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new RMGs that are the centerpieces
of that expansion. “Beginning in January 2019
and going forward for the next 16 months, new stacks will come online every seven to eight weeks,” said Harris. NIT’s terminal operating system upgrade is on target for completion in June 2020. Preliminary design work to deepen the Norfolk Harbor
to 55 feet is just beginning. “Combined, these projects will help position this port as the mid-Atlantic’s global gateway for international trade for decades to come,” said Harris.
Port of Charleston
The Port of Charleston saw volumes jump 16% in August over August 2017 tonnage with 206,541 TEUs handled.
The South Carolina Ports
Authority (SCPA) is gearing up to attract big ships with $49 million in funds that recently were approved to deepen Charleston Harbor to 52 feet. Adding to that effort, Charleston’s Wando Welch Terminal was completed in July with its sixth ship-to- shore (STS) cranes with 155 feet of lift height. By year’s end, two additional similar cranes will become operational,
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The Port of Jacksonville is expanding its auto-handling capacity by 25%. (Credit: Jaxport)
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with one additional crane to be delivered in late 2019 that can handle two 13,000 TEU or larger vessels simultaneously. At that time, capacity at Wando Terminal will in- crease by 700,000 TEUs.
rail capacity to one-million containers and deliver the largest on-terminal rail facility in North America by 2020. Improved rail access to the area has led to increased interest from manufacturers
“We are considering how best to
position ourselves to attract larger vessels on the east-west trades.” -- Kristen De Marco, JAXPORT.
All totaled, the terminal
will offer 13 STS cranes, including nine cranes with 155 feet of lift height; 62 rubber- tired gantry cranes and 23 empty handlers; 3,800 feet of wharf, capable of handling three neo-Panamax ships; an enhanced traffic pattern and 40 gates, including 27 in- bound and 13 outbound, for continued efficiency and low turn times; and a new 35-acre chassis yard for the proposed Southern States Chassis Pool.
Port of Savannah
The Georgia Ports Authority (GPA) saw its container volumes jump by 8% in August and its intermodal TEUs by 33% jump that same month. In September, GPA’s board
approved $92 million for the Mason Mega Rail Terminal, a project that will double the Port of Savannah’s annual
and logistics services, say port officials. “It is no accident the GPA
is constructing rail capacity,” said GPA Board Chairman Jim-my Allgood. “As part of our strategic planning, our team identified the growing role intermodal cargo would play in GPA’s l o n g -t erm
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Georgia Ports Authority will deliver the largest on-terminal rail facility in North America at the Port of Savannah by 2020. (Credit: GPA)
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