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P ORT F ACILITIES “The Voice of Port Industries” Build Connections & Discover Opportunity Join the VMA at VAmaritime.com 757-622-2639 21 PORT FACILITIES Hampton Roads Harbor ........................................................ 21 Hampton Roads Port Facility Guide .............................................. 24 Hampton Roads Terminal Summary .............................................. 32 General Cargo Terminals ....................................................... 41 Coal Terminals ................................................................ 49 Refrigerated Facilities ......................................................... 52 Dry Bulk and Grain Handling Facilities ........................................... 53 Liquid Bulk Terminals .......................................................... 56 ACILITIES Marine Cargo Terminals ....................................................... 62 F ORT P Commercial Marine Facilities guide The Commercial Marine Facilities Guide is a continuation of VMA providing valuable resources for the maritime business community. www.vamaritime.com/PortFacilities The VMA Commercial Marine Facilities Guide is an online reference tool for those doing business in Virginia, the Mid-West, or internationally. Our guide promotes the private and public marine cargo terminals and extensive cargo handling capabilities offered in Virginia’s Ports. Break Bulk Coal Container Dry Bulk Liquid Bulk Passenger Refrigerated RO/RO PORT FACILITIES HAMpton Roads HARBOR Located midway on the Atlantic Coast of the United States, in latitude 37 degrees north and longitude 76 de grees west, Hampton Roads is free of ice throughout the year. The broad, magnifi cent Hampton Roads Harbor is formed by the con fluence of three tidal rivers: the James, the Nansemond, and the Elizabeth. It has an area of 35 square miles and forms the approach to the important deep draft ports of Norfolk, Newport News, Ports mouth, and Chesapeake. Ships entering Hampton Roads from the sea follow a course between the Virginia Capes, across the lower end of Chesapeake Bay via Thimble Shoal Channel into the deep waters of Hampton Roads. THIMBLE Shoal CHANNEL Extends from the Virginia Capes across the lower end of the Chesapeake Bay into the deep waters of Hampton Roads. Thimble Shoal Channel is presently 1,000-feet wide and approximately 13 miles long. In 1988, the 650-foot wide outbound lane of the 45-foot channel was deepened to 50-feet. The remaining 350-foot wide inbound side of the 45-foot channel was deepened to 50-feet in 2003. Two channels extend through Hampton Roads – one southward into Norfolk, Portsmouth and Chesapeake and one westward to Newport News and up the James River. Authorized improvements for Thimble Shoal Channel provide for deepening to 55-feet. Norfolk HARBOR CHANNEL Extends from Hampton Roads into the Southside cities via the Elizabeth River into Norfolk, Portsmouth and Chesapeake. Begin ning at the Hampton Roads Bridge Tunnel, and extending to a point 0.8 mile above the Interstate 64 Bridge, the Norfolk Channel is 19.6 miles long. With the deepening of the outbound lane in 1988, and the deepening of the inbound lane in 2005, a 1,250-foot wide channel providing access from deep water in Hampton Roads to the Norfolk International Terminals, and an 800-foot wide channel extending upstream providing access to the Norfolk Southern coal piers at Lambert’s Point, is currently maintained to a depth of 50- feet. A 40-foot channel extends from the coal piers to the Norfolk Southern Railway Bridge on the Southern Branch. Beyond this point a 35-foot channel extends 4.6 miles to a point 0.8 mile above the Interstate 64 Bridge, where the channel connects with the Atlantic Intracoastal Waterway route through the sounds of North Carolina to the South Atlantic Coastal states. The width of the Norfolk Harbor Channel, when including the 45-foot deep and 250-foot wide auxiliary channel to the east, is 1,500-feet from its outer end to a point opposite Norfolk International Terminals; then 800-feet wide to the Norfolk Southern Railway coal piers; thence, 750-feet wide to the junction of the Eastern and Southern Branches; thence, up the Southern Branch 450-feet wide to the Belt Line Railroad Bridge; thence, 375-feet wide for one mile to the Norfolk Southern Railway Bridge; thence, 250 to 500-feet wide to its junction with the Atlantic Intracoastal Waterway route. The Voice of Port Industries since 1920 21 PORT FACILITIES Norfolk HARBOR CHANNEL (cont’D) Authorized improvements provided for deepening the Norfolk Harbor channel to 55-feet between Hampton Roads Bridge Tunnel and Lambert’s Point; deepening the main stem of the Elizabeth River and the Southern Branch of the Elizabeth River between Lambert’s Point and the Norfolk Southern Railway Bridge to 45-feet; deepening the Southern Branch between the Southern Railway Bridge and the U.S. Routes 460 and 13 highway crossing to 40-feet; and