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title: "Who We Are"
description: "Discover the history and mission of First Coast Terminals. We are dedicated to safe efficient and reliable marine terminal operations at JAXPORT."
url: "https://firstcoastterminals.com/about/"
date_modified: "2026-08-24T10:26:20-04:00"
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# About Us

First Coast Terminals provides safe, reliable, and efficient stevedoring, terminal management and cargo operations services.  We operate in Jacksonville, FL on the 49.5-acre Blount Island Marine Terminal and manage a fleet of 11 container handlers and a variety of other equipment, as well as the active use of port cranes.

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## What makes us industry-leading:

- We foster proactive working relationships with our customers
- Our workforce is best-in-class and efficient
- We maintain a world-class fleet of equipment and strategic port facilities, and offer a full range of stevedoring and terminal services
- We are focused on achieving quality results for our customers:

## Our Initiatives

#### We've gone paperless

We launched a paperless initiative in JAXPORT to:

- Increase safety – less pedestrian traffic on terminal
- Improve efficiency
- Add security in the environment
- Reduce waste and our environmental footprint

![Icon of container terminal ship tie off](https://firstcoastterminals.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/02/Reliability.png)

![Icon of a container at the port with crane](https://firstcoastterminals.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/02/efficiency.png)

![Secure shield icon representing safety and protection](https://firstcoastterminals.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/02/safety.png)