Oil Patch Bits: Crowley opens two new centers in Jacksonville

Crowley Maritime Corp.’s logistics group is opening two new warehouses in Jacksonville, Florida, to better serve the needs of its full and less-than-container load customers shipping cargo through, or within the northeast Florida area.

The first of the two facilities opened Sept. 15 and is located at 1350 Tradeport Drive, on the city’s northside near Jacksonville International Airport. It replaces the company’s former 3700 Port Jacksonville Parkway location, and offers customers increased capacity and yard space along with 12 dock-high doors for faster cargo handling. The 49,702-square foot facility will operate Monday through Friday from 8 a.m. to 5 p.m. and offers various warehousing and distribution-focused services including cargo receiving and segregation, labeling, packing and crating, pick and pack/kitting, storage, inventory management, retail schedule deliveries and HazMat handling.

On Oct. 1, customers with less-than-container load and cross-docking service needs should reroute cargo to a new, secondary location at 2061 SCL Drive, near I-95 and the 20th Street Expressway (Martin Luther King Jr. Parkway). This 45,580-square foot bonded facility will operate Monday through Friday from 8 a.m. to 4 p.m. With 31,500 square feet available for cross-docking, 58 dock high doors and more than 150 container yard spots, customers can utilize the warehouse and Crowley’s logistics personnel for a myriad of services, including cargo segregation, P.O. management, cargo tracking, transfers, freight forwarding, cargo insurance, consolidation and deconsolidation, less than trailer load and HazMat handling.