1971: Londoners are able to buy American melons for the first time after test shipments to the U.K. proved successful.
1961: The first of a complete line of lightweight, compact, heavy-duty diesels for the over-highway trucking industry by Caterpillar, the 1673 has been tested on some 200 trucks throughout the nation.
1966: Seventy thousand American gallons of frozen concentrated orange juice were imported into the United Kingdom from Florida in 1965. This quantity represents nearly two million cans, retailing at about 32 cents for 6 fluid ounces, appreciably higher in fact than the American price.
1970: After 123 years of Hapag history and 113 years of Lloyd history the first page of Hapag-LIoyd AG history will be written in 1970. The new company has a staff of 11,500 of whom some 5,000 are sea-going personnel.
1973: This will be Sea-Land’s 2nd container crane at Jacksonville and the 3rd in operation at the port.
1963: Trucks have moved into the lead as the primary mode of transportation for Florida’s half billion dollar citrus and vegetable crops.
1969: The system will cut baggage delivery time by at least 50% while protecting luggage from loss and damage.
1963: NASA will employ a specially enlarged aircraft to aid in the transport of the Saturn S-IV rocket from California to Florida.
The walk-through feature makes it possible to handle cargo within both containers without removing either from the chassis.
1972: Tropicana is now exporting around 70,000 shipping tons annually with 90% going to Western Europe.
Shipments of 3,000 to 4,000 pounds of Florida strawberries make their way to Germany via Boeing 707 jets.
America’s mission to put a man on the moon draws one step closer to reality.
News that made a splash 56 years ago.
Dive into this week’s flashback from 54 years ago.
Florida’s top port news 50 years ago this month.
