limestone and other aggregates, increased by nearly 10 percent to about $2.5 million tons.
Breakbulk cargo, which includes lumber, paper and steel, fell about 18 percent to 950,000 tons.
Container traffic remained steady at about 3.6 million tons.
The previous record for a single cruise was 2,539 passengers, set earlier this year. The record-breaking cruise comes after the authority pulled back on its plans to build a $60 million terminal in Mayport Village to focus on its cargo business and see how the cruise industry weathers the recession.
Port of Jacksonville traffic edges up
Jacksonville Business Journal
The amount of traffic through the Port of Jacksonville in fiscal year 2008 increased by 1 percent to nearly 8.4 million tons, compared to 2007, according to its recently released annual report.
The port remains the nation’s second busiest vehicle handling port and 12th busiest container port.
The authority’s operating revenue increased by 6.2 percent to $42.4 million.
Its operating expenses increased by $5 million to $30 million, while its operating income fell from $14.5 million to $12 million.
Roll-on-roll-off traffic — mainly cars, trucks and heavy equipment — increased by 7 percent to its record level of about 567,000 units.
Bulk cargo, which includes crushed limestone and other aggregates, increased by nearly 10 percent to about $2.5 million tons.
Breakbulk cargo, which includes lumber, paper and steel, fell about 18 percent to 950,000 tons.
Container traffic remained steady at about 3.6 million tons.
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