TraPac on board as JaxPort explores cheaper, scaled-back dredging option

TraPac, a major JaxPort tenant and key driver behind the push to dredge the St. Johns River, said it is fully behind port officials as they explore a scaled-back option deepening the river that would significantly reduce the cost of the project.

That option — which JaxPort officials confirmed last week to the Times-Union — would also reduce the current 13-mile dredging plan down to 11 miles, stopping it short of the Dames Point bridge and terminal, which houses TraPac.

That means the company, which is the port’s major window into the growing Asian trade market and the mega ships it promises, would have to move from its current location east to the Blount Island terminal.

The company, a forceful local advocate for dredging, appears unconcerned by the prospect of moving.

More at the Florida Times-Union