Could this be a nail in the coffin for our funding and growth prospects at JaxPort? No comment from Paul Anderson yet.....
http://www.bizjournals.com/jacksonville/news/2012/04/11/savannah-harbor-project-gets-green-light.html?ana=e_du_pub&s=article_du&ed=2012-04-12 (http://www.bizjournals.com/jacksonville/news/2012/04/11/savannah-harbor-project-gets-green-light.html?ana=e_du_pub&s=article_du&ed=2012-04-12)
Can't see this as good news for our port, regardless of how it plays out.
Not unexpected. Hopefully, JAXPORT has a plan B because we're going to lose this East Coast panamax ship race.
Will the clearance underneath their bridge present any problems even if they deepen the river? It seems the current cargo ships that pass underneath are squeaking by.
Quote from: JaxNative68 on April 12, 2012, 04:53:42 PM
Will the clearance underneath their bridge present any problems even if they deepen the river? It seems the current cargo ships that pass underneath are squeaking by.
In the Corps report released today (and in reports issued in the last few years) all conclude there will be no clearance issues with the bridge.
NYC actually has the biggest bridge problem among the East Coast ports clammoring for position in the post-Panamax race.
Jaxport has a viable plan B, but it hasn't been politically expedient for them to advertise that fact while they were beating the Post-Panamax drum in pursuit of state and federal funding. We were never going to "win" the USEC race, there are too many natural, timing, and political advantages held by ports like Miami, Savannah, and Norfolk/Hampton Roads. Realistically, we were always 'in the race' for the funding dollars.
Not that that was necessarily a bad plan.