The magenta-colored vessel is the length of four football fields and can carry 14,000 containers.
Ships the size of One Stork need that depth of water to come into a port like Jacksonville when they’re loaded with cargo.
“The Economist showed that there’d be about 15,000 jobs in Northeast Florida that would be either retained or grown as a result of the deepening project because it was going to allow these larger ships that come in, carry more cargo, generate more business. And that’s what we’re seeing now,” said Robert Peek, Chief Commercial Officer of JaxPort.“The next really big project for us is to raise the or have the overhead power lines near Blount Island raised.
One Stork, which currently sails under the flag of Japan, carries goods between the east coast and Asia.One Stork entered the mouth of the St. Johns River around 8 a.m. Tuesday. The public can see the ship transiting toward the port’s Blount Island Marine Terminal from a number ofand can safely take a photo are encouraged to share it on social media using the hashtag #FoundONE.
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