by Joe Wilhelm Jr.
Staff Writer
With the fiscal year wrapped up at the end of September, the Jacksonville Port Authority reported annual highlights:
• The second consecutive year of container growth for the seaport and a decade of consistent growth in earnings.
• A record 826,580 containers, or twenty-foot equivalent units (TEUs), a 10 percent increase over the previous year, moved through port facilities.
• Container volume through the port has grown 19 percent during the past two years.
• The number of vessels calling on the port in fiscal 2009-2010 rose to a record 1,947.
• The port authority handled nearly 519,000 vehicles, a 24 percent increase from the previous year. Jacksonville remains the No. 2 vehicle-handling port in the nation.
• Total tonnage for the port was up 10 percent, with 8.1 tons moved. Break-bulk cargo (paper, steel) jumped 28 percent over last year to 990,000 tons.
• Revenues reached a record $51.2 million, a 6 percent increase over the record $48.4 million achieved in the previous fiscal year.
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