b'4American Journal ofTransportation ajot.comFloridas Atlantic ports gear up for next flood of freight t heP ort ofJ aCksonville sels. The Zim service calls on The Port of Jacksonvilleports in China, South Korea, hadabusyyearin2022asand Jamaica, which were the JAXPORTinkedanumberfirst to use [Zim Newark and of agreements critical to theZimRotterdam]thelarger Ports future. turning basin.Perhaps the biggest newsIn October of 2022, JAX-was the reshuffling of tenantsPORTbecamethefirstport at the Port. Back in Februaryof call for Sea Lead Shipping 2022,TraPacJacksonville,PteLtdandT.S.Lineson which was wholly owned bytheir revised Asia East Coast Mitsui O.S.K. Lines, elected(AEC) container service. The topulloutofthePortandAEC, a partnership between its158-acreterminalwasSingapore-basedSeaLead acquiredbyCeresTermi- andHongKong-basedT.S. nals.Inconjunction,CeresLines,begancallingJAX-inked a 20-year $45 millionPORT in the summer of 2022 lease with JAXPORT. Cereswith Jacksonville as the last also agreed to $15 million inU.S. port of call. The current terminal upgrades as part ofAECrotationcallsportsin the deal. Ceres already oper- the Northeast U.S. and mid-atesJAXPORTintermodalAtlantic before moving south (ICFT) at Dames Point.andendinginJacksonville. In July 2022, JAXPORTs(FLOODcontinued on Board of Directors approvedpage 6) ZIM Integrated Shipping Services calls on SSA Marine, JAXPORT.along-term,$62million agreement with Blount Island terminaloperator,Trailer Bridge. A Jacksonville-based company, Trailer Bridge pro- FUELED FOR THE FUTUREvidestwice-weeklybarge service between Jacksonville and Puerto Rico. FROM JACKSONVILLE TO SANJUANUnder the agreement, which takes effect at the end of 2023, TrailerBridgewillremainat Blount Island through at least 2041. The lease parallels Trailer Bridges lease with the Puerto Rico Ports Authority (PRPA). Trailer Bridge will also expand itsleaseholdatBlountIsland byanadditionaltwoacres, bringingitstotalacreageto approximately 34 acres. In 2021, JAXPORT signed a memorandum of understand-ing(MOU)withthePRPA toaffirmtheongoingwork of both organizations to grow maritime trade between Jack-sonvilleandPuertoRico. JAXPORThandles90%of theseabornetradebetween the United States and Puerto RicoandbesidesTrailer Bridge, Tote Maritime Puerto Rico, and Crowley Maritime provideconnectingservices to Puerto Rico. The overarching event in 2022 for JAXPORT was theTOTE launched completionoftheJackson- the worlds first ville Harbor Deepening Proj- LNG-powered ectwhich deepened 11 milescontainership in 2015, of the shipping channel fromand we are proud to be a first the sea buoy to Blount Islandmover in the maritime industrysto a depth of 47 feet fromclean fuel revolution. its previous depth of 40 feet.From our JAXPORT home on the St. The47-footharborprovidesJohns River to the Caribbean waters of the channel depth needed forPuerto Rico and back, our vessels operate largershipstocallBlountusing the cleanest marine fuel available, Islandaswellasenablingprotecting the diverse marine life and waterways we existing ships of Jacksonvilletraverse. to call more fully laden. The projectalsoincludedanew turning basin enabling larger vesselstoturnaroundat Blount Island berths.DEDICATED. RELIABLE. BUILT TO SERVE. 877.775.7447 TOTEMARITIME.COMIn December 2022, ZIM Integrated Shipping Services, which calls on SSA Marine, upsizeditsshipsgoingto Jacksonvillebyusingtwo larger 11,700-TEU ships and twolarger11,923-TEUves-'