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Port of Virginia handles 2.4pc more containers in April at 215,000 TEU
THE Port of Virginia handled 215,254 TEU in April, a 2.4 per cent increase compared to the same month a year earlier, on the back of growth in volume at both Virginia inland port (VIP) and Richmond Marine Terminal (RMT), supporting plans to add capacity.
"Our volumes were modest and we see some softness in the market in the coming months," said John Reinhart, executive director of the Virginia Port Authority.
"The Port of Virginia is entering an important growth phase - a million containers of capacity will be added, and as work begins, we will be utilising all of our facilities to serve our customers and minimise the challenges that construction can present.
The first large-scale capacity project will be to rebuild the upland operation at the South Berth of Norfolk International Terminals (NIT). Mr Reinhart said the US$350 million project will increase annual throughput capacity at NIT by 46 per cent, or 400,000 containers, reported American Journal of Transportation.
In April, VIP's volume was up 10 per cent; RMT, up 12 per cent; truck volume, up one per cent; ship calls, up two per cent; and vehicle units, up eight per cent when compared with the same month last year.
On a fiscal-year basis (July I - June 30) the port's container volumes are up 3.5 per cent; and rail containers, up 9.5 per cent year on year.
"Our volumes were modest and we see some softness in the market in the coming months," said John Reinhart, executive director of the Virginia Port Authority.
"The Port of Virginia is entering an important growth phase - a million containers of capacity will be added, and as work begins, we will be utilising all of our facilities to serve our customers and minimise the challenges that construction can present.
The first large-scale capacity project will be to rebuild the upland operation at the South Berth of Norfolk International Terminals (NIT). Mr Reinhart said the US$350 million project will increase annual throughput capacity at NIT by 46 per cent, or 400,000 containers, reported American Journal of Transportation.
In April, VIP's volume was up 10 per cent; RMT, up 12 per cent; truck volume, up one per cent; ship calls, up two per cent; and vehicle units, up eight per cent when compared with the same month last year.
On a fiscal-year basis (July I - June 30) the port's container volumes are up 3.5 per cent; and rail containers, up 9.5 per cent year on year.
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