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2 21 PORT FACILITIES PORT FACILITIES Hampton Roads Harbor 21 Hampton Roads Port Facility Guide 24 Hampton Roads Terminal Summary 31 General Cargo Terminals 40 Coal Terminals 50 Refrigerated Facilities 53 Dry Bulk and Grain Handling Facilities 54 Oil Storage and Handling Facilities 57 Marine Cargo Terminals 62 ROOM FOR GROWTH TERMINAL CAPACITY V irginia International Gateway (VIG) is a privately owned marine container terminal located along the Elizabeth River in Portsmouth, Virginia. The facility was commissioned in July 2007, and is the largest privately-owned container terminal in the United States. C raney Island Eastward Expansion: Construction began in late 2010 on the largest fully-permitted port expansion project in the United States.

3 LOCATED MIDWAY on the Atlantic Coast of the United States, in latitude 37 degrees north and longitude 76 degrees west, Hampton Roads is free of ice throughout the year. The broad, magnificent harbor is formed by the confluence of three tidal rivers: the James, the Nansemond, and the Elizabeth. It has an area of 35 square miles and forms the approach to the important deep draft ports of Norfolk, Newport News, Portsmouth, and Chesapeake. Ships entering Hampton Roads from the sea follow a course between the Virginia Capes, across the lower end of. Chesapeake Bay via Thimble Shoals Channel into the deep waters of Hampton Roads HAMPTON ROADS HARBOR Thimble Shoal Channel Extends from the Virginia Capes across the lower end of the Chesapeake Bay into the deep waters of Hampton Roads. Thimble Shoal Channel is presently 1,000 feet wide and approximately 13 miles long. In 1988, the 650- foot wide outbound lane of the 45-foot channel was deepened to 50 feet. The remaining 350-foot wide inbound lane of the 45-foot channel was deepened to 50 feet in Two channels extend through Hampton Roads, one southward into Norfolk, Portsmouth and Chesapeake, and one westward to Newport News and up the James River. Authorized improvements for Thimble Shoal Channel provide for deepening to 55 feet. Norfolk Harbor Channel Extends from Hampton Roads into the Southside cities via the Elizabeth River into Norfolk, Portsmouth and Chesapeake. Beginning at the Hampton Roads Bridge Tunnel, and extending to a point 0.8 miles above the Interstate 64 Bridge, the Norfolk Channel is 19.6 miles long. With the deepening of the outbound lane in 1988 and the deepening of the inbound lane in 2005, a 1,250 feet wide channel providing access from deep water in Hampton Roads to the Norfolk International Terminals, and an 800-foot wide channel extending upstream providing access to the Norfolk Southern coal piers at Lamberts Point, is currently maintained to a depth of 50 feet. A 40-foot channel extends from the coal piers to the Norfolk Southern Railway Bridge on the Southern Branch. Beyond this point a 35-foot channel extends 4.6 miles to a point 0.8 miles above the Interstate 64 Bridge, where the channel connects with the Atlantic Intracoastal Waterway route through the sounds of North Carolina to the South Atlantic Coastal States. The width of the Norfolk Harbor Channel, when including the 45- foot deep and 250-foot NAVIGATION wide auxiliary channel to the east, is 1,500 feet from its outer end to a point opposite Norfolk International Terminals; then 800 feet to the Norfolk Southern Railway coal piers; thence, 750 feet to the junction of the Eastern and Southern Branches; thence, up the Southern Branch 450 feet wide to the Belt Line Railroad Bridge; thence, 375 feet wide for one mile to the Norfolk Southern Railway Bridge; thence, 250 to 500 feet wide to its junction with the Atlantic Intracoastal Waterway route. The Ports of Virginia Annual

