cruise ship takes away public access to river

Once again the public stands to lose more waterfront to cruiseship terminals and lose access to the historial river of the st. johns. In effect Jaxport along with the cruise industry demand a security zone accross...

public trust joins Mayport to fight cruise terminal and pollution

The Village of Mayport is an historic, quaint fishing village. Scholars believe Jean Ribault landed here in 1562, two years before the establishment of Ft. Caroline which predates both St. Augustine and Jamestown.  Mayport has existed as a shrimping and fishing village...

Jaxport and city fail to honor public access to river

The city's idea and Jaxports balance is obviously very different to that of thousands of signatures collected along with Mayport residents who oppose the cruise terminal development in the village, I like to point out some of the more obvious flaws in their arguement. The...

Hotelling ships to check out of Jacksonville port

On a typical day, 15 oceangoing ships arrive at Jacksonville area terminals.At their berths loading, unloading or waiting for cargo, these ships continue to run some of their engines, in some cases burning the same extremely high sulfur fuel they use on the open sea....

How Clean Is Our Air in Jacksonville Fla?

While heredity, lifestyle and personal habits determine alot about a person’s health, more and more research reveals that human health is also determined by one’s surrounding environment. Consider the following facts about air pollution in Jacksonville Florida: The...

Is one of our national treasures soon to be trashed

Can we stop our country's historic Village of Mayport from being paved over?  The City Council of Jacksonville, Florida, may be about to destroy our nation's FIRST settlement seeking religious freedom, and...

Jaxport new asian partner Mitsui is mum about ship accident according to c...

North Pacific. July 25, 2007.In the hours since the Cougar Ace rolled, the Coast Guard and Air National Guard have scrambled three helicopters from Anchorage and, in a daring rescue effort, plucked the entire...

What jaxport is not telling you?

In the last decade, cargo tonnage at JAXPORT has increased by more than 40 percent, with more than eight million tons of cargo shipped through the port in 2007, including nearly 800,000 containers (measured in 20...

don't let jaxport smoke us out with ship emmissions

may 07,2008 Ocean-going vessels are one of the largest mobile sources of air pollution in the world.Photo: NOAA Washington, DC — The Senate Environment and Public Works Committee voted today to regulate...
 

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