1、Excerpt from Supply Chain Resilience and the 2017 Hurricane Season|1 Constraints in Optimized Networks Evidence from the 2017 Hurricane Season The Mathews Bridge reaches 146 feet above the St.Johns River,leaving lots of room for ships moving past Jacksonville and into the Atlantic.From high in his e
2、merald green Prostar rig,Joe Albright1 scans the cranes to his left that line the river at the Port of Jacksonville(JAXPORT).This morning,he has a short haul of groceries for Atlantic Avenue.This afternoon,he is scheduled to deliver to Blanding Boulevard.In square miles,Jacksonville,Florida,is the l
3、argest city in the United States.With 880,000 residents,it is the most populous city in Florida.2 Long before Mickey Mouse arrived in Orlando,well before Miami was imagined,Jacksonville was a major transportation hub.As late as 1920,the population of Duval County(Jacksonville)was more than double th
4、at of Dade County(Miami).1 Joe came to the area to serve on the USS Forrestal,met a local girl,and raised his family here.In 2017 more than 1.3 million containers were loaded at JAXPORT.2 Jacksonville is the largest maritime center in Florida.Both CSX Transportation and Norfolk Southern operate majo
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