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12/20/2023
SSA Marine has reached the halfway point in a $72 million project to expand and modernize its SSA Jacksonville Container Terminal at the Port of Jacksonville (Jaxport), Florida.
Located at Jaxport’s Blount Island Marine Terminal, the SSA project is being developed through a public-private partnership between the port and SSA Marine.
Construction began in 2022 and SSA recently completed four of the project’s eight phases, including the installation of upgraded terminal lighting and a redesigned terminal gate system, and paving nearly 40 acres with heavy-duty asphalt. Six new outbound truck lanes are under construction and scheduled to open in February 2024, with improvements to the terminal’s six inbound lanes scheduled for completion in late 2024.
In 2025, the facility will be able to accommodate nearly 500,000 20-foot equivalents units (TEUs) annually, a 150% increase over the terminal's current throughput. The increased capacity will bring Jaxport’s total container-handling capabilities across all terminals to more than 2 million TEUs annually, about double the current throughput.
The Jacksonville port is served by CSX, Norfolk Southern Railway and Florida East Coast Railway.