SSA Jacksonville Container Terminal

A $72 million project to expand and modernize the SSA Jacksonville Container Terminal at JAXPORT’s Blount Island terminal is more than halfway complete.

The phased construction project began in 2022, with SSA Marine recently completing four of the project’s eight phases, including installing upgraded terminal lighting and a redesigned terminal gate system, as well as paving nearly 40 acres with heavy-duty asphalt. Six new outbound truck lanes are open, with improvements to the terminal’s six inbound lanes scheduled for completion in late 2024.

Upon completion in 2025, the facility will feature 97 acres of newly paved asphalt to accommodate taller stacks of loaded containers, with the capability to further expand the terminal to 120 acres as needed. Once complete, the facility will be able to accommodate more than 600,000 TEUs annually, a 150% increase over its current throughput.

The project is funded by SSA Marine and a $20 million grant from the U.S. Department of Transportation’s Maritime Administration (MARAD).

The SSA Jacksonville Container Terminal features a 47-foot deepwater shipping channel and six 100-foot gauge electric container cranes, including three new 100-foot gauge electric cranes, which arrived in summer 2023.

Adjacent to the terminal, the design is underway to raise overhead powerlines to increase the operational height of the terminal to 205 feet, with completion in 2027.