The Jacksonville International Airport (JAX) launched their new “JAX AIRPORT” app

  Jacksonville International Airport (JAX) launched their new “JAX AIRPORT” app, Monday 23 January 2017. The free app, available for both Android and iOS devices, is the hub for all things Jacksonville International Airport. The app provides flight information, interactive maps, airport news and much more. The app also lists shops and restaurants at JAX …

Webb Institute Awards 2016-17 Thomas B. Crowley Sr. Memorial Scholarship

Webb Institute, a four-year college specializing in naval architecture and marine engineering, announced today that Hannah Wistort is the 2016-2017 recipient of Crowley Maritime Corporation’s Thomas B. Crowley Sr. Memorial Scholarship . Webb Institute’s scholarship selection committee chose Wistort, who is in the class of 2017, for her academic excellence and leadership skills. Wistort, who …

JAXPORT’s new 100-gauge cranes are now operational at the Blount Island Marine Terminal.

Courtesy of JAXPORT.com The new container cranes are equipped to service wider, post-Panamax vessels with the ability to reach across 22 containers, a significant increase from the 16 container capabilities of the terminal’s current cranes. Each electric crane works on regenerative power, consuming power during the lifting of containers and creating energy as they lower. …

CSX announces move from Southpoint to Downtown Company plans to move 550 employees

JACKSONVILLE, Fla. - CSX corp. announced that the company is consolidating its operations and seeking to shift at least 550 employees from its Southpoint facilities to a Southside or Downtown site, according to a report in the Daily Record. The location would provide a “safe, comfortable accessible workplace that promotes collaboration in the best, most cost-effective facilities …

Amazon.com confirms second Jacksonville center; two facilities will bring 2,700 jobs

Wednesday, January 4, 11:00 AM EST By Karen Brune Mathis, Managing Editor A few minutes after midnight, Amazon.com Inc. confirmed what had been expected since July: It will open a second fulfillment center in Jacksonville that will add more than 1,000 jobs to the regional economy. Employees at the 1 million-square-foot center in Cecil Commerce …