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Virginia expands inland facilities before dredging to 55 feet
来源：shippingazette 编辑：编辑部 发布：2023/04/12 14:02:12
THE Port of Virginia is investing more than US$18 million to expand capacity at two inland facilities ahead of the completion of dredging to 55 feet that will make Norfolk Harbour the deepest on the east coast, reports New York's Journal of Commerce.
The investment is part of the port's $1.4 billion Gateway Investment Programme and will allocate $15 million to nearly double the capacity at the Virginia Inland Port (VIP), an intermodal container transfer facility in Front Royal. The work would expand VIP's rail operations and its 78,000-TEU capacity stack yard, the port said.
The remaining $3 million will fund updates to the Richmond Marine Terminal's (RMT) main gate and development of a drop-lot for trucks.
The port's navigation channels will be widened to 1,400 feet in certain areas to accommodate two-way traffic in 2024.
"VIP and RMT are critical to our overall efficiency and our ability to maintain fluidity at primary container terminals in the Norfolk Harbour," said Virginia Port Authority CEO Stephen Edwards.
"Because of their strategic locations along important inland cargo corridors, we are able to move cargo closer to its end-user, in terms of imports, and exporters can position their containers at these central collection points for loading onto barge and rail," Mr Edwards said.
The investment is part of the port's $1.4 billion Gateway Investment Programme and will allocate $15 million to nearly double the capacity at the Virginia Inland Port (VIP), an intermodal container transfer facility in Front Royal. The work would expand VIP's rail operations and its 78,000-TEU capacity stack yard, the port said.
The remaining $3 million will fund updates to the Richmond Marine Terminal's (RMT) main gate and development of a drop-lot for trucks.
The port's navigation channels will be widened to 1,400 feet in certain areas to accommodate two-way traffic in 2024.
"VIP and RMT are critical to our overall efficiency and our ability to maintain fluidity at primary container terminals in the Norfolk Harbour," said Virginia Port Authority CEO Stephen Edwards.
"Because of their strategic locations along important inland cargo corridors, we are able to move cargo closer to its end-user, in terms of imports, and exporters can position their containers at these central collection points for loading onto barge and rail," Mr Edwards said.