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The Jacksonville Port Authority (JPA) also known by its brand name, JAXPORT, is the independent government agency in Jacksonville, Florida, United States, that owns and operates much of the seaport system at the Port of Jacksonville.
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.
JAXPORT is the largest port by volume in Florida, and the 14th largest container port in the United States. [3] It carries about 18 million short tons of cargo each year [4] and has an annual economic impact of over $31 billion, including 138,500 jobs across the state of Florida related to cargo moving through the port. [5]
Contract talks covering 45,000 dockworkers on the U.S. East and Gulf Coasts are set to restart on Tuesday in a labor dispute that will help set the pace of automation at ports stretching from ...
The Job Openings and Labor Turnover Survey (JOLTS) also showed that 5.46 million hires were made during the month, up from the 5.37 million made during November. The hiring rate was flat at 3.4% ...
The 754-acre (3.05 km 2) Blount Island Marine Terminal is JAXPORT's largest container facility, handling 80% of all container cargo at the port, [3] but also processes Ro/Ro, heavy lift, breakbulk and liquid bulk cargoes. The terminal has 6,600 linear feet (2,012 m) of deep water berths.