Port of Richmond
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Also known as the Richmond Deepwater Terminal, the Port of Richmond is located on the James River
in Richmond, Virginia
, 100 miles from Cape Henry
and approximately 78 miles north of Newport News, Virginia
. It is located at 77° 25' west latitude and 37° 27' north longitude and lies adjacent to Interstate 95
. The port is the western terminus for commercial navigation on the James River and is four miles south of the central Richmond Business District.
of over 600 warehouses.
Owned by the City of Richmond, Virginia, it is one of only a few municipality-owned ports on the East Seaboard. It is governed by the Port of Richmond Commission with day-to-day operations managed by Federal Marine Terminals, Inc. Federal Marine Terminals provides exclusive stevedoring
services as well as a full range of supply chain management
services including export, packaging and transfer as well as warehouse and inland distribution services.
Major port cargo include tobacco, tobacco products, textiles, newsprint, wastepaper, chemicals, steel, steel products, phosphates, forest products, machinery, project cargo, refractory, vehicles, pharmaceuticals, aplite and livestock.
Independent Container Line (ICL), the port's principal carrier and a leader in ocean transportation, operates four container vessels on a weekly schedule that serve Chester, PA, Richmond, VA, Liverpool, England and Antwerp, Belgium. ICL also supports the Supply Chain requirements of companies needing waterborne, rail and trucking transportation warehouse services.
Eimskip, Iceland's biggest transportation company, began service in November 2006. http://www.eimskip.com/DesktopDefault.aspx/tabid-20/27_read-1081
James River (Virginia)
The James River is a river in the U.S. state of Virginia. It is long, extending to if one includes the Jackson River, the longer of its two source tributaries. The James River drains a catchment comprising . The watershed includes about 4% open water and an area with a population of 2.5 million...
in Richmond, Virginia
Richmond, Virginia
Richmond is the capital of the Commonwealth of Virginia, in the United States. It is an independent city and not part of any county. Richmond is the center of the Richmond Metropolitan Statistical Area and the Greater Richmond area...
, 100 miles from Cape Henry
Cape Henry
Cape Henry is a cape on the Atlantic shore of Virginia north of Virginia Beach. It is the southern boundary of the entrance to Chesapeake Bay.Across the mouth of the bay to the north is Cape Charles...
and approximately 78 miles north of Newport News, Virginia
Newport News, Virginia
Newport News is an independent city located in the Hampton Roads metropolitan area of Virginia. It is at the southeastern end of the Virginia Peninsula, on the north shore of the James River extending southeast from Skiffe's Creek along many miles of waterfront to the river's mouth at Newport News...
. It is located at 77° 25' west latitude and 37° 27' north longitude and lies adjacent to Interstate 95
Interstate 95 in Virginia
In the Commonwealth of Virginia, Interstate 95 runs through the state. It runs concurrently for with Interstate 64 in Richmond, and meets the northern terminus of Interstate 85 in Petersburg. Though Interstate 95 was originally planned to go straight through Washington, D.C., it was instead...
. The port is the western terminus for commercial navigation on the James River and is four miles south of the central Richmond Business District.
Description
The port of Richmond is a domestic and international multi-modal freight and distribution center serving waterborne, rail and truck shippers throughout the mid-Atlantic region. It handles containers, breakbulk, bulk, neo-bulk and livestock cargo. The port has container and general cargo facilities on the James River and is part of a supply chain networkSupply chain network
Due to the rapid advancement of technology such as pervasive or ubiquitous wireless and internet networks, connective product marking technologies like RFID and emerging standards for the use of these defining specific locations using Global Location Number, the basic supply chain is rapidly...
of over 600 warehouses.
Owned by the City of Richmond, Virginia, it is one of only a few municipality-owned ports on the East Seaboard. It is governed by the Port of Richmond Commission with day-to-day operations managed by Federal Marine Terminals, Inc. Federal Marine Terminals provides exclusive stevedoring
Stevedore
Stevedore, dockworker, docker, dock labourer, wharfie and longshoreman can have various waterfront-related meanings concerning loading and unloading ships, according to place and country....
services as well as a full range of supply chain management
Supply chain management
Supply chain management is the management of a network of interconnected businesses involved in the ultimate provision of product and service packages required by end customers...
services including export, packaging and transfer as well as warehouse and inland distribution services.
Major port cargo include tobacco, tobacco products, textiles, newsprint, wastepaper, chemicals, steel, steel products, phosphates, forest products, machinery, project cargo, refractory, vehicles, pharmaceuticals, aplite and livestock.
Distribution
The port provides service to northern Europe, the United Kingdom, Canada, the Mediterranean, the Caribbean, Mexico and South America.Independent Container Line (ICL), the port's principal carrier and a leader in ocean transportation, operates four container vessels on a weekly schedule that serve Chester, PA, Richmond, VA, Liverpool, England and Antwerp, Belgium. ICL also supports the Supply Chain requirements of companies needing waterborne, rail and trucking transportation warehouse services.
Eimskip, Iceland's biggest transportation company, began service in November 2006. http://www.eimskip.com/DesktopDefault.aspx/tabid-20/27_read-1081