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JaxPort agrees to $238.7M international shipping deal
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KAREN BRUNE MATHIS EDITOR
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Distribution center for UPS is ‘Project Danville’
The package delivery company intends to create 87 jobs in South Jacksonville.
The new depth of 47 feet can accommodate the large post-Panamax ships from Asia passing through the recently enlarged Panama Canal. SSA’s minimum annual guaranteed investment over the 25-year span of the deal is $158 million, although JaxPort estimates it will be more lucrative over time. The agreement has two five-year extensions. “This is historic and it’s a great day for
Project Danville is United Parcel Service Inc., according an economic development agreement released today by the city. City Council adopted legislation Jan. 22 for Danville, which was not identified as UPS during the legislative process. UPS proposes to hire 87 employees at an average annual salary of $57,540 by year-end 2022 at 9431 Florida Mining Blvd. E. in South Jacksonville, near The Avenues mall, according to the agreement. The project is described as a $50 million investment that comprises building renovations and the purchase of equipment and other tangible personal property. The $50 million capital investment would comprise $5 million for real estate improvements and $45 million for machinery, equipment, furniture and fixtures. The city and UPS signed the agreement Feb. 15 in which the city agreed to pay up to $52,200 as its part of a $261,000
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Amid a ceremony and backed by Northeast Florida officials, the JaxPort board of directors signed a contract with SSA Marine LLC on Monday that will expand the company’s presence at the port. Seated from left are JaxPort board Secretary Wendy Hamilton; SSA Marine Conventional President Mark Knudsen; JaxPort CEO Eric Green; and JaxPort board Chairman John Falconetti.
Seattle-based SSA Marine plans to expand its presence on Blount Island. BY DAVID CAWTON ASSOCIATE EDITOR
The Jacksonville Port Authority board approved a 25-year, $238.7 million contract Monday with Seattle-based SSA Marine LLC to enlarge its presence at Blount Island. The agreement expands SSA’s 50-acre International Gateway Terminal facility to 80 acres by 2023 so it can increase service for Asian shipping lines. SSA could expand to 120 acres as land
becomes available. According to the deal, SSA will invest about $129 million into the facility, providing JaxPort with $28 million in upfront payments over the first three years of the contract to pay for the exclusive use of three new 100-gauge cranes. JaxPort CEO Eric Green said the money will go toward the ongoing approximately $484 million harbor deepening project to dredge an 11-mile stretch of the St. Johns River from the Atlantic Ocean to Blount Island.
Capener leaving Davis College of Business Jacksonville University Davis College of Business Dean Don Capener has accepted an appointment as associate dean of the Woodbury School of Business at Utah Valley University in Ogden, Utah. Capener’s last day at JU is April 27. Plans are underway to name an interim dean within 30 days, concurrent with a national search to appoint a permanent dean that will be concluded by July 1, 2020, according to JU interim Provost and Senior Vice President of Academic Affairs Christine Sapienza.
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