The 1,400 TEU container ship MSC Reet II is the first vessel in MSC’s Florida Gulf Feeder service that made its inaugural call to the Jacksonville Port Authority on 26 April.
The Florida Gulf Feeder service calls the SSA Jacksonville Container Terminal (JCT) at JAXPORT’s Blount Island Marine Terminal bi-weekly with JAXPORT partner SSA Atlantic providing stevedoring services at Blount Island.
The service connects Jacksonville to major transshipment hubs in the Dominican Republic and The Bahamas. The port rotation is Freeport, Bahamas – Rio Haina, Dominican Republic – Caucedo, Dominican Republic – Fort Lauderdale, US – Jacksonville, US
“We are thrilled that MSC, one of the world’s largest ocean carriers, continues to grow its capacity through Jacksonville,” said JAXPORT director of ocean carrier development, Joyssy Woody, who added, “The Florida Gulf Feeder service provides cargo customers a new option to take advantage of Jacksonville’s efficiencies, including our uncongested berths, and helps meet the growing demand for container capacity into the Southeast US”
Florida Gulf Feeder is MSC’s fourth service at JAXPORT, complementing the company’s existing connections between Jacksonville and Freeport through its Canada Gulf Bridge and Bahamas Express services. The Swiss/Italian box carrier also connects Jacksonville to four ports in Asia through the 2M Alliance’s network.