4 HAMPTON ROADS HARBOR Norfolk Harbor Authorized improvements provided for deepening the Norfolk Harbor channel to 55 feet between Hampton Roads Bridge Tunnel and Lamberts Point; deepening the main stem of the Elizabeth River and the Southern Branch of the Elizabeth River between Lamberts Point and the Norfolk Southern Railway Bridge to 45 feet; deepening the Southern Branch between the Southern Railway Bridge and the U.S. Routes 460 and 13 highway crossing to 40 feet; and providing a new 800-foot turning basin at the terminus of the channel improvement. Newport News Channel Extends 6.7 miles westward from Hampton Roads to Newport News. The Channel to Newport News has a depth of 50 feet over a width of 800 feet. Authorized improvements for the Newport News Channel provide for deepening to 55 feet. Atlantic Ocean Channel Extends from the mouth of the Chesapeake Bay out into the deep water of the Atlantic Ocean. The Atlantic Ocean Channel, which has a length of 11.1 miles, was dredged to a depth of 52 feet and a width of 1,300 feet in Authorized improvements for the Atlantic Ocean Channel provide for deepening to 57 feet, with follow-up designs recommending a need for deepening to 60 feet. James River Channel The James River Channel extends 68 and 90 miles respectively to the ports of Hopewell and Richmond, with a depth of 25 feet to Hopewell, 25 feet to Richmond Deepwater Terminal, and 18 feet to Richmond Harbor. The maintained channel width is 300 feet to Hopewell and 200 feet from Hopewell to Richmond Harbor. Anchorages Five deep draft anchorages have been dredged in Hampton Roads. A deep draft anchorage opposite the City of Hampton in connection with the 55-foot channel improvements was completed in This circular anchorage was deepened to an intermediate depth of 50 feet over a radius of 1,500 feet in Two of the anchorages are at Sewells Point, one of which was dredged to 45 feet and the other to 40 feet. The other two anchorages at Newport News are each 40 feet deep. Authorized Channel Improvements Major improvements to the channels serving Hampton Roads were authorized in November 1986 and construction began in March 1987 on the first element of these improvements, consisting of a 50-foot outbound channel. The authorized improvements provide for deepening the Norfolk Harbor Channel, the Newport News Channel, and the Thimble Shoal Channel to 55 feet and constructing a new channel in the Atlantic Ocean Channel to a depth of 57 feet. The authorized improvements also provide for deepening the Norfolk Harbor 40-foot channel to 45 feet, a portion of the Southern Branch 35-foot channel to 40 feet, and providing a new 800-foot turning basin at the terminus of the channel improvement. PHOTO BY McALLISTER TOWING OF VIRGINIA, INC. 22 The Ports of Virginia Annual 2015

5 Port s Priority Projects The Hampton Roads Navigational Summit is a stakeholder s forum jointly sponsored by the VMA and the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers to prioritize navigational projects in the Port, obtain the resources and support necessary to move them forward, and with the mission of achieving Unrestricted Navigation for the ports of Virginia. The Summit brings together participants from the maritime community, government, and elected office holders to work collaboratively to meet the Port s dredging requirements. At the inaugural Navigational Summit in 2006, the maritime community agreed on the following as the priority projects for the ports of Virginia: Maintain the Norfolk Harbor Channel and Craney Island Construct the Craney Island Eastern Expansion Deepen the Southern Branch to the 45-foot and 40-foot authorized project level Construct the 55-foot Norfolk Harbor Project These are the navigational needs that must be addressed and brought to reality for the ports of Virginia to reach their fullest potential as a driver of regional and statewide economic activity. G. M. McAllister HAMPTON ROADS HARBOR The Ports of Virginia Annual

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8 A Newport News Shipbuilding/ Huntington Ingalls Industries 2. City of Newport News Pier Pier B, Newport News Marine Terminal 4. Pier C, Newport News Marine Terminal 5. ESSROC Cement 6. Kinder Morgan Bulk Terminals-Pier IX 7. Kinder Morgan Pier X 8. Dominion Terminal Associates 9. Pier Pier BKEP 12. Davis Boat Works 13. Papco The Ports of Virginia Annual 2015

9 T H E P O R T O F V I R G I N I A B North Berth 2 17 North Berth CB1 CB2 21 CB3 CB4 14. U.S. Naval Station 15. Pier 3, Norfolk International Terminals 16. Lehigh Cement Co. 17. Norfolk International Terminals North Berth 18. Norfolk International Terminals - Ro/Ro 19. Pier 2, Norfolk International Terminals 20. Pier 1, Norfolk International Terminals 21. Container Berth No. 1 Container Berth No. 2 Container Berth No. 3 Container Berth No. 4 The Ports of Virginia Annual

10 C Craney Island Fuel Facility, U.S. Navy 23. USCG Support Center, Portsmouth 24. Virginia International Gateway 25. Associated Naval Architects, Inc. 26. Pier 6, Norfolk Southern/Layberth Southside 27. Pier N, Lamberts Point Docks, Inc. 28. Norfolk Oil Transit, Inc. 29. Pier L, Lamberts Point Docks, Inc. 30. Pier P, Lamberts Point Docks, Inc. 31. Marine Hydraulics International 32. U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Norfolk District 33. Earl Industries-Norfolk 34. Portsmouth Marine Terminal, Inc. 35. Old Sealand Terminal 36. Earl Industries-Portsmouth 28 The Ports of Virginia Annual 2015

11 D T H E P O R T O F V I R G I N I A National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, Atlantic Marine Center 38. Nauticus/Half Moone Cruise Terminal 39. Otter Berth 40. Waterside 41. Ocean Marine Yacht Center 42. BAE Systems Berkley Plant 43. Robbins Maritime Service 44. McAllister Towing of Virginia 45. Vulcan Materials Tug Dock 46. Metro Machine Corporation 47. Berkley Machine Works and Foundry Co. Inc. 48. Colonna s Shipyard, Inc. 49. Moran Towing of Virginia, Inc. 50. Kinder Morgan Norfolk Marine Terminal 51/52/53. Lyon Shipyard Main Yard 54. W-3 Marine 55. Lyon Shipyard South Yard 56/58. Vulcan Materials 57. Chevron The Ports of Virginia Annual

