ImageImage

Record-tying cargo ship joins Jacksonville rotation

Published on December 15, 2022 at 1:21 pm

A container ship tying the record for the largest to visit Jacksonville arrived at JAXPORT this week, the Jacksonville Port Authority announced.

The ZIM USA has a cargo capacity of 11,923 TEU and is one of four new ships replacing smaller vessels in ZIM’s weekly container service, according to a JAXPORT news release.

Jacksonville Today thanks our sponsors. Become one.

The recently completed 47-foot harbor deepening project provides the water draft needed for these larger vessels to call on the port regularly, the release said.

Read the rest of this story at the Jacksonville Daily Record, a Jacksonville Today news partner.


Please enable JavaScript in your browser to complete this form.