Jaxport's Paul Anderson frontrunner for Tampa port job

[thelakelander]

Jacksonville Port Authority Chief Executive Officer Paul Anderson will be interviewed Tuesday for the top job at the Port of Tampa, a position for which he is the frontrunner, less than two years after he came to Jacksonville.
During a special meeting Monday, a selection committee for the Tampa port ranked Anderson as its No. 1 choice after interviewing him over the weekend. The port’s board is expected to make a decision at its meeting Tuesday.

The Tampa operation dwarfs Jacksonville, being the largest in the state in both size and the amount shipped through it. This year, it bought 110 acres on which it will expand operations. Unlike Jacksonville, Tampa also has a sizable cruise business, with almost five times Jacksonville’s 174,000 passengers that came through in fiscal year 2011. The channel there is also deeper than the one leading to Jacksonville’s docks.

full article: http://jacksonville.com/news/2012-11-12/story/jaxports-paul-anderson-frontrunner-tampa-port-job

[I-10east]

From the TU comments, it sounds like people could give a crap if he does leave. It seems like he's more concerned with pay than doing anything in Jax. See ya!

That second TU paragraph drives me crazy, that's the typical Jax inferiority complex mentality from the TU; All that needs to be said is that Tampa has the largest port in the state, everything else is just fluff. I get it, the Tampa job is more sought-after, gotcha! No other local media outlets goes to that extreme to demoralize it's city than the Jacksonville media. Why not gloat some more about Tampa? Tampa has easier access to Latin America than Jacksonville, there you go TU...

[tufsu1]

It is interesting how the Tampa Bay papers see things a bit differently

Under Anderson in 2011, the Port of Jacksonville handled 8.1 million tons of cargo, 189,000 cruise ship passengers and took in $51 million in revenue. It handled 520,142 vehicles last year, the nation's second-busiest vehicle port. In 2011 it led the state with 900,433 cargo containers.

The Port of Tampa, by comparison, handled just under 40,000 containers and made $42 million in operation revenue in 2011. But Tampa also handled more total cargo, 13.7 million tons, and nearly 900,000 cruise passengers.

http://www.tampabay.com/news/business/article1261201.ece

[fsujax]

funny. grass greener on the other side.

[thelakelander]

As long as there is Phosphate rock in Florida's Heartland, the Port of Tampa will always be Florida's number one when it comes to measuring cargo in tons.

[Jason]

Great point Lake.  Maybe we should ramp up our lead imports/exports to beef up our numbers a bit... 

[Noone]

Where did Rick Ferrin end up?

[spuwho]

Where did Rick Ferrin end up?

http://jacksonville.com/business/2011-02-07/story/former-jaxport-ceo-rick-ferrin-lands-executive-position-transystems

[thelakelander]

Anderson headed to Tampa.  Is it too late to call Gulftainer?

http://jacksonville.com/news/metro/2012-11-13/story/tampa-selects-jaxport-ceo