Carolina Beach town marina repairs are expected to enhance appearance, accessibility and provide a more durable construction, which could bring more people to the marina. Repairs have been completed on half of the west side of the marina, said town of Carolina Beach planning director and assistant town manager Ed Parvin said. Crews are now finishing up th ...

The Wilmington Boat Show is estimated to attract 15,000 people to the Port City, making waves with its late-summer tourism impact. Based on anticipated attendance numbers from boat show organizers, the Wilmington and Beaches Convention and Visitors Bureau (CVB) estimates that the raw economic impact from the 2018 Wilmington Boat Show will be more than $619,000, accordin ...

N.C. Ports has sailed into new territory in its container business growth in Wilmington, according to an announcement Monday.   During the port’s fiscal year 2018, which ended June 30, N.C. Ports reported a record 38 percent year-over-year growth in the number of containers that moved through the Port of Wilmington, a news release stated. Year-over-year genera ...

An international company in the maritime industry opened its doors in the Wrightsville Beach area this month. St. Bart’s Yachts, a boat dealer and authorized agent for the international brand Beneteau, officially opened the doors of its 800-square-foot office space at 7232 Wrightsville Ave. on July 2, according to Peter Kurki, lead broker with St. Bart’s Yac ...

N.C. Ports' container business has grown 61 percent, year over year to date, according to Paul Cozza, executive director of N.C. Ports.  To keep up with that growth, Cozza said port officials are looking into additional projects, including deepening the Cape Fear River and upgrading its container yard. The projects were part of the updates Cozza ...

Gov. Roy Cooper traveled to the Port of Wilmington on Tuesday to get updates from port executives and take a tour of the facility's new neo-Panamax cranes. Although much of the meeting with the governor and port officials was behind closed doors, Cooper said following his public tour of the cranes that he wanted to get a "firsthand look" at the new additio ...

N.C. Ports experienced a quick and full recovery after the bankruptcy of Hanjin Shipping Co., its largest customer, according to a March report by Fitch Ratings. Increased shipping lines that have led to increased throughput at the ports were some of the key drivers cited as Fitch Ratings upgraded N.C. Ports’ $38.2 million senior lien port facilities rev ...

N.C. Ports is expecting the arrival of two neo-Panamax cranes this spring, building upon the port’s ongoing infrastructure improvements that officials have said will increase its global marketability. The two cranes were constructed by Shanghai Zhenjua Heavy Industry Co., the same company that built the port’s current post-Panamax cranes, according to Bethan ...

The Port of Wilmington is seeing new growth, recovering business after the upheaval of global ocean carrier Hanjin Shipping Co. in mid-2016.   The port saw nearly 231,000 TEUs (20-foot equivalent unit containers) in its 2017 fiscal year from July to June, down from about 284,700 in the 2016 fiscal year, according to numbers released by N.C. Ports.   Officials ...

With hurricane season ending on Nov. 30, thoughts of violent tropical storms have been replaced by holiday season plans for most Cape Fear residents. But not everyone.   Lisa Parker recently spent weeks in the U.S. Virgin Islands helping with the islands recover from the double barrel blasts from Hurricane Irma and Hurricane Maria that devastated the three main isla ...