Intermodal Infrastructure

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Aviation

Cecil Airport (formerly Cecil Field), part of the city's network of four airports managed by the Jacksonville Aviation Authority (JAA), consists of two sets of parallel runways. The two North/South runways consist of one runway which is 12,500 feet and another which is 8,000 feet. The two east/west runways are each 8,000 feet in length. Additional airport facilities include 537,000 square yards of apron, eight hangars and more than 150,000 square feet of office space. With easy access to air and seaports, many interstates and a rail system, Cecil Airport is perfectly suited for aircraft maintenance, repair and overhaul (MRO) operations and a variety of aviation-related industrial and commercial development. Cecil Airport is one of four airports in Jacksonville operated by the Jacksonville Aviation Authority. For more information on Cecil Airport, click here.

Deep Water Port

The 1,400-acre Port of Jacksonville (JAXPORT), is comprised of three marine terminals: Talleyrand, Blount Island and Dames Point, all situated along the St. Johns River. JAXPORT, which is served by two dozen shipping lines, accommodates a diverse range of cargo including containerized, break bulk, bulk and roll-on/roll-off. Throughout the JAXPORT facilities there are 15 cranes (with two more under construction), on-dock rail, advanced intermodal yards and numerous warehouses (including refrigerated).

In Fiscal Year 2010, JAXPORT handled 8 million tons of cargo including more than 515,000 vehicles - making JAXPORT one of the largest vehicle handling ports in the country. In this same time, more than 1,900 vessels called on JAXPORT and more than 826,000 twenty-foot-equivalent unit (TEU) containers were handled. 

Continuous dredging improvements are in progress to increase the port's main channel to 40 feet throughout its entire length from the Atlantic Ocean to Talleyrand terminal. Mitsui O.S.K. has completed its 160-acre, $200 million facility at the Dames Point terminal and Hanjin is planning construction of a $300 million terminal, both of which allow Jacksonville to have direct Asian container ship service and new post-panamax cranes.

International trade is big business at JAXPORT, where companies can take advantage of Foreign Trade Zone #64 (ranked third in the world by FDi Magazine) and save money on tariffs and duties. JAXPORT's top trading partners include Asia, Brazil, Argentine, Russia, Columbia, Canada and Bahamas. In addition, JAXPORT also handles 85 percent of all U.S. trade with Puerto Rico. http://www.jaxport.com/
 

Roadways

Adjacent to Interstate 10, Cecil Commerce Center® is served by a large regional roadway network. Interstate 295, which is 7 miles east of Cecil, provides access to Interstate 95 that provides links to all major areas along the eastern coast of the United States. Interstate 295 also connects with State Road 9A providing quick access to Jacksonville's Blount Island Marine Terminal. The site is also 50 miles to the west of Interstate 75 via Interstate 10.

The new Interstate 10 interchange at Cecil Commerce Center® Parkway was completed in October 2009, providing direct access to Cecil Commerce Center® at New World Ave., Normandy Blvd. and 103rd St. Click here to visit the official project website.

Arterial highways immediately adjacent to the property provide direct access to these regional routes from Cecil Commerce Center®. Normandy Boulevard, a four-lane arterial State Road bisecting Cecil Commerce Center®, provides a direct link to Interstate 10 via Chaffee Road and US Highway 301. 103rd St. extends to the east and provides arterial access to Interstate 95.

Rail

The region is well served by a well-developed railway system, which includes CSX, Florida East Coast (an affiliate of RailAmerica- one of the nation's leading short-line and regional railroad operators) and the Norfolk and Southern Railway Company. Cecil Commerce Center® has access to the railway via CSX trackage just north of I-10 giving tenants at the Center three commercial trade railways. There is a rail bed which extends into the northern portion of Cecil Commerce Center® which may be reactivated.

Cecil Commerce Center® is less than 20 miles via limited access freeway to either JAXPORT's two container terminals. On terminal rail or local short haul drayage service to site assures efficient handling of incoming/outgoing product. Cecil Commerce Center® is also less than five miles from CSX's Baldwin classification yard assuring excellent local service. Visit CSX at www.csx.com