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CEO AND EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR, VIRGINIA PORT AUTHORITY, NORFOLK
CEO AND EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR, VIRGINIA PORT AUTHORITY, NORFOLK
Virginia Business// August 29, 2024//
The Virginia Port Authority runs the Port of Virginia, which is one of the state’s chief economic drivers. In fiscal 2022, the port’s output sales hit $124.1 billion, up from $100.1 billion in 2021. Mean-while, Edwards and other port leaders have stayed focused on finishing the $1.4 billion dredging and widening project in the port’s channels, easing the path for enormous freighters arriving in Hampton Roads. In March, the widening phase was completed, and the deepening phase was expected to be finished in August 2025.
Edwards joined the port in 2021 after serving as CEO of TraPac, Global Container Terminals and Ports America. He sits on the Virginia Economic Development Partnership’s board.
Beginning in late March, the Port of Virginia handled more freight than usual after a freighter collided with the Francis Scott Key Bridge in Baltimore, leading to the bridge’s collapse and a temporary blockage of the Port of Baltimore. Much of the cargo originally headed to Baltimore was rerouted to Virginia, and Edwards said in May he estimated at least 15,000 to 20,000 extra container loads arrived in Virginia in the spring.
