Inbound Logistics | July 2023

Company’s ScanBaltic to USA service began calling JAXPORT—the Port of Jacksonville—with the arrival of MSC England in April 2023. SSA Atlantic provided stevedoring services at the SSA Jacksonville Container Terminal at JAXPORT’s Blount Island Marine Terminal. The bi-weekly, direct European container service calls seven destinations in Northern Europe, including locations in Lithuania, Poland, Sweden, Germany, England, Belgium, and France. “We are excited about this service addition that provides shippers and customers more routes to move their cargo to key markets,” says Robert Peek, JAXPORT’s chief commercial ofcer. ScanBaltic to USA is MSC’s fth container service at JAXPORT. The international shipping line also offers service from JAXPORT to destinations in Asia through the 2M Alliance as well as a North America service, Canada and Gulf Bridge, and two Caribbean services, Bahamas Express and Florida Gulf Feeder. Record-Seing Call Shortly after the arrival of MSC England , JAXPORT set a record with the arrival of the vessel ONE STORK , the largest container ship ever to call the port, utilizing Jacksonville Container Terminal’s newly deepened 47-foot

JAXPORT recently set a new port record with the arrival of the vessel ONE STORK , the largest container ship to ever call Jacksonville. Operated by shipping line Ocean Network Express within THE Alliance network of ocean carriers, the ONE STORK has a carrying capacity of 14,000 TEUs. ONE STORK is the first of nine larger vessels that will call JAXPORT weekly through the EC5 container service operated by THE Alliance.

Northwest Seaport Alliance Pacific Progress The Northwest Seaport Alliance (NWSA), comprising the seaports of Seattle and Tacoma in Washington state, launched its 2023 Rail Cargo Incentive Program in April 2023. The program provides a $50 per rail lift incentive for eligible rail volumes moving through the gateway. It is expected to generate some 60,000 additional rail lifts. That’s equivalent to 15% of NWSA international intermodal lifts in 2022. “The NWSA strives to be the most efcient gateway for cargo movement, and the implementation of the rail incentive will ensure that we remain cost-competitive while offering the same best-in-class service for our customers,” says Deanna Keller, NWSA co-chair. “As competition in the shipping industry intensies with current market conditions, the rail cargo incentive program is an important tool to help attract additional cargo volumes that provide critical jobs for maritime workers across our gateway,” adds Sam Cho, NWSA co-chair. The NWSA supports the establishment and growth of inland rail hubs to drive agriculture export cargo

harbor at Blount Island. The harbor provides the water draft needed to accommodate the larger vessels. ONE STORK , which made its rst arrival in May 2023, has a carrying capacity of 14,000 TEUs. ONE STORK is the rst of nine larger vessels that will call JAXPORT weekly through the EC5 container service operated by THE Alliance, which has upsized the vessels in the service. It replaced smaller ships with six larger 14,000-TEU and three larger 13,000- TEU vessels.

The Northwest Seaport Alliance, the marine cargo partnership between the ports of Seattle and Tacoma, recently launched its 2023 Rail Cargo Incentive Program aimed at driving growth and cost-e¤ective operations in the Pacific Northwest region.

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