Wilmington-based SeaTox Research Inc. and its project partners received an almost $1.5 million grant to develop test kits to help identify toxin-producing algal blooms in Alaska’s commercial shellfish, according to a news release.   The award is titled the Monitoring and Event Response for Harmful Algal Blooms (MERHAB) grant from the National Centers for ...

Officials with the Cuban government toured the Port of Wilmington last week, and Congressman David Rouzer, R-N.C., has raised national security concerns about the apparently sanctioned visit.  Cuba was first designated as a State Sponsor of Terrorism in 1982 due to its track record of supporting guerrilla groups and terrorists, according to the U.S. Bureau of Count ...

Though many events and local operations have wound down for the day in preparation of Hurricane Ian’s arrival, the Wilmington Boat Show is still on.  After pummeling west Florida, Hurricane Ian is projected to make landfall again midday Friday in South Carolina as a Category 1 hurricane. The Cape Fear region is expected to be inundated with heavy rainfall, wi ...

Environmental and offshore wind researchers shared their insights at the N.C. Offshore Wind and Wildlife Solutions Summit this week, weighing the balance of protecting coastal resources with the need to reduce greenhouse gas emissions through alternative energy sources.  Hosted by the N.C. Coastal Federation and other environmental groups, the summit on Tuesda ...

The Port of Wilmington will soon feature even more room equipped to temporarily store refrigerated containers.  Last month, the N.C. State Port Authority Board of Directors voted to authorize phase two of its reefer yard expansion, a nearly $22.6 million project.  The first $14 million phase, which wrapped in May 2020, introduced 540 new plugs to the p ...

North Carolina State Ports Authority’s fifth annual cold chain summit convened a variety of stakeholders at the day-long conference Tuesday, who reflected on the past year of disruptions, redirections and reimagined paths forward in the transportation scene.  The pandemic-prompted supply chain disruptions brought an entire industry into the limelight that had ...

The area off Southeastern North Carolina's coast being considered for offshore wind will be divided into two leases when companies bid on the rights to develop the ocean areas 17 nautical miles from Bald Head Island, federal officials announced Friday. The Bureau of Ocean Energy Management issued its final sale notice to lease the Wilmington East Wind Energy Area ...

On Valentine’s Day, the Port of Wilmington officially opened its new South Gate Container Complex after months of beta testing new systems and processes. The $26 million project began three years ago. It reconfigured the port’s previous container gate layout used by truckers, increasing the outbound lanes from three to six and inbound lanes from four to seve ...

The Village of Bald Head Island submitted a formal complaint to the N.C. Utilities Commission Wednesday, asking it to regulate Bald Head Island Limited's currently unregulated parking and barge operations. The commission currently governs rate increases for Bald Head Island Limited’s ferry and tram services. Each of the company’s four services functio ...

An offshore wind farm off the Southeastern North Carolina shoreline has the potential to materialize billions in economic development opportunities, according to stakeholder estimates.   Forging the ambitious project into a reality will call for a coordinated and robust response from private and public stakeholders, necessitating a bulked-up stateside manufacturing ...