Port of Richmond
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The Port of Richmond, known as Deepwater Terminal, is located on the James River in Richmond, Virginia. It has weekly shipments to Antwerp. It is one of a few municipality-owned ports on the East Coast.
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[edit] Detailed description
The Port of Richmond is a domestic and international multi-modal freight and distribution center on the James River serving waterborne, rail and truck shippers throughout the mid-Atlantic states. The Port has container and general cargo facility on the James River serving shippers throughout the Mid-Atlantic with weekly container services to the United Kingdom and Northern Europe. The port is part of a supply chain network of over 600 warehouses. The Port is owned by the City of Richmond, managed by the Port of Richmond Commission and operated by Federal Marine Terminals, Inc., a private company. Federal Marine Terminals, the operator, provides exclusive stevedoring services and a full range of Supply Chain Services including export packaging and transfer, and warehouse and inland distribution services. The Port handles containers, breakbulk, bulk, neo-bulk and livestock cargo.
[edit] distribution
The Port provides service to Northern Europe, the United Kingdom, Canada, the Mediterranean, the Caribbean, Mexico and South America.
- Independent Container Line (ICL), the port's principal carrier and a leader in ocean transportation, operates four container vessels on a weekly schedule that serve Chester, PA, Richmond, VA, Liverpool, England, and Antwerp, Belgium. ICL also supports the Supply Chain requirements of companies needing waterborne, rail and trucking transportation warehouse services.
[edit] cargoes
Major port cargoes include tobacco, tobacco products, textiles, newsprint, wastepaper, chemicals, steel, steel products, phosphates, forest products, machinery, project cargo, refractory, vehicles, pharmaceuticals, aplite, and livestock. The Port of Richmond is located at 77° 25' west latitude and 37° 27' north longitude on the James River, 100 miles from Cape Henry and approximately 78 miles above Newport News, Virginia. The Port is the western terminus for commercial navigation on the James River. The Port is the westernmost commercial maritime port on the Atlantic Ocean between the Great Lakes and Florida. The Port is four miles south of the central Richmond Business District. Virginia Pilot Association Vessel Restrictions: Maximum length: 559 feet Maximum beam: 85 feet, 6 inches Maximum draft: 22 feet
[edit] Access
- Quickest access of any port to I-95, the principal North-South transportation artery on the east coast.
- Northwest highway access via I-64, I-81, and I-70.
- Southwest highway access via I-85.
- 50 percent of the nation's consumers and manufacturing establishments are located within 750 miles of the Port.
- Regional distribution within a 750-mile (1207 km) radius reaches cities such as Boston, New York, Buffalo, Philadelphia, Pittsburgh, Detroit, Chicago, St. Louis, Cincinnati, Memphis, Nashville, Birmingham, Jacksonville, Tampa and Charlotte.
- More than 100 motor freight companies and brokers serve the area, including specialists in heavy hauling, over-dimensional loads, and liquid and dry bulk.
- CSX provides direct rail connection with local switch service via Norfolk Southern.
- Richmond International Airport (RIC) with Foreign Trade Zone # 207, is only 20 minutes from the Port.
