Jaxport tabs Magaña as LatAm sales director

New post for shipping lines sales veteran 

Juan Pablo Acosta Magaña. (Photo: Jaxport)

Juan Pablo Acosta Magaña has joined the Port of Jacksonville’s Commercial team as Director of Cargo Sales for Latin America, a new position.

Magaña is responsible for strengthening commercial ties between Jaxport and containerized cargo customers in South America, Central America, Mexico, and the Caribbean. 

Magaña has 20 years of international trade and logistics experience throughout Latin America, including with liner operators Maersk Line, Hamburg Süd, and Hapag-Lloyd. He holds a Master of Science in Logistics and Supply Chain Management from Florida International University.

He reports to Jaxport Chief Executive Eric Green.

Find more articles by Stuart Chirls here.

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Stuart Chirls is a journalist who has covered the full breadth of railroads, intermodal, container shipping, ports, supply chain and logistics for Railway Age, the Journal of Commerce and IANA. He has also staffed at S&P, McGraw-Hill, United Business Media, Advance Media, Tribune Co., The New York Times Co., and worked in supply chain with BASF, the world's largest chemical producer. Reach him at stuartchirls@firecrown.com.