Earlier this month, the North Carolina state budget set aside $283 million to cover the non-federal portion to construct the Wilmington Harbor Navigation Improvement Project.   Despite the big-ticket award, progress on the project is stalled as the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers awaits federal funding to cover a required pre-construction review pr ...

U.S. Rep. David Rouzer, R-N.C., filed a bill Nov. 18 with the goal of funneling more money into the state’s ferry system.   The bill would tweak the U.S. Department of Transportation’s (DOT) grant criteria for passenger ferries, removing the requirement that recipients must meet the Secretary of Commerce’s definition of an &ldq ...

Customers of the Port of Wilmington now have direct rail access to midwestern markets with the launch of the Wilmington Midwest Express. The route is the N.C. State Ports Authority’s daily direct connection to the midwest through the Carolina Connector Intermodal Rail Terminal in Rocky Mount. Gov. Roy Cooper attended an opening ceremony for the Rocky Mount ...

While billions in goods sit anchored outside the ports of Long Beach and Los Angeles, six of the Port of Wilmington’s eight weekly services are arriving on time with no scheduling difficulties. These steady routes are coming from Central and South America and Europe.  Local hiccups are occurring in the Wilmington port’s two Asian trans-Pacific services, ...

Village of Bald Head Island voters said “yes” on Tuesday to issuing $52 million in general obligation bonds, a key step before the small government is considered a potential buyer for the island’s transportation system.  Though results – from 165 affirmative ballots – are still not certified, the “nos” fall just 45 votes be ...

The Wilmington Boat Show drew about 65 exhibitors, numerous boat dealers and an estimated 6,000 attendees to the Wilmington Convention Center and nearby Cape Fear Community College parking lot this weekend, according to event organizers.   Until the watercraft actually rolled into the site, Jacqui McGuinness, owner of JBM & Associates, which produces the event, ...

The Wilmington Boat Show will cruise into downtown Friday and offer three days of information and activity at the Wilmington Convention Center. The show, which debuted in 2016, is operated by Charleston, South Carolina-based JBM & Associates. This year's Wilmington Boat Show rides a crest of “unprecedented” boat sales in the past year, according to s ...

Despite supply chain problems during the pandemic that have affected shipping, and a big vessel tie-up in the Suez Canal last March, the Port of Wilmington’s 2021 fiscal year was a strong one. The fiscal year for NC Ports ends June 30 of each year.   Key indicators for the Port of Wilmington were up over the previous fiscal year, according to spokeswoman Amy P ...

A developer is planning to add cold storage warehouse space on property near the Port of Wilmington. Cold Summit Development looks to bring nearly 460,000 square feet of cold storage space in two buildings to property owned by the port off Raleigh Street, officials with N.C. Ports announced this week. On Thursday, the N.C. Ports Authority board approved a 30-year lea ...

Growth and activity at the Port of Wilmington were on full display Friday as the site hosted a visit from U.S. Rep. David Rouzer,  R-N.C.. Accompanied by N.C. Ports officials, he watched as a German post-Panamax ship unloaded and took on cargo containers. He saw evidence of expansion in the many construction projects underway at the port complex.   Rouzer&rs ...