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Konecranes delivers three more Rail-Mounted Gantry cranes to Port of Virginia
The order brings Port of Virginia’s remotely operated Konecranes Cantilever RMG fleet to sevenOver 100 Konecranes Automated RMGs at the portThe Port of Virginia in the USA has ordered three Konecranes Rail-Mounted Gantry (RMG) cranes for its Norfolk …
Jan 17, 2022 / Curious
US Coast Guard responding to aground cargo ship near Sewell’s Point, Virginia
Coast Guard Sector Virginia and the Port of Virginia’s Maritime Incident Response Team are assisting the crew of a cargo ship after it ran aground near Norfolk on Wednesday night.Watchstanders at the Coast Guard Sector Virginia command center …
Oct 2, 2020 / Vessels
Virginia’s Path to 55 Feet is Set; First Phase of Dredging to Begin by January 2020
The effort to make The Port of Virginia® the deepest port on the U.S. East Coast begins in January 2020, following the finalization this week of a contract with an international dredging firm that will take on the project’s initial phase.On Oct. 9, …
Oct 18, 2019 / Curious
SEA\LNG Welcomes Port of Virginia As First Port In the United States To Join Membership
SEA\LNG has announced Friday (Jul05) that the Port of Virginia has become the first port in the United States of America to join the multi-sector industry coalition aiming to accelerate the widespread adoption of liquefied natural gas (LNG) as a …
Jul 8, 2019 / Curious
12 New Container Stacks Go to Work at NIT; Phase I of $375M Capacity Expansion is Complete
The Port of Virginia® continues to expand its capacity and this month 12 new container stacks at Norfolk International Terminals (NIT) began operating as the project to reconfigure the terminal’s south container stack-yard moves forward according to …
Mar 11, 2019 / Vessels
Container Stack-Yard Work at VIG Ends; Overall Expansion Project is on Target for June Completion
“We are on-budget, on-time and with the end clearly in sight, we are already seeing the benefits.”This week, container stack No. 1 began operating at Virginia International Gateway (VIG) and in doing so signaled the end of a critical construction …
Feb 21, 2019 / Curious