Post by Logan on Jun 25, 2016 23:46:44 GMT -6
Shipping leaders want Hampton Roads to have the deepest water on the East Coast. But is it worth it?
NORFOLK -- A year ago, the Port of Virginia took a big step toward securing the title “deepest water on the East Coast.”
The Army Corps of Engineers and port officials signed a pair of agreements last June setting in motion the first phase of two dredging projects that have been pursued for a decade and could take another decade to complete.
The most important one would take the port’s main shipping channels, now 50 feet, to 55 feet, the deepest on the East Coast, offering greater access to the world’s biggest container ships.
Ocean carriers are building vessels with twice the capacity of the largest ships calling on East Coast ports now.
Read more: pilotonline.com/business/ports-rail/shipping-leaders-want-hampton-roads-to-have-the-deepest-water/article_5636f1b6-70fc-5a30-9cf4-17ddd8e94c68.html
NORFOLK -- A year ago, the Port of Virginia took a big step toward securing the title “deepest water on the East Coast.”
The Army Corps of Engineers and port officials signed a pair of agreements last June setting in motion the first phase of two dredging projects that have been pursued for a decade and could take another decade to complete.
The most important one would take the port’s main shipping channels, now 50 feet, to 55 feet, the deepest on the East Coast, offering greater access to the world’s biggest container ships.
Ocean carriers are building vessels with twice the capacity of the largest ships calling on East Coast ports now.
Read more: pilotonline.com/business/ports-rail/shipping-leaders-want-hampton-roads-to-have-the-deepest-water/article_5636f1b6-70fc-5a30-9cf4-17ddd8e94c68.html