Cargo Business Newswire

Thursday, February 26, 2015

Crowley Maritime moves regional operations to JaxPort

The Crowley Maritime Corporation is relocating all of its regional operations to the Port of Jacksonville.

Under the new lease, Crowley will relocate its Puerto Rican service from its private terminal to JaxPort’s Tallyrand Terminal. Crowley will use the port’s electric container cranes to load and unload new, LNG-powered ships.

The company’s workers will be retrained for operations at JaxPort, according to CEO Thomas Crowley.

"The mode of the operations will change as we convert from the barges to the ships, but our labor force is very versatile," he said. "It will require some effort on our part, but we don’t see any dramatic impact to the workforce."

Crowley will also have 50 acres of leased space at the Tallyrand Terminal. The 20-year lease will go into effect Jan. 1, 2017.

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