12 E Marine Oil Service, Inc. 60. United States Gypsum Company 61. Carter Marine 62. TransMontaigne Fuel 63. TransMontaigne Bulk 64. Kerneos/Roanoke, Inc. 65. Norfolk Naval Shipyard, Portsmouth 66. Apex Terminals, Apex Oil Company 67. Perdue Farms, Incorporated Elevator 68. Accurate Marine Environmental 69. Vane Brothers 70. Enviva 71. Peck Marine Terminal 72. Kinder Morgan South Hill Terminal 73. McLean Contracting Co. 74. Money Point Terminal 75. KMI Chesapeake 76. Hess Barge Dock 77. Hess Oil 78. LaFarge 79. IMTT - Virginia 80. DCP Midstream, LLC 81. Elizabeth River Terminals, Inc Elizabeth River Terminals, Inc SIMS Metal 84. One Steel 85. Southern States 86. Tri-Port Terminals, Inc. 87. Dominion CEC Coal Terminal 30 The Ports of Virginia Annual 2015

13 HAMPTON ROADS TERMINAL SUMMARY General Cargo Terminals KEY PIER AND OPERATOR TYPE OF CONSTRUCTION MECHANICAL HANDLING FLOOR DIMENSIONS NO. OF WATER RAILWAY LOCATION FACILITIES SPACE BERTHS DEPTH CONNECTIONS 81 Elizabeth Elizabeth Pier 1. Timber pile, timber decked and One 50-ton Clyde gantry crane, three Covered Pier 1: Ship 35 ft. Norfolk & Portsmouth River River asphalt covered wharf with concrete barge mounted cranes, and one storage: W-40 ft. Berths Belt Line Railroad Terminal Terminals, LLC breasting dolphins on each side. 150-ton Linkbelt crane, all equipped 520,000+ L-1200 ft. Pier 1: connecting with Chesapeake with clamshell buckets. Discharges sq.ft. Pier 2: 1200 ft. two major railroad 82 Pier 2. Two floating barges direct to open-top cars or by conveyor Open W-60 ft. Pier 2: lines, NS alongside sheet piling bulkhead and belts to both open and covered storage: L-750 ft. 750 ft. 35 ft. CSX. and black topped apron. storage, covered hoppers or trucks. 350,000 Barge Hopper car unloaders sq. ft. Berths: and other equipment for handling bulk (2) 300 dry materials at high volume rates. ft. each Lambert s Lambert s Layberth facilities W-243 ft ft. Point Point L-755 ft. 29 Pier L Docks, Inc. Norfolk Lambert s Lambert s Concrete pile with concrete deck. Forklift trucks, and warehouse tractors 320,000 W-390 ft ft. NS Railway Two Point Point Transit shed is steel frame with and trailers, transtainers/van carriers. sq. ft. L-1100 ft. surface tracks on Pier N Docks, Inc. corrugated metal side works; foot north and south 27 Norfolk timber bulkhead with 35 to 10-foot aprons, total length depths alongside at inner end of north 4,300 feet. Two side and 308 foot timber bulkhead platform level tracks with 10-foot depth alongside at inner through center of end of south side. Each bulkhead is transit shed, total fronted by timber fender system and length 2,020 feet. has paved solid fill. Key to location to Hampton Roads Port Facility Guide 31

14 HAMPTON ROADS TERMINAL SUMMARY General Cargo Terminals (Continued) 32 KEY PIER AND OPERATOR TYPE OF CONSTRUCTION MECHANICAL HANDLING FLOOR DIMENSIONS NO. OF WATER RAILWAY LOCATION FACILITIES SPACE BERTHS DEPTH CONNECTIONS Lambert s Lambert s Concrete pile with concrete deck. Two AmClyde articulated gantry 326,000 W-396 ft. 5 PS/S NS Railway Two Point Point Transit shed is steel frame with side cranes travel on both sides and end of sq. ft. L-1196 ft. 32 ft. surface tracks on Pier P Docks, Inc. walls of concrete, translucent plastic pier. The AmClyde gantry cranes have PN/S north and south Norfolk and corrugated metal. Concrete bulk- capacity of 50' long tons at 135'-foot 36 ft. aprons; total length heads at inshore end north and south radius under automatic spreader bar; 4,110 feet. Two 30 sides, 300 feet and 230 feet. Bulkheads 51' long tons under main block; 20' platform level tracks are fronted with timber fender systems long tons on main hook. through center of and have paved solid fill behind. transit shed, total Container handling equipment in- length 2,000 feet. cludes two rubber tired container Tracks on pier gantry cranes (35-ton and 40-ton) connect with storage and two 41-ton reach boom top yards in rear. loaders. Newport Virginia Cylindrical prestressed concrete piles, Equipment available includes 270,083 W-543 ft ft. CSX, two depressed News International pre-cast and cast-in-place concrete forklifts all sizes and fifth wheel sq. ft. L-620 ft. NS tracks, in center of Marine Terminals LLC deck; hardened concrete surface on trucks and trailer trains. 40 ft. building, total 3 Terminal aprons; asphalt floor covering inside Outshore length, 1,100 ft., Pier B building; steel sheet piling bulkhead. 36 ft. three apron tracks SS 588 ft. each, two on the north side and one on the south side. Newport Virginia Cylindrical prestressed concrete piles, Two 30'-long ton Pacecos, two 40'-long 128,340 W-552 ft. 3 (2 40 ft. CSX, two depressed News International pre-cast and cast-in-place concrete ton Pacecos, 50-ton CMI with 182- sq. ft. L-935 ft. N Container) NS tracks in center of Marine Terminals LLC deck, and steel sheet piling bulkhead. metric ton heavy lift, two reach stackers L-935 ft. S 40 ft. building, total length 4 Terminal Asphalt floor covering inside building. and three 45-long ton Outshore 1,320 feet, six apron Pier C New turning dolphin at NW rubber tired gantry cranes. SS tracks, three on the corner of the pier. north side and three on south side, each 740 feet long. Key to location to Hampton Roads Port Facility Guide

