Biggest ULCV to date calls Jaxport
Florida (USA)-based Jaxport recently set a new port record with the arrival of the Zim vessel "Cape Sounio", the largest containership so far to call Jacksonville. The 11,000 teu Zim-operated ship is deployed a service offered by the 2M alliance. The 2M alliance is comprised of Maersk, MSC, Hamburg Süd and strategic partners HMM and ZIM.
The vessel, which transited the Panama Canal from Asia before reaching the US east coast, loaded and offloaded cargo at Jaxport’s Blount Island marine terminal.
The ship’s arrival comes two weeks after Jaxport and terminal operator SSA Atlantic reached a long-term agreement on a new USD 240 million international container terminal at Blount Island. The project is scheduled to be complete in 2023, based on continued funding from all partners. (kd)