JACKSONVILLE — Expansion and new business at the Port of Jacksonville are already paying off for local manufacturers and distributors of forklifts, shipping container handlers and other equipment needed to move cargo.
“Needless to say, we’re very excited about the port and port activity,” said Frank Andrews, a salesman for Charlotte, N.C.-based Barloworld Handling. “We expect to do a lot more [business] because there are warehouses going up on the Northside like crazy right now, and we expect to do a lot of business up there.”
Lift Power Inc. recently landed a contract to provide about 40 forklifts to Bridgestone Firestone North America LLC to use in its 1 million-square-foot distribution center at Cecil Commerce Center, said Lift Power CEO Don Hune.
“That is a direct impact from having the port here,” he said. “I think that’s a big reason they chose” Jacksonville to establish the facility.
Source: Jacksonville.com
And only the first cargo ship has arrived…..
