Jacksonville's inland deep-water port (JAXPORT)

The Port of Jacksonville (JAXPORT) operates deep-water terminals on the St. Johns River with a federally maintained navigation channel that allows ocean-going, deep-draft vessels to reach berths well inland from the Atlantic Ocean. Facilities at Blount Island and Dames Point handle container, automobile, and bulk cargoes, making Jacksonville one of the few U.S. cities with major deep-water port operations accessible via an inland river. The presence of a maintained deep channel far upriver is a notable geographic and commercial anomaly for the Atlantic coast of Florida.