MONDAY April 29, 2019
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Another record-breaking visit
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KAREN BRUNE MATHIS EDITOR
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Duck Donuts landing at Shoppes at Bartram Park
Business founded in Duck, North Carolina, allows customers to customize their treats.
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The ZIM vessel Kota Pekarang visits the JaxPort Blount Island Marine Terminal on Thursday. It’s the largest container ship to visit Jacksonville.
The Kota Pekarang sets a new record for the largest container ship to visit Jacksonville. FROM STAFF
The largest container ship to visit Jacksonville arrived at JaxPort on Thursday, the Jacksonville Port Authority announced. The ZIM vessel Kota Pekarang stopped at JaxPort Blount Island Marine Terminal after passing through the Panama Canal on its journey from Northeast Asia. At 11,923-TEU, the Kota Pekarang broke the port record held for a little more than a month by 11,000-TEU ZIM vessel Cape Sounio, which docked at Blount
Island on March 18. A TEU is a 20-foot container. JaxPort said it anticipates increasingly larger vessels to visit. JaxPort is working on a $484 million harbor deepening project to dredge an 11-mile stretch of the St. Johns River from the Atlantic Ocean to Blount Island to accommodate larger ships. The new depth of 47 feet can accommodate the large postPanamax ships from Asia passing through the recently enlarged Panama Canal. According to marineinsight. com, the largest container ship in world is the 21,413-TEU OOCL Hong Kong. It was delivered in 2017 and serves the trade lane from East Asia to Northern Europe.
At 11,923-TEU, the Kota Pekarang is 8.4 percent larger than the previous record-holder for the biggest container ship to visit Jacksonville.
Duck Donuts, the made-toorder doughnut franchise that allows customers to create their own combination of coatings, toppings and drizzles, is coming to the Shoppes at Bartram Park. The city is reviewing a permit application for a $160,000 project to build-out 1,400 square feet of space for the shop at 13820 Old St. Augustine Road. The duckdonuts.com site lists a shop location at 13862 Old St. Augustine Road, No. 141, on the side anchored by Publix Super Markets Shoppes at Bartram Park is off Interstate 95. Duck Donuts, founded in 2006, is based in Mechanicsburg, Pennsylvania. Russ DiGilio founded the business in Duck, North Carolina, on the Outer Banks. There are 78 open franchise locations in the U.S. and Chile and more than 145 additional contracts in 26 states, according to duckdonuts.com. The three Florida locations are in Boca Raton, Coconut Point SEE MATHIS, PAGE 2
Gerri Boyce retiring from JEA Gerri Boyce, director of media relations for JEA, is retiring after 20 years with the public utility. Boyce will complete her duties at the utility May 10 with an official retirement date set for Aug. 16. JEA Media Relations Manager Gina Kyle will take on Boyce’s duties. Boyce said the utility has not decided if her position will be filled. Boyce has been in media relations with JEA for nearly 14 years. She previously was the agency’s manager of employee communications.
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