LATE NEXT YEAR A NEW OCEAN PORT…MITSUI O.S.K. TO OPEN HERE. MITSUI PUTTING UP 200 MILLION OF THE 250 MILLION DOLLAR COST.WILL CREATE 6,000 JOBS.
ALSO THE PORT TOYOTA USES TO OFF LOAD 200,000 CARS A YEAR IS BEING UPGRADED…
WHEN THE PANAMA CANAL DOUBLES IN SIZE JACKSONVILLE WILL BE READY AND CSX AND FEC WILL BE WINNERS…
Friends of mine are developing an area near the Mitsui project for hauling containers to and from the new port. What they are projecting will impact the rails and trucks by very large amounts.
Did the USN base in Jacksonville get shut down in a base closure, or is this just an addition to the area? I had heard Ciecil Field was going away, but haven’t kept tabs on all the closures…
Cecil Field was closed as a Navy base several years ago. A recent effort to return it to an active navy base was voted down overwhelmingly by the local voters. Mayport where the ships dock and N.A.S. Jax are still operational. Word has it that they will be expanding N.A.S. Jax.