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[cpeakesqr]

I don't know if this has anything to do with the rail that will service the terminal, but on my way to school this morning I noticed the city had put up those lit traffic signs that sayed something like, "Meeting on moving railway, 9/20".  The signs were located on both sides of the railroad that runs through where Taylor Rd. and Pughsville Rd. meet in the Western Branch part of Chesapeake. It's very close 664 and kinda got me thinking it was related.

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[rusthebuss]

New freight-sorting center in Chesapeake will hire 150 full-time

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CHESAPEAKE –– A large Japanese shipping conglomerate will build a freight distribution center in Chesapeake to handle imports for retailer Target Corp.

NYK Logistics (America), an affiliate of ocean carrier NYK Line, will invest $26 million in the warehouse center off Yadkin Road in the city’s Deep Creek section. The deal was announced today by Gov. Timothy M. Kaine.

It will eventually employ as many as 150 people full-time and 400 part-time, said Thomas Weisberg, the general manager of the new facility.

[okinawatyphoon]

VIT signs long-term contract with ship lines

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Continuing its push to secure long-term business, Virginia International Terminals said Thursday it has signed a 10-year, $175 million contract with the New World Alliance ship lines.

The alliance is the Virginia Port Authority's third-largest customer, making the agreement a "pretty significant deal."

[metalman]

Panama Canal Expansion to have positive effect on Hampton Roads Ports

http://content.hampt...?...&ran=127911

[vdogg]

Port of Hampton Roads alone at #2  

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The port of Hampton Roads moved a record number of cargo containers in 2006, firmly establishing it as the East Coast's second-largest container port, the head of the Virginia Port Authority's operating company said Wednesday.

In 2006, the port handled nearly 2.05 million 20-foot equivalent units, a standard measurement for cargo container volume, said Joseph A. Dorto, Virginia International Terminals' chief executive and general manager. That's up about 3.2 percent from 2005, and is the first time the port has surpassed 2 million 20-foot units.

[lil-bear]

I wonder if we will ever be #1 on the east coast!
Once Craney Island is developed, would that be enough to double our volume?

Edited by lil-bear, 18 January 2007 - 10:23 AM.

[hoobo]

lil-bear, on Jan 18 2007, 08:23 AM, said:

I wonder if we will ever be #1 on the east coast!
Once Craney Island is developed, would that be enough to double our volume?

The APM terminal alone will double the existing volume.  APM's new terminal is supposed to handle 2 million TEUs at build-out which is what the VPA ports are currently handling.  Craney Island will probably double or triple that combined capacity.  With very little room for NY/NJ to grow, HR's competition will come from the south.  Charleston is expanding at the former Naval Base and that state is eyeing Jasper Island across from Savannah as another port site.  Savannah, itself, is growing and if South Carolina does persue Jasper Island; that combination will be a behemoth.  North Carolina's Southport superport is small fries now.

[lil-bear]

Craney Island

Only 9 years to go.........

[vdogg]

Increased traffice for east coast port likely

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Events are shaping up on the West Coast that could lead to an increase in freight for East Coast ports and reinvigorate a stalled distribution and warehouse market in Hampton Roads with the passing of Norfolk’s Ford assembly plant.

              Local commercial real estate brokers are seeing an increase in inquiries about possible warehouse space in Hampton Roads.    

“There’s a lot of activity in the market,” said Ashton Williamson, who specializes in leasing and selling distribution space for the commercial real estate firm of CB Richard Ellis.

              He said he has courted five prospects looking for 200,000 to 600,000 square feet of warehouse space recently.

[scm]

New port director gets maximum bonus pay

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Bridges' $384,500 compensation is higher than the $274,025 earned by Geraldine Knatz, executive director of the Port of Los Angeles, the nation's biggest port, and the $277,000 earned by Anthony E. Shorris, executive director of the Port Authority of New York and New Jersey, the East Coast's largest port.

I guess that paying the VPA director $100K over the market makes sense to someone.........

[cpeakesqr]

scm, on Jul 27 2007, 12:44 PM, said:

New port director gets maximum bonus pay

I guess that paying the VPA director $100K over the market makes sense to someone.........

VPA often smells of fish...

[cpeakesqr]

Congress OK's $356 million for Craney Island Terminal

[Glassoul]

cpeakesqr, on Jul 30 2007, 07:27 PM, said:

Congress OK's $356 million for Craney Island Terminal

That's a huge positive for the region and for Portsmouth. Regardless of your political stripes, Warner deserves credit here for likely calling in a few favors.

[wrldcoupe4]

Just thought I'd mention it... Last week Richmond had a charrette for its downtown plan. During a meeting on river use and development, a city official likened Richmond's location in the future to being "upstream from New York City" due to the growth and importance of the ports in Norfolk/HR in general. Thought it was a cool soundbite for the HR locals to chew on

[cpeakesqr]

Here's a LINK with details about the rail lines being moved to the median of 164 and 664 for the new terminals.

[lammius]

cpeakesqr, on Aug 1 2007, 01:07 AM, said:

Here's a LINK with details about the rail lines being moved to the median of 164 and 664 for the new terminals.

I'm glad to see this coming.  I've long hoped that they'd move the rail line to the medians of 164 and 664, carrying it down to the Route 58 corridor where there could be a giant freight village (distribution centers, container exchanges, offices, even lunch counters and hotel/motel facilities for truck drivers) out in the open space around Hampton Roads Airport.  This freight line hits some open spots in Suffolk where perhaps this type of thing could come in the future.

[mclawsdrive]

cpeakesqr, on Aug 1 2007, 01:07 AM, said:

Here's a LINK with details about the rail lines being moved to the median of 164 and 664 for the new terminals.

Has there been any discussion of what will happen to the existing lines once the replacements are in use?  I wonder if the right of way will be sold/given to Portsmouth/Suffolk.  If so, it would be great to convert those lines into greenways.

[scm]

I am continuously amazed at the experience and knowledge of the assembled masses here, so I was pretty confident someone would have the answer to this one, which came to me as I followed a container that was slowly (10 MPH) crawling out of the Midtown tunnel:

How does the commonwealth get tax revenue from the containers that constitute a sizeable portion of the street traffic here, especially in Norfolk and Portsmouth?  I see that the chassis are registered in a variety of states, just like trailers are.  But if, say a container leaves NIT on a Maine registered chassis, and takes a 40,000 container to a distribution center in Suffolk, where it is unloaded, refilled and sent out again, how does the state realize any revenue for the use of the roads that enables that trip?  And are the chassis taxed just on their value as a chassis?  Does the container ever get taxed in Virginia?

I also understand that the tractors in that scenario are licensed and taxed in Virginia.  But somehow, I am stuck with a suspicion that I pay more for my car in property tax, partially for the use of the roads, than that container and chassis combination ever pays.

Any thoughts?

[rusthebuss]

I believe they make it up for the taxes on the terminals themselves. I also believe that they tax the boats that come in for using the waterways. I believe the state is getting its money one form or another.

[cpeakesqr]

A lot of those trailers have tags from Maine... I wonder why that is?