The new $250-million, 158-acre Dames Point Container Terminal will more than double the capacity of the Jacksonville Port Authority. The terminal, constructed by W.G. Yates & Sons Construction Co. of Philadelphia, Miss., includes two 1,200-ft berths, a half-mile docking facility with unloading cranes, underground utilities, storm water conveyance and a wide array of pipes, conduits and ducts for power and communications.
The new terminal will be used exclusively by the Tokyo-based shipping firm, Mitsui O.S.K. Lines and its terminal operating partner, TraPac, to load and unload container ships sailing to and from ports in Asia.