Jacksonville Port Authority (Jaxport) is gearing up for a year of expansion, with major infrastructure upgrades across its breakbulk, container, and automotive terminals.
“From the addition of new trade lanes to the completion of major growth projects, 2025 is shaping up to be a transformational year for Jaxport,” said Wendy Hamilton, port chair. In terms of breakbulk cargoes, Jaxport said that terminal operator Enstructure will expand its current operations at the Talleyrand terminal once Southeast Toyota relocates to Blount Island. Construction of the auto processing facility is expected to completed this summer.
Improvements at Talleyrand include the addition of a 250,000 sq ft (23,225 sq m) warehouse, which will increase the port’s on-terminal covered capacity to handle non-containerised cargo such as forest products by 20 percent.
Moreover, a USD54 million project to build a new vehicle berth 20 at Blount Island will be completed in 2027. Another initiative under way is to increase the air draught. Jaxport is working with local electric provider JEA on a project to raise the overhead powerlines near Blount Island to an operational clearance of 205 ft (62.6 m). Increasing the air draught will allow more ships to utilise Jacksonville’s 47 ft (14.3 m) deepwater shipping channel and is anticipated to be completed by the end of 2026.
On the container-side of the business, the USD72 million expansion of the SSA Terminal will be completed this spring. The facility features 97 acres (39.3 ha) of newly paved asphalt and can accommodate about 650,000 teu annually, bringing Jaxport’s total teu capacity to nearly 2.5 million teu.
