b'26American Journal ofTransportation ajot.com(HANDLEcontinued from page 24) crane contingent to 11 units, plus installed a new con-Officials tout Port Canaveral as the largest fuel terminaltainer crane at Talleyrand Marine Terminal.operator in Florida. JAXPORTcontinuestoaugmentautoberth facilities at Blount Island, where Southeast Toyota jAxpOrt Distributors has opened a 380,000-square-foot vehi-Northeast Floridas Jacksonville Port Authoritycle-processingfacility. AndEnstructureisexpand-is furthering its position as the Sunshine States bus- ing to the Talleyrand footprint vacated by Southeast iest containerport with infrastructure enhancementsToyota, growing its breakbulk business while adding and numerous global service additions. vehicle processing and logistics.Insummer2025,SSAMarinecompleted$72 million modernization of JAXPORTs Blount Islandp Ort OFF ernAndinAMarine Terminal, reconstructing and paving 97 acres toOn Amelia Island, in the Sunshine States far accommodate taller container stacks and installing annortheastcorner,neartheFlorida-Georgialine, upgraded truck gate system. An underway project aimsthePortofFernandinahandlesawiderangeof to raise overhead power lines, to increase the terminalsforestproducts,includingwoodpulp,lumber, air draft by yearend to 205 feet from 175 feet. Also,medium-densityfiberboard,plywoodandkraft JAXPORT has added two 50-gauge container craneslinerboard,aswellascontainerizedgoods,while at Blount Island, bringing that terminals ship-to-shoreofficials promote capacity and expertise to manage In Northeast Florida, the Port of Fernandina handles an array of forest products and other breakbulk, containerized and project cargos.any breakbulk or project cargo with a dedicated non-union workforce.TheFernandinaBeachinstallation,knownas Nassau Marine Terminal, is operated by Relay Ter-minals, which also operates Carolina Marine Termi-nal in Wilmington, North Carolina. Relay Terminals was created in April 2025 as a rebranded entity by its joint venture partnersinfrastructure investment firmRidgewoodInfrastructureLLCandglobal supply chain leader Savage Companiessucceed-ing Transportation Infrastructure Partners LLC.RelayTerminalstoutsarail-servedfacility with congestion-free truck access, providing seam-less connections across the Florida Panhandle and throughout the U.S. East Coast, with comprehensive With mid-2025 completion of a $72 million modernization by SSA Marine, JAXPORTs Blount Island Marine Terminal has bolsteredwarehousing, flexible storage options and space for container-handling capabilities. future growth.'