providing a new 800-foot turning basin at the terminus of the channel improvement. NEWPORT NEws CHANNEL Extends 6.7 miles westward from Hampton Roads to Newport News. The Channel to Newport News has a depth of 50-feet over a width of 800-feet. Authorized improvements for the Newport News Channel provide for deepening to 55-feet. ATLANTIC OCEAN CHANNEL Extends from the mouth of the Chesapeake Bay out into the deep water of the Atlantic Ocean. The Atlantic Ocean Channel, which has a length of 11.1 miles, was dredged to a depth of 52-feet and a width of 1,300-feet in 2006. Authorized improvements for the Atlantic Ocean Channel provide for deepening to 57-feet, with follow-up designs recommending a need for deepening to 60-feet. JAMES RIVER CHANNEL Extends 68 and 90 miles respectively to the ports of Hopewell and Richmond, with a depth of 25-feet to Hopewell, 25-feet to Richmond Deepwater Terminal, and 18-feet to Richmond Harbor. The maintained channel width is 300-feet to Hopewell and 200-feet from Hopewell to Richmond Harbor. AnchoragES Five deep draft anchorages have been dredged in Hampton Roads. A deep draft anchorage opposite the City of Hampton in connection with the 55-foot channel improvements was completed in 1999. This circular anchorage was deepened to an intermediate depth of 50-feet over a radius of 1,500-feet in 1999. Two of the anchorages are at Sewells Point, one of which was dredged to 45-feet and the other to 40-feet. The other two anchorages at Newport News are each 40-feet deep. AUTHORIZED CHANNEL IMprovEMEnts Major improvements to the channels serving Hampton Roads were authorized in November 1986 and construction began in March 1987 on the first element of these improvements, consisting of a 50-foot outbound channel. The authorized improvements provide for deepening the Norfolk Harbor Channel, the Newport News Channel, and the Thimble Shoal Channel to 55-feet and constructing a new channel in the Atlantic Ocean Channel to a depth of 57-feet. The authorized improvements also provide for deepening the Norfolk Harbor 40-foot channel to 45-feet, a portion of the Southern Branch 35-foot channel to 40-feet, and providing a new 800-foot turning basin at the terminus of the channel improvement. 22 2021 Virginia Ports Annual PORT’S PRIORITY PROJEcts The Hampton Roads Navigational Summit is a stakeholder’s forum jointly sponsored by the VMA and the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers to prioritize navigational projects in the Port, obtain the resources and support necessary to move them forward, and with the mission of achieving “Unrestricted Navigation for Virginia’s ports”. The Summit brings together participants from the maritime community, government, and elected office holders to work collaboratively to meet the Port’s dredging requirements. At the inaugural Navigational Summit in 2006, the maritime community agreed on the following as the priority projects for Virginia’s ports: • Maintain the Norfolk Harbor Channel and Craney Island • Construct the Craney Island Eastern Expansion • Deepen the Southern Branch to the 45-foot and 40-foot authorized project level • Construct the 55-foot Norfolk Harbor Project These are the navigational needs that must be addressed and brought to reality for Virginia’s ports to reach their fullest potential as a driver of regional and statewide economic activity. PHOTO COURTESY OF U.S. ARMY CORPS OF ENGINEERS The Voice of Port Industries since 1920 23 Virginia Inland Port Richmond Marine Terminal Newport News Marine Terminal Norfolk International Virginia Terminal International Gateway Portsmouth Marine Terminal 24 2021 Virginia Ports Annual PORTPORT FACILITIFACILITI EE SS The Voice of Port Industries since 1920 25 1 2 3 4 5 1. Newport News Shipbuilding/ 6 Huntington Ingalls Industries 2. City of Newport News Pier 23 7 3. Pier B, Newport News Marine Terminal 13 4. Pier C, Newport News Marine Terminal 5. ARGOS 8 6. Kinder Morgan Bulk Terminals-Pier IX 7. Kinder Morgan-Pier X 12 8. Dominion Terminal Associates 9. River Port, LLC 10. River Port, LLC 11. BKEP 9 12. Fairlead Boat Works 10 13. PAPCO | World Fuel Services 11 26 2021 Virginia Ports Annual 14 15 16 North Berth 2 17 North Berth 1 18 19 20 14. U.S. Naval Station CB1 15. Pier 3, Norfolk International Terminals 16. Lehigh Cement Co. CB2 17. Norfolk International Terminals North Berth 21 18. Norfolk International Terminals - RO/RO CB3 19. Pier 2, Norfolk International Terminals 20. Pier 1, Norfolk International Terminals CB4 21. Container Berth No. 1 Container Berth No. 2 Container Berth No. 3 Container Berth No. 4 The Voice of Port Industries since 1920 27 23 24 22 26 25 27 35 28 29 30 31 32 36 33 22. Craney Island Fuel Facility, U.S. Navy 23. USCG Support Center, Portsmouth 24. Virginia International Gateway 25. East Coast Repair and Fabrication 26. Pier 6, Norfolk Southern/Layberth Southside 27. Pier N, Lambert’s Point Docks, Inc. 34 28. Norfolk Oil Transit, Inc. 29. Pier L, Lambert’s Point Docks, Inc.