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来源：Offshore Energy 2025-02-14

翻译：国际海事信息网 檀智 张运鸿

 

        佛罗里达州最大集装箱港口——杰克逊维尔港务局（Jaxport）的承包商近日完成了一项耗资数百万美元、历时一年的建设项目，成功扩建了布劳特岛海运码头的22号汽车泊位。

 

        据Jaxport介绍，22号泊位是6,000万美元升级计划中的首个项目，旨在提升运营效率，使其能够停靠比以往更大型的汽车运输船。据了解，该项目75%的资金由佛罗里达州交通部承担，Jaxport则提供了剩余的25%资金。

 

        港口方面表示，随着工程完工，22号泊位现已可容纳总长约228.6米（750英尺）的船舶。

 

        目前，布劳特岛第二个泊位的施工已启动，预计工期约24个月，计划于2027年初竣工。

 

        Jaxport首席执行官埃里克·格林强调：“在货量持续增长的背景下，保持码头设施畅通是我们短期和长期规划的重要组成部分。这些升级使我们能够更高效地为汽车客户提供服务，同时为未来的增长提供额外容量，从而巩固我们作为全美顶尖汽车处理港的地位。”

 

        过去几年，Jaxport已投入大量资金用于改善布劳特岛集装箱码头的泊位并提升运营效率。2022年春季，该港宣布完成了SSA杰克逊维尔集装箱码头（JCT）1亿美元泊位升级项目的最后阶段。

 

        这项始于2016年的改造工程同样获得了佛罗里达州交通部75%的资金支持，期间安装了可为10台环保集装箱起重机供电的高压电气系统。

 

        据报道，SSA JCT还启动了分阶段堆场改造，投资超7,200万美元以提升其年处理能力至50万标箱。该项目资金由SSA Atlantic公司提供，并获得了美国交通部海事管理局（MARAD）2,000万美元的拨款支持。

 

        2022年11月，Jaxport还获得了交通部2,350万美元的拨款，用于减少有害污染物排放。其中，3,120万美元专项用于为SSA JCT采购新型环保货物处理设备，包括6台混合动力轮胎式龙门吊、近十台低/零排放集装箱正面吊、叉车及相关充电基础设施。

 

        随着海运行业持续推进脱碳进程，美国各港口也通过大量投资环保设备、技术和基础设施来保持竞争力。2024年11月，MARAD依据《两党基础设施法》拨款近5.8亿美元，用于资助15个州和1个属地的31个港口升级项目。获得资助的港口包括佐治亚港务局（GPA）、阿拉斯加唐杨港和奥克兰港等。

 

        此前一个月，美国环境保护署（EPA）刚刚公布了“清洁港口计划”资助名单，旨在支持零排放设备和技术的部署。

 

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Contractors for Florida’s largest container port Jacksonville Port Authority (Jaxport) have wrapped up a year-long multi-million dollar construction project to expand the vehicle Berth 22 at the Blount Island Marine Terminal.

 

According to Jaxport, the berth is the first of two projects in a $60 million initiative to ‘enhance’ efficiencies and enable the berth to accommodate larger vehicle vessels than it could previously serve. It is understood that 75% of the funds were covered by the Florida Department of Transportation while Jaxport matched the remaining 25%.

 

Now that work has finished, Berth 22 has ample room for ships boasting an overall length of roughly 750 feet (228.6 meters), the port explained.

 

As disclosed, construction for the second berth at Blount Island has already begun. Estimates show that work should last around 24 months with completion slated for early 2027.

 

“Maintaining congestion-free vessel facilities as cargo volumes grow is an important part of our short and long-term planning processes. These upgrades allow us to serve our auto customers more efficiently while providing additional capacity for future growth, so we can continue to build on our position as one of the nation’s top vehicle-handling ports,” Jaxport CEO Eric Green highlighted.

 

Over the past couple of years, Jaxport has made numerous investments to improve its berths and ‘enhance’ operational efficiency at the Blount Island container terminal. In spring 2022, the port authority revealed that the final stage of a $100 million berth enhancement project at the SSA Jacksonville Container Terminal (JCT) had been finished.

 

This rehabilitation endeavor—also backed by 75% support from the Florida Department of Transportation—initially began in 2016 and saw the installation of high-voltage electrical systems equipped to power up to ten eco-friendly container cranes.

 

As reported, north of $72 million in phased yard improvements to enable SSA JCT to accommodate 500,000 TEUs annually had also been kick-started. This was funded by SSA Atlantic, in addition to a $20 million grant from the US Department of Transportation Maritime Administration (MARAD).

 

In November 2022, Jaxport clinched a $23.5 million grant from the Department of Transportation aimed at reducing harmful pollutant emissions.

 

It was disclosed that another $31.2 million was set aside for buying new environmentally friendly cargo handling equipment for the SSA JCT, including six hybrid-electric rubber-tired gantry (RTG) cranes and almost a dozen units of low- and zero-emission container top picks, forklifts, and related charging infrastructure.

 

As the maritime industry presses on with decarbonization efforts, ports across the United States have kept pace through scores of investments into eco-friendly equipment, technology and infrastructure.

 

Back in November 2024, MARAD splashed out almost $580 million from the Bipartisan Infrastructure Law to fund 31 port improvement projects in 15 states and one US territory. Some of the winners of the grant were the Georgia Ports Authority (GPA), the Don Young Port of Alaska, and the Port of Oakland.

 

This came just a month after the US Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) revealed the winners of the Clean Ports program grant aimed at supporting the deployment of zero-emission equipment and technology.

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