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From designing cargo terminals and adopting innovative technology, to purchasing new equipment and reviewing operations, JAXPORT is committed to environmental protection and stewardship. JAXPORT is leading several efforts to preserve the region’s natural environment such as championing the use of cleaner, alternative fuels, reducing engine emissions from port equipment and recycling oil used in cranes.

jaxport's environmental initiatives

world leader in liquefied natural gas

Jacksonville, Florida has become the world leader in cleaner, greener liquefied natural gas as a marine fuel. Four LNG-powered ships are homeported at JAXPORT, and three LNG liquefaction and storage facilities are located in Jacksonville. A fourth facility is currently slated for construction.

LNG IN THE NEWS

Study: JAXPORT and other Florida ports innovate with use of alternative fuels

A report released by the Florida Ports Council shows Florida’s seaports and industry partners are investing in innovations to be more efficient and effective, including the implementation of environmentally friendly, less costly, domestically-produced liquefied natural gas (LNG) as an alternative fuel.

JAXPORT makes clean fuel history by hosting the first LNG bunkering of a foreign-flagged vessel in the US

Key milestone achieved by Furetank, Eagle LNG and GAC during the refuelling of FURE VEN at Jacksonville Port Authority (JAXPORT)

First of its kind LNG-powered vehicle carrier calls JAXPORT

Jacksonville Port Authority (JAXPORT) welcomed Siem Confucius, the world’s first vehicle carrier of its size operated by cleaner, greener liquefied natural gas (LNG).

First small-scale waterside LNG facility opens in Jacksonville

The state-of-the-art facility, located within minutes of the port’s Dames Point and Blount Island Marine Terminals, produces LNG, a clean, environmentally-friendly fuel source for the maritime industry.

Crowley offers efficient logistics solutions from JAXPORT to the Caribbean—and beyond

Speed to market, a streamlined supply chain and end-to-end transportation and logistics solutions are all revolutionizing the way Crowley Maritime Corp. serves its customers through JAXPORT.

TOTE launches second LNG-powered containership bound for JAXPORT

On Aug. 29, 2015, TOTE and NASSCO launched Perla del Caribe, the second of two Marlin Class ships built at the NASSCO shipyard in San Diego. These first containerships in the world to be powered by natural gas will be homeported at JAXPORT.

electrified berths

JAXPORT has invested in electric container cranes that work on regenerative power, consuming power during the lifting of containers and creating energy as they lower. Dock infrastructure at our largest container terminal will accommodate additional electric cranes planned for the future.

quick turn times

Fast turn times at terminal gates reduce truck idling and consequent emissions.

energy efficient lighting

JAXPORT invested in energy-saving LED lighting on terminals, improving energy efficiency by as much as 67 percent.

COASTAL RESOURCE MANAGEMENT

JAXPORT helps fund the Physical Oceanographic Real-Time System (PORTS) in Jacksonville, which collects and presents data from 14 stations located along the St. Johns River and its tributaries in Northeast Florida. The system monitors salinity and other river conditions, and provides critical information that can be used for projecting storm surge.

protecting right whales

JAXPORT has helped to raise awareness of the endangered North Atlantic right whale and supports the Annual Right Whale Festival in Northeast Florida. The right whale is also prominently featured in a one-of-a-kind mural at JAXPORT’s Cruise Terminal.

jaxport continues to invest in the environment by:

Sponsoring Mayport Elementary School’s Coastal Sciences Academy. Students learn about the St. Johns River and its wildlife and raise fish in the JAXPORT-sponsored Aquaculture ‘Labitat’.
Supporting the North Florida Transportation Planning Organization’s Clean Fuel Coalition, which promotes the use of environmentally friendly alternative fuels that reduce dependence on foreign oil.
Partnering with Greenscape of Jacksonville to improve the tree canopy of Jacksonville through a series of landscape projects in the city.
Supporting Tree Hill Nature Center, a 50-acre nonprofit nature preserve in Jacksonville, in their work to teach local students about the ecology of the St. Johns River.

resiliency

JAXPORT’s berths are built above mean high water and have sufficient height above sea level to account for future resiliency.

As we continue to develop new projects and facilities, we place infrastructure components, including buildings and power supplies, at elevations that account for future sea level rise.