15 HAMPTON ROADS TERMINAL SUMMARY General Cargo Terminals (Continued) KEY PIER AND OPERATOR TYPE OF CONSTRUCTION MECHANICAL HANDLING FLOOR DIMENSIONS NO. OF WATER RAILWAY LOCATION FACILITIES SPACE BERTHS DEPTH CONNECTIONS Norfolk Virginia Marginal wharf. Eight 100'-gage ZPMC 65-long ton Berth No ft. Connects with NS International International cranes, 18 kalmar straddle carriers. L-896 ft. Railway and Norfolk Terminals Terminals LLC Berth No. 2 & Portsmouth Belt Containership 3150 ft. Line Railroad. 21 Berth No. 1 Berth No. Containership 3150 ft. 3 Berth No. 2 Berth No. 4 Containership 4230 ft. Berth No. 3 and Containership Berth No. 4 Norfolk Virginia Pier formed by concrete retaining Equipment available includes forklifts, 238,080 W-308 ft ft. Two surface tracks International International walls with solid fill; sides and face all sizes, tractors, mobile cranes, and sq. ft. L-1320 ft. NS on north and south Terminals Terminals LLC fronted by concrete pile, concrete- fifth wheel truck tractors. 28 ft. aprons, total length Pier No. 1 decked extensions with rubber SS 5,160 feet, and three 20 fender systems. platform level tracks inside transit shed, total length 3,690 feet, connect with NS Railway and Norfolk and Portsmouth Belt Line. Norfolk Virginia Pier formed by concrete retaining Equipment available includes forklifts, 275,000 W-334 ft ft. Same as Pier No. 1 International International walls with solid fill; sides and face all sizes, tractors, mobile cranes, and sq. ft. L-1328 ft. NS except no apron. 19 Terminals Terminals LLC fronted by concrete pile, concrete- fifth wheel truck tractors. 30 ft. Pier No. 2 decked extensions with timber fender SS Tracks on north side. systems. Concrete bulkhead with concrete-surfaced solid fill at inner end of north and south sides. Key to location to Hampton Roads Port Facility Guide 33

16 HAMPTON ROADS TERMINAL SUMMARY General Cargo Terminals (Continued) 34 KEY PIER AND OPERATOR TYPE OF CONSTRUCTION MECHANICAL HANDLING FLOOR DIMENSIONS NO. OF WATER RAILWAY LOCATION FACILITIES SPACE BERTHS DEPTH CONNECTIONS Norfolk Virginia Concrete deck supported on concrete Forklifts, tractors, mobile cranes. 220,000 W-498 ft ft. NS Railway through International International piles. One transit shed is concrete sq. ft. L-1211 ft. Norfolk & Portsmouth Terminals Terminals LLC with concrete floor supported on (Includes Belt Line Railroad; 15 Pier No. 3 concrete piles driven in a land fill, retained freezer) one connecting by a concrete sheet pile retaining wall. surface track on Pier aprons are protected by a timber north. Total length fender system. A 100,000 sq. ft. freeze 1,200 feet. facility was added in September Norfolk Virginia Marginal Wharf. Equipment available includes forklifts, L-1500 ft ft. Two tracks adjacent International International all sizes, tractors, mobile cranes to north apron. 18 Terminals Terminals LLC and fifth wheel truck tractors. North Container This is an RO/RO berth. Berth NIT Virginia Marginal Wharf 6 ZPMC Cranes Berth NBI 2 50 ft. Connects with NS Containership International (Suez-Class/24 container across reach 2466 ft. Railway and Norfolk 21 Berth Terminals LLC 18 Straddle Carriers - 3 Straddle carriers & Portsmouth Belt NBI per crane (Noell/Kalimar) Line Railroad. Peck Marine The Part timber pile with timber deck and One hose rack with pneumatic- Face 1 32 ft. Norfolk & Terminal Peck part concrete pile with concrete deck. operated hoists. 600 ft. Portsmouth 71 Company One 12-, three 10-, four 8-, five 6-, and Belt Line Railroad thirteen 4-inch pipelines extend from wharf to 163 steel storage tanks. Port of Leased to 1584-foot concrete wharf, fender system Equipment available includes Covered Wharf 3 25 ft. Direct rail service with N/A Richmond Virginia Port of timber and rubber. Container vessels, 1 Manitowoc 2250 crane with storage: L-1584 ft. CSX (COFC/TOFC) James River, Authority general cargo vessels or barges can 350-ton heavy lift capacity; 300,105 W ft. and local switch Richmond, be handled at either of the three berths. 1 Manitowoc 2250 crane sq. ft. D-60 ft. service available via Virginia Port 2 container handlers Open (25 ft. above Norfolk Southern. Contractors, forklifts all sizes storage: MLW A rail spur runs Incorp. fifth wheel truck tractors. 34 acres adjacent to the (PCI) warehouse facility. Key to location to Hampton Roads Port Facility Guide

