North Carolina International Port

High Quality Content by WIKIPEDIA articles! The North Carolina State Ports Authority (NCSPA) is proposing the construction of the North Carolina International Terminal as an expansion of the container facilities at the Port of Wilmington in the Wilmington Harbor. It is proposed to be located on a 600 acre undeveloped industrial tract on the west bank of the Cape Fear River in Brunswick County, about 4 miles from the mouth of the Cape Fear River. This site is a short distance from the Atlantic Ocean and is one of very few locations along the East and Gulf Coasts suitable for development of a new deepwater terminal. Conceptual designs for the North Carolina International Terminal call for a high-density, automated container terminal capable of serving 12,000-TEU vessels with at least a 50-foot draft (the existing navigation channel serving the Port of Wilmington in the Wilmington Harbor has a dredge depth of 42 (+/-) feet).... Mehr