Handling record set by Jaxport crew

Under the direction of SSA Cooper, the ILA team moved 269 containers in 5.7 hours, according to managers at the Hamburg Süd-managed terminal. The record was achieved while the gang was unloading the MSC Malaga, which had sailed from the Bahamas.

The annualised average at the Hamburg Süd-managed facility in 2006 was 36 moves per hour. Hamburg Süd manages terminal services for its own Latin American vessel fleet at the terminal, and provides similar third-party services to MSC vessels calling at the facility.

According to Hamburg Süd operations manager Jason Hodge and his counterpart at SSA Cooper, Frank McBride, a number of favourable conditions led to the unprecedented number of moves per hour, among them good terminal organisation, well-planned stowage aboard the vessel and an experienced crane operator who worked the entire shift without being replaced.