17 HAMPTON ROADS TERMINAL SUMMARY General Cargo Terminals (Continued) KEY PIER AND OPERATOR TYPE OF CONSTRUCTION MECHANICAL HANDLING FLOOR DIMENSIONS NO. OF WATER RAILWAY LOCATION FACILITIES SPACE BERTHS DEPTH CONNECTIONS Portsmouth Virginia A three-berth, 3500-ft. marginal wharf Rail tracks run entire length of pier. Four Kone Covered L-3500 ft ft. Norfolk and Marine International with roll-on, roll-off capability. 40'-long ton container cranes, one 40'-long storage: Portsmouth Belt 34 Terminal Terminals LLC Concrete wharf, pile and fill ton Deer Park, and a 110'-short ton gantry 180,000 Line connecting Portsmouth, combinations. Container or general crane for 1,650 feet of the wharf with on sq. ft. with NS, CSX, Eastern Virginia cargo vessels can be handled at either dock rail spurs and can serve all berths. Shore. Switching berth. Acres of paved land for storing Thirty-nine straddle carriers and allied within terminal containers adjacent to berth. yard equipment for container movements. by Terminal Total warehouse storage 180,000 sq. ft. Trackmobile. Virginia Interminals Virginia A 3,205-foot concrete berth. Equipment available includes: Pier length 3 55 ft. Rail service with Terminals (VIG) Port Authority ship-to-shore gantry cranes, 3,205 ft. Alongside CSX and NS. 24 Portsmouth, RMGs, shuttle trucks, translifters RTGs. Virginia Coal Piers CEC Dominion Concrete with concrete piles 54 Belt Conveyors with two (2) Dock: 1 35 ft. N/A 87 Coal moveable hoppers. 350 x 50 Terminal Access Trestle: 350 x 25 Dominion Dominion Concrete pile and deck. A tandem rotary car dumper; two W-84 ft ft. CSX 8 Terminal Terminal stacker/reclaimers and one reclaimer; Associates Associates shiploader with 143-foot boom and L-1162 ft. Transportation Newport News, 79 feet air draft. Loading rates are up Virginia to 6,500 tons per hour. 6 Kinder Morgan Kinder Morgan Concrete pile, concrete decked pier Tandom in-line rotary car dumper can unload W-88 ft ft. CSX Bulk Terminals- Bulk Terminals- with traveling shiploader. coal at rates up to 5,000 tons per hour. L-1,200 ft. Transportation Pier IX Pier IX The shiploader travels the length of the pier 65 ft. and is rated at 8,000 tons per hour. air draft Key to location to Hampton Roads Port Facility Guide 35

18 HAMPTON ROADS TERMINAL SUMMARY Coal Piers (Continued) 36 KEY PIER AND OPERATOR TYPE OF CONSTRUCTION MECHANICAL HANDLING FLOOR DIMENSIONS NO. OF WATER RAILWAY LOCATION FACILITIES SPACE BERTHS DEPTH CONNECTIONS Norfolk Norfolk Concrete deck on concrete piles, with Two tandem car dumpers dump four W-82 ft ft. Norfolk Southern 26 Southern Southern rubber and timber fender system hopper cars to two 96-inch-wide conveyor L-1,850 Pier No. 6 Railway supports steel superstructure and belt systems, feeding the two loaders at a 74 ft. ft. Railway Norfolk Company two traveling loaders. rate of 5,000 tons per hour each; loading is air draft on the north side of the pier. Loaders are equipped with telescopic chutes. Dry Bulk Terminals Perdue Perdue Full concrete deck on wharf. Berth Two Peco gantry ship loaders, with W-35 ft ft. Rail service with 67 Farms, Inc. Farms, Inc. can accommodate vessels up to trippers. This equipment will give a L-500 ft. CSX, NS, South Elevator 950 ft., 130 ft. beam. combined load rate up to 60, ft. ESHR, CA Chesapeake bushels per hour. The gantry is fed air draft by an electric belt conveyor system extending to the wharf from a 6.8-million bushel grain elevator and a 15,000-short ton shed and two 7,500-short-ton domes for storage of soybean meal and/or bulk products. Key to location to Hampton Roads Port Facility Guide

