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Transportation 2025: JOSEPH RUDDY
CHIEF OPERATIONS OFFICER, VIRGINIA INTERNATIONAL TERMINALS, NORFOLK
Virginia Business //September 2, 2025//
Transportation 2025: JOSEPH RUDDY
CHIEF OPERATIONS OFFICER, VIRGINIA INTERNATIONAL TERMINALS, NORFOLK
Virginia Business //September 2, 2025//
Ruddy, who has served two stints as COO from 2011 to 2014, and since 2021, oversees information technology, safety, security, expansion projects and maintenance for the Virginia Port Authority affiliate that runs the Port of Virginia.
Last year, the port completed the widening of its shipping channel, a significant part of the $450 million dredging project to make the port the widest and deepest harbor on the East Coast. The project’s deepening component is expected to be finished by fall this year.
Additionally, the port expects to complete the first phase of a $650 million modernization expansion of Norfolk International Terminals’ north terminal in October. The project will create capacity for an additional 1.4 million
20-foot equivalent units (TEUs) with the installation of four new electric ship-to-shore cranes.
Ruddy received his bachelor’s degree from Virginia Wesleyan University and his master’s degree from the College of New Jersey. He serves on Virginia Wesleyan’s board of trustees.
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