The Jacksonville Port Authority (Jaxport) appointed Halcrow to develop the new US$220 million Dames Point container terminal, which will make Jaxport one of the largest container facilities on the US east coast. Ships will sail between the facility and ports in Latin America and Asia through the Panama Canal. The new terminal will enable a 50 per cent increase in container traffic to pass through Jaxport, making it one of only 12 ports in the USA to handle over 1 million TEUs annually.

Halcrow has been the lead consultant on this major project from conception and has worked with Jaxport to plan, permit and design the terminal. The terminal features two 1,200ft berths served by six post-Panamax 100ft gauge container cranes, with two additional cranes planned. The two berths employ a combination sheet piled wall, providing a 40ft water depth for berthing post-Panamax vessels. The design accommodates future deepening to 45ft depth.

The terminal includes:

	11 buildings
	160 acres of pavement
	three stormwater management facilities
	technical risk analysis and mitigation planning
	utilities designed for maximum operational flexibility
	provisions for compliance with port security regulations and shoreline protection

The project includes about 1.5 million yd³ of dredging. Halcrow introduced a plan to use the dredge material to raise the container terminal site, saving the port about US$15 million in imported fill costs. The approach also delivered excess quality fill material which was sold to further reduce project cost. 

The terminal design was finalized in late 2006 and the two-year construction program began in April 2007, for which Halcrow is the construction manager.