Cargo Handling
With the latest in hi-tech equipment, access to an extensive rail and road network and a commitment to developing new business opportunities and enhancing existing port business, JAXPORT makes it easy to import and export your cargo.
JAXPORT's three cargo terminals can handle every type of general and project cargo. From bulk to containers to vehicles to breakbulk, JAXPORT handled 8,128,013 tons in Fiscal Year 2011. This tonnage included a record number of containers – 900,433 TEUs – as well as 520,142 vehicles. Jacksonville now ranks among the top container ports in the United States and is one of the country's busiest vehicle handling ports.
JAXPORT’s maritime partners can handle the following types of cargo:
Containers
Representing about 60 percent of all cargo tonnage handled at JAXPORT, dry and refrigerated containers ranging in length from 20 feet to 53 feet carry a variety of consumer goods. Longshoremen move these boxes via crane from ship to truck and back, and Jacksonville’s experienced port labor force regularly exceeds 40 moves-per-hour, with truck turn times as low as 14 minutes.
Roll On-Roll Off (ro/ro)
Ro/Ro cargo, including vehicles, construction equipment and recreational boats, is driven onto and off of vessels.
Breakbulk
Raw materials such as lumber, rolls of paper, woodpulp, pallets of boxed chicken and steel are considered breakbulk cargoes.
Liquid bulk
Cooking oil, corn syrup, molasses and other bulk liquids are also handled at JAXPORT terminals.
Dry bulk
Dry bulk materials such as limestone and gravel are carried in a ship’s hold and poured into piles on port property at Dames Point.
Project cargo (heavy lift)
Specialty cargoes like locomotive engines, air conditioning chillers for skyscrapers, massive rolls of power cable and other “heavy lift” items can be handled at JAXPORT terminals as well.