19 HAMPTON ROADS TERMINAL SUMMARY Liquid Bulk Terminals KEY PIER AND OPERATOR TYPE OF CONSTRUCTION MECHANICAL HANDLING FLOOR DIMENSIONS NO. OF WATER RAILWAY LOCATION FACILITIES SPACE BERTHS DEPTH CONNECTIONS DCP Midstream Atlantic Tanker Dock: includes a 10-foot wide One 14-inch propane or butane and See 1 35 ft. NS Railway: one 80 LLC Energy, Inc. x 210-foot long approach trestle from land one 6-inch vapor pipeline extend from description M.L.W. surface track serves to unloading dock. Dock and trestle are of dock and connect with storage tanks under tank car loading rack timber construction on timber piles. Two on shore. 12-inch hydraulically Type of at terminal. concrete breasting dolphins on steel pipe operated marine arm is located on dock. Construcpiles located 125 feet on each side of dock. The marine arm has a safe working tion One pile cluster dolphin is installed height of approximately 67 ft. and is midway between dock and each breasting equipped with an automatic disconnect dolphin to accommodate small vessels. to prevent exceeding the safe limit Four concrete mooring dolphins on steel of the arm. One 4-inch vapor return pipe piles, 70 feet back of breasting hose. ASA 150 RF flanged cargo line. The extreme dolphins are 800 feet connections. apart. The dock is connected to the breasting and mooring dolphins by timber walkways on timber piles. IMTT- IMTT- Steel/timber pile, metal-decked off- Two manually operated loading arms Face 1 34 ft. NS Railway 79 Virginia Virginia shore spill basin wharf with 185-foot with 10-inch manifolds for off-loading 50 ft. x 8-foot timber approach at east end. ocean-going tankers. Four 8-inch WS M.L.W. Four breasting dolphins in line with face. manifolds for loading and off-loading 30 ft. Four additional mooring dolphins are barges. One 8-inch single manifold ES located 75 feet in rear and parallel with for liquid fertilizer product. 30 ft. face on east and west sides. One 14-, two 10- and 3 8-inch pipelines extend from wharf to 23 steel storage tanks. Western Yorktown Western Yorktown Timber pile, 30 x 60 foot concrete One 3-ton motorized hydraulic-operated Face 60 ft ft. Norfolk & Refinery Refinery decked offshore wharf with 12 x 24 stiff-leg derrick with two 45-foot NS 30 ft. Portsmouth N/A Business foot approach and pipeline trestle; booms for handling hose. SS 30 ft. Belt Line Railroad Unit timber mooring dolphins in line with face. Adequate pipelines extend from dock to storage tanks. Key to location to Hampton Roads Port Facility Guide 37

20 HAMPTON ROADS TERMINAL SUMMARY Liquid Bulk Terminals (Continued) 38 KEY PIER AND OPERATOR TYPE OF CONSTRUCTION MECHANICAL HANDLING FLOOR DIMENSIONS NO. OF WATER RAILWAY LOCATION FACILITIES SPACE BERTHS DEPTH CONNECTIONS Marine Oil Marine Oil Two timber pile, timber decked piers Heated liquid storage tanks, pumps 38,000 sq. ft. W-100 ft ft. 59 Service, Inc. Service, Inc. 28 x 330 ft. 50 x 300 ft. timber wharf. and piping for transfer of diesel fuel and warehouse Norfolk lubricants. Bulk, drummed and packaged 252,000 L-300 ft. lubricants available for deep sea and gallons inland marine equipment. Industrial heated and aviation lubricants also available. tank storage. Norfolk Oil Norfolk Oil Concrete pile with concrete deck. Transit Two 6-inch mild steel pipeline. 1,100 ft. 32 ft. Piping runs to Transit Transit, Inc. shed is steel frame with corrugated metal One 6-inch stainless steel pipeline. terminal with two (Lambert s side works; foot timber bulkhead NS sidings. 28 Point, Pier N), with 35 to 10-foot depths alongside at inner Norfolk end of north side and 308' timber bulkhead with 10' depth alongside at inner end of south side. Each bulkhead is fronted by timber fender system and has paved solid fill. PAPCO Inc. PAPCO Inc. Concrete pile with concrete deck. Two metered fueling stations Newport News Accept vessels up to 160 ft inch receiving lines-barge N/A N/A 2 16 ft. None (Small Boat 2-inch discharge lines Harbor) Key to location to Hampton Roads Port Facility Guide

