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Jaxport Has Banner Year in 2010

Jaxport set freight and financial records in 2010. Highlights from t he fiscal year.

| 1/1/2011

Jaxport

826,580 number of containers of 20-foot equivalent units Jaxport moved, a record and up

10% over the previous year

1,947 number of vessels calling on Jaxport, a record

No. 2 rank nationwide in vehicle shipments

519,000 new vehicles the port handled, up 24% from a year earlier

8.1 million tons of cargo, up 10%

$51.2 million Jaxport revenue, up 6% over the previous record of $48.4 million in 2009

Source: Jaxport

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