Port of Jacksonville

Steve Kapustka, Jaxport's operations manager, presents a maiden voyage plaque to Capt. Alen Knego of the vessel Bahri Abha during its first call.
 
09 May 2013
The Jacksonville Port Authority in Florida has received the first vessel call from Bahri General Crago, formerly known as the National Shipping Company of Saudi Arabia.
 
06 May 2013
Juan Kuryla, the top choice to become the next CEO of the Jacksonville Port Authority, has withdrawn as a candidate, and the port authority has reopened its search to fill the post.
 
22 Apr 2013
Juan Kuryla, deputy port director at Miami, has been chosen the new CEO at the Port of Jacksonville.
 
27 Mar 2013
Hamburg Süd has reinstated La Guaira, Venezuela, as a direct call on its weekly Florida-ABC Islands/Venezuela service, which connects Florida, Aruba, Bonaire, Curaçao and Venezuela.
 
21 Mar 2013
Following the announcement that the CKYH Alliance will call weekly at the Port of Jacksonville, Fla., beginning in mid-Ap
 
20 Mar 2013
Bahri, formerly known as the National Shipping Company of Saudi Arabia, has added Jacksonville, Fla., to its regular liner service schedule.
 
19 Mar 2013
Crowley Maritime will offer a second weekly southbound sailing from Port Everglades, Fla., to Nassau in the Bahamas, starting March 23.
 
15 Mar 2013
Florida’s Jacksonville Port Authority has named Alberto Cabrera as its director and general manager of trade development and marketing.
 
07 Mar 2013
In his annual State of the State address, Florida’s Gov. Rick Scott emphasized the need for strategic infrastructure investments and announced his budget recommendation of $288 million in seaport improvements this year.
 
26 Feb 2013
The Jacksonville Port Authority board of directors has voted unanimously to inform the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers that Jaxport will pursue a harbor deepening project by supplying additional local investment.
 
15 Jan 2013
Florida’s Governor Rick Scott has announced a commitment of $38 million in state and local funding to complete the second stage of the TraPac Container Terminal project at Jacksonville Port Authority.
Jaxport Moves Forward on Intermodal Rail Terminal
 
03 Jan 2013
The Port of Jacksonville recently spent $2.4 million for a 2.4-acre site that will become the home of a $30 million intermodal container rail terminal.