21 HAMPTON ROADS TERMINAL SUMMARY Liquid Bulk Terminals (Continued) KEY PIER AND OPERATOR TYPE OF CONSTRUCTION MECHANICAL HANDLING FLOOR DIMENSIONS NO. OF WATER RAILWAY LOCATION FACILITIES SPACE BERTHS DEPTH CONNECTIONS BKEP BKEP TANKER DOCK: Concrete pile, concrete Electric capstans located on mooring WS 1 36 ft. decked offshore wharf; two 23-x-25-foot platforms; one jib crane; and three 80 ft. timber pile, concrete-decked mooring two-ton electric hoists on a trolley for ES platforms in line with west side. Wharf handling hose. 80 ft. and mooring platforms are connected by NS 4-foot-wide timber pile, steel mesh One 20-, five 12-, two 10-, and two 8-inch 50 ft. 11 walkway continuing from barge dock. pipelines extend from wharf and SS connect with storage tank farm on shore. 50 ft. BARGE DOCK: Concrete pile, concrete- WS 2 16 decked offshore wharf; east and 30 ft. to west sides in line with sides of two ES 27 ft. 20-x-28-foot timber pile, concrete- 30 ft. decked mooring platforms. Wharf and NS mooring platforms are connected by 26 ft. a 4-foot-wide timber pile, steel mesh SS walkway, extending from timber 26 ft. bulkhead with solid fill. TransMontaigne TransMontaigne 750 ft. fuel dock Four 8-inch mechanical loading arms None Terminaling, Inc. Terminaling, Inc. Concrete on steel pile offshore wharf with 10-inch pipelines for tankers. 62 Chesapeake consisting of a 40' x 75' main dock 75 ft., 2-inch hose w/cam lock platform and two 20' x 30' breasting connection of each dock. platforms on line connected by 115' A 3-inch hose w/cam lock. North Dock 40 ft. timber on timber pile catwalks. Main Dock 40 ft. Marine lubes at the main dock, South Dock 40 ft. south platform, and at the barge dock. Creek Dock 19.5 ft. Passenger Terminals Nauticus City 650' pier with passenger N/A N/A Pier 1 35 ft. N/A 38 International Pier of processing area Length Half Moone Norfolk 650' Key to location to Hampton Roads Port Facility Guide 39

22 PORT FACILITIES General Cargo Terminals Piers N, L and P, Lambert s Point Docks, Inc. Lambert s Point Docks, Inc. Lambert s Point Docks, Incorporated operates a general cargo terminal and warehouse operation, with modern piers and warehouses in Norfolk, Virginia, and is owned by the Norfolk Southern Corporation. Lambert s Point Docks is a niche terminal whose services are tailored for customers with special needs. Special services include: warehouse and covered pier storage for breakbulk cargo comprising of approximately 1.2 million sq. ft.; rapid container, railcar and truck services; specialized equipment to handle any type of general cargo; equipment rail ramps; two 50-ton articulated gantry cranes equipped with automatic container spreader bars; and two 1,100 foot RoRo berths. Both U.S. Customs and U.S. Department of Agriculture provide an array of services at the terminal. Container control and interchange facilities are located at Lambert s Point Docks; the marshalling yard accommodates over 2,500 TEUs. Container handling equipment includes a transtainer, a container top loader, hustlers, several heavy duty forklifts, and tractors. Complete export/import stuffing and stripping services are available at the terminal. The facilities have 24-hour armed security provided by Top Guard Security Services. Lambert s Point Dock is a former recipient of the U.S. Senate Productivity Award. SUMMARY: OPEN STORAGE Open storage for steel, containers and other cargoes consist of approximately 20 acres. TRANSPORTATION Lambert s Point Docks is served by a host of major shipping lines and trucking companies. Major urban streets connect with Interstates 664, 464, 264 and 64 east and west thence to 95 North and South. Norfolk Southern Railway Company provides direct service to the Docks company terminal with connections to four other major rail lines. 40 The Ports of Virginia Annual 2015

23 T H E P O R T S O F V I R G I N I A Lambert s Point Division Pier L Pier N Pier P Layberth facilities 243 feet wide x 755 feet long. Water depth-32 feet. Covered pier 390 feet wide x 1,100 feet long with 35 foot aprons. Water depth 32 feet, North and South sides. Fuel oil by barge. Two depressed tracks-capacity 34 cars running down center. Area of covered pier space-320,000 sq. ft. Concrete deck. Adjacent yard accommodates 2,100 holding cars. Covered pier 400 feet wide x 1,200 feet long with 43 foot aprons. Water depth South side 36 feet; North side 32 feet. Potable water available; fuel oil by barge. Ro-Ro berths north and south side. Two depressed tracks capacity 34 cars running down center. Two tracks on both aprons capacity 18 cars each. Two 50-ton AmClyde articulated gantry cranes. Newport News Marine Terminal Newport News Marine Terminal (NNMT), a 141-acre facility, handles all type of breakbulk, RoRo and special project cargo. Home to two major cargo handling piers Pier B and Pier C, NNMT has the following features: Warehouse A 100,000 sq. ft. multi-use warehouse Rubb warehouse - 156,000 sq. ft. 25 acres of open space storage (general cargo) for automobiles Warehouse D - 200,000 sq. ft. 40 ft. water depth at Pier C, north and south (general cargo) Newport News Marine Terminal The Ports of Virginia Annual

