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Apr 29, 2024

Deep dive

The Port of Virginia has set the stage to offer the widest and deepest harbor on the East Coast by 2025, with the recent widening of Thimble Shoal Channel West allowing for two-way traffic for all vessels, including ultra-large container vessels (ULCVs). Completed in March, the shipping channel is now as much as 1,400 feet […]

Mar 1, 2024

Widening of Port of Virginia shipping channel is complete

The Port of Virginia‘s shipping channel is now wide enough for two ultra-large container vessels to pass at the same time, concluding a significant part of the $450 million dredging project to make the port the widest and deepest harbor on the East Coast. According to the Friday announcement, the port expects to finish the […]

May 20, 2022

Port, Army Corps formalize dredging cost-share agreement

The Port of Virginia and the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers signed an agreement Friday that formalized their collaboration on the Norfolk Harbor dredging project to deliver the East Coast’s widest and deepest channels by 2024. The Army Corps also will use federal funding to award its first construction contract for the project, which started […]

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