Discover Jacksonville 2017

TRANSPORTATION
terminals handle every type of general
and project cargo.
JAXPORT also operates Jacksonville’s
passenger cruise terminal, which is home
to Carnival Cruise Line. JAXPORT Cruise
Terminal offers year-round service from
Jacksonville to the Bahamas.
With the work of about 20 privately
owned marine terminals and JAXPORT
facilities at Blount Island, Talleyrand
and Dames Point, the company moved
8.2 million tons of cargo in 2015. A year
later, JAXPORT began operating its
new Intermodal Container Transfer
Facility, installing new container cranes,
modernizing docks and entering the
construction phase of a project to deepen
the Jacksonville shipping channel to 47
feet.
TOTE Maritime (877-775-7447 or
904-855-1260; totemaritime.com),
formerly known as Sea Star Line LLC,
is headquartered in Jacksonville and
operates terminals in Florida, Puerto
Rico and the U.S. Virgin Islands.
In January 2016, TOTE Maritime
launched Isla Bell, the world’s first
container ship powered by liquefied
natural gas. More than 40 LNG-ready
or LNG-fueled container ships have
been ordered or are under construction
worldwide, according to the company’s
website.
Horizon Terminal Services (904-
479-3194; horizonterminals.com) began
operating on Blount Island in late 2016. It
sits on nearly 30 acres and its president,
Per Folkesson, said he expects the
company to move 80,000 cars under
existing contracts in 2017. Among other
services, the company offers vehicle
processing, equipment processing and
storage, according to its website.
Trailer Bridge Inc. (800-554-1589
or 904-751-7100, trailerbridge.com),
headquartered in Jacksonville, provides
weekly sailings between Jacksonville
and San Juan, Puerto Rico, along with
trips from Jacksonville to the Dominican
Republic. It also offers weekly interisland
service between Puerto Rico
and the Dominican Republic. “Our
customers depend on Trailer Bridge
to deliver many of the products that
sustain and drive the Puerto Rico and
Dominican Republic economies — from
foodstuffs and furniture, to appliances
and automobiles, and everything in
between,” according to its website.
The Port of Fernandina (904-261-0753;
portoffernandina.org) “provides terminal
service to numerous pulp and paper
producers located throughout Florida and
the Southeast, and provides steel export
services to several steel companies with
mills in the Southeast,” according to the
Florida Ports Council website.
The Clay County Port (Reynolds
Park; 904-284-3676; reynoldspark.com)
is a 1,700-acre complex located on the
St. Johns River in Green Cove Springs.
With a close proximity to the interstate,
service from the CSX railroad company,
1.1 miles of bulkhead and 13 piers, the
complex works by lan d, air, sea and rail.
A cargo connection
Jacksonville-based Landstar (904-
398-9400, landstar.com) is a global
transportation system with more
than 1,100 agents, 9,000 leased owner
operators, 14,000 trailers and 44,000
approved capacity providers.
Other haulers based in Jacksonville
are Patriot Transportation Holding
Inc. (877-704-1776, patriottrans.com)
and its subsidiary, Florida Rock & Tank
Lines Inc. (floridarockandtanklines.
com), which serves the southeastern
United States as a premier bulk carrier.
In 2015, Patriot Transportation Holding
Inc. became a separately traded
public company trading under the
ticker symbol “PATI” on the NASDAQ
exchange. Florida Rock & Tank Lines Inc.
specializes in hauling freight consisting
mainly of petroleum and other liquid
and dry bulk commodities.
Suddath Transportation (888-
799-5033, suddath.com) does office
relocation, and it makes 35,000 domestic
and 17,000 international corporate
and consumer moves each year. It also
transports products as a third-party
logistics partner.
Travel by bus
Greyhound Lines has a 24-
hour main bus terminal located in
downtown Jacksonville, along with
branches throughout the Jacksonville
area. Greyhound offers assistance for
customers with disabilities (800-752-
4841 or 904-356-9976), free Wi-Fi and
individual power outlets at nearly every
seat.
Megabus (us.megabus.com) has
routes from Jacksonville to Orlando and
Atlanta, Ga. The stop for all arrivals and
departures in Jacksonville is located at
the Jacksonville Skyway Convention
Center Station. The station is located
at 1100 West Forsyth St. The stop is at
the last loading bay which is closest
to Johnson Street. Megabus customer
parking is located in the lot across the
Street on West Forsyth in spaces 438 to
447.
Rental services
The Jacksonville area has various taxi,
limo, shuttle and rental services. Taxi
fares are about $2 to start and another
$1.85 for each mile. Please keep in mind
rates differ between taxi companies.
Fares from Jacksonville International
Airport (JIA) are about $35 to downtown
Jacksonville; $50 to the Beaches or
Amelia Island; and $105 to St. Augustine.
Shuttle fares from JIA to downtown are
about $24 one way, and private black cars
cost about $45. The popular ride service
Uber, available as a phone app, is also
used in Jacksonville.
A unique way to travel within
downtown Jacksonville is hopping
aboard one of four St. Johns River
Taxis (904-860-8294, jaxrivertaxi.
com) that cross the St. Johns River from
The Jacksonville Landing, Friendship
Fountain, the Doubletree by Hilton hotel,
the Lexington Hotel and Conference
Center, and the Metropolitan Park
Marina. The marina is only a designated
water taxi stop when events are taking
place at EverBank Field.
The company now offers a sunset
cruise on Thursdays, Fridays, Saturdays
and Sundays. The one-hour trip leaves
from Friendship Park at 6:30 p.m. and
includes live music.
A historic ride
The St. Johns River Ferry (904-
241-9969, stjohnsriverferry.com) is for
vehicles and passengers and its history
dates back to 1874. The St. Johns River
Ferry Commission was created to keep
the ferry in service, and it still runs every
day between Mayport Village and Fort
George Island. The service’s main vessel,
which was named after French explorer
Jean Ribault and launched in 1996, can
hold 40 cars.
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