The Port of Virginia

Published April 29, 2021 by Kate Andrews

By 2024, the Port of Virginia expects to be the deepest port on the East Coast at 55 feet, with room for two-way traffic for some of the world’s largest vessels. The port has six terminals and has invested more than $1 billion in infrastructure since 2015, producing 390,000 port-related jobs across the state, $23 billion in annual compensation and $2.1 billion in state and local taxes, according to a William & Mary study. Beyond the Hampton Roads region, the port stretches to Richmond and Front Royal, where its inland ports connect with major rail and trucking markets.

Newport News Marine Terminal (NNMT)

• 165 acres
• Direct, on-dock rail service with CSX
• Ability to transfer with Norfolk Southern in Richmond
• 968,000 square feet of covered storage

Norfolk International Terminals (NIT)

• Located on 567 acres
• 50-foot depth, capable of handling Ultra Large Container Vessels
• 16 ship-to-shore cranes as of January 2021
• 1.22 million container capacity
• 2.14 million Twenty-Foot Equivalent Units (TEUs)

Portsmouth Marine Terminal (PMT)

• Currently closed to container traffic
• 250,000 container capacity
• 437,500 TEUs

Richmond Marine Terminal (RMT)

• 121 acres along the James River
• Owned by city of Richmond and leased by Virginia Port Authority
• 300,105 square feet of warehouse space
• James River Barge Service offers weekly service from Hampton Roads to Richmond
• 50,000 to 60,000 TEUs

Virginia Inland Port (VIP)

• 161 acres
• Intermodal container transfer facility in Front Royal
• 17,820 feet of rail track that runs adjacent to Norfolk Southern’s Crescent Corridor
• 78,000 TEUs

Virginia International Gateway (VIG)

• Nation’s largest privately owned terminal, on 576 acres
• 12 ship-to-shore cranes
• 1.2 million container capacity
• 2.11 million TEUs

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