by Lloyd's List

7 August (Lloyd's List) - WORK to increase capacity at a rail terminal at the Port of Virginia has been completed, adding an extra 450,000 teu of rail capacity and increasing capacity across the port as whole by more than a third.

The project began in 2022 and cost $83m, part of a wider $1.4bn Gateway Investment Plan being undertaken at the port in Norfolk, Virginia. The plan will deliver a deeper and wider channel, an expanded terminal and an offshore wind hub.

The port said the increased capacity would enable it to reach customers in the US Midwest region and key manufacturing centres by train.

Virginia Port Authority chief executive, Stephen Edwards, said moving cargo by rail through the Port of Virginia was “smart business” because of the increasing cargo volumes entering the US through its East Coast.

The terminal will be served by regular services from rail transport specialists Norfolk Southern and CSX.