24 PORT FACILITIES CSX rail service 37 ft. water depth at Pier B, Pier B warehouse - 270,000 sq. ft north and 37 ft. south (general cargo) Warehouse G - 100,000 sq. ft. Pier C warehouse - 128,000 sq. ft. (general cargo) (general cargo) Highway access is excellent to I-64 and Route 58 via I-664 Pier B Pier B contains over 270,000 sq. ft. of covered pier storage all sprinklered. With two berths, Pier B can service two ships at any given time. The complete cargo handling capabilities of Pier B are augmented with over 40 forklifts with 6,000 to 65,000 lb. capacity and numerous yard tractors with ample trailers. Serviced by trucking companies and CSX Railroad, the pier has 1,100 feet of depressed tracks with 840 feet more on the Northside and 600 feet on the Southside. An extension to Pier B also provides an additional 22,800 sq. ft. of open storage space. Pier C Pier C has a spacious RoRo berth and one additional berth with a combined capability of servicing two ships at any time. Pier C also has a 182 metric ton crane for handling heavy lifts. In addition to providing service between the vessel and apron, they can also directly load and unload trucks and railroad cars. Indoor storage is provided by 128,340 sq. ft. of sprinklered covered warehouse space. Norfolk International Terminals Norfolk International Terminals 42 The Ports of Virginia Annual 2015

25 T H E P O R T S O F V I R G I N I A NORFOLK INTERNATIONAL TERMINALS SUMMARY Pier 1 Pier 2 Pier 3 North Container Berth South Container Berth 1,320 feet long, 308 feet wide North Side South Side Apron 36 feet wide Apron 36 feet wide Water Depth 32 feet MLW Water Depth 30 feet Two rail tracks on each apron Three depressed rail tracks inside transit shed 1,320 feet long, 336 feet wide North Side South Side Apron 36 feet wide Apron 40 feet wide Water Depth 32 feet MLW Water Depth 30 feet Three depressed rail tracks inside transit shed 1,200 feet long, 500 feet wide Apron 34 feet wide Water Depth 34 feet MLW 100,000 sq. ft. cold storage facility 2,400 feet long, 100 feet wide marginal wharf Water Depth 50 feet MLW (capable of 50 feet MLW) Six Post-Panamax Container Cranes, 22 wide outreach Straddle Carrier and allied yard support equipment 4,230 feet long, 100 feet wide marginal wharf Water Depth 50 feet MLW (capable of 60 feet MLW) Seven Post Panamax Container Cranes, 26 wide outreach One Post Panamax Elevating Girder Container Crane, 26 wide outreach Straddle carrier and allied yard support equipment. Norfolk International Terminals (NIT) is the largest container terminal in the Ports of Virginia. NIT has 6,630 feet of marginal wharf serviced by fourteen world-class container cranes. The container cranes servicing this facility are all 100-foot gauge Suez-Class container cranes with a minimum outreach of 22 containers and a maximum width across a ship up to 26 containers wide. For breakbulk cargoes at this terminal, there are three finger piers which can accommodate up to six ships at one time. The finger piers are 1,320 feet long and 300 feet wide with foot aprons. There is a total of 900,000 sq. ft. of covered pier warehouse space on the finger piers. In addition, Pier 3 contains a cold storage facility located dockside. RoRo cargo is handled on a dedicated 900-foot long berth, with 33 feet of water, adjacent to the north side of Pier 2. NIT contains over 53,000 ft. of on-terminal rail with over 25,000 ft. of working track for loading/unloading rail cars on terminal. NIT is served by Norfolk Southern and the Norfolk and Portsmouth Belt Line Railroad. Highway access to the terminal is excellent, with Interstate 64, a major east-west highway, connected to the terminal by Terminal Boulevard. The terminal itself has an excellent road network for handling trucks to all warehouses and piers. The Ports of Virginia Annual

26 PORT FACILITIES Portsmouth Marine Terminal Portsmouth Marine Terminal Portsmouth Marine Terminal offers over 3,540 feet of wharf, three berths and six cranes. PMT specializes in breakbulk and Ro/Ro cargo. PMT has 180,000 sq. ft. of modern warehouse space. Direct rail service is provided by Norfolk and Portsmouth Belt Line Railroad connecting to Norfolk Southern and CSX. Pinners Point Interchange provides direct highway access into PMT. Land is available for build-to-suit purposes. Land Area: (includes land and pier only) 285 acres (115 hectares) Direct Rail Access/Rail Track: 20,100 feet (6,126 meters) Main Channel Depth: 43 feet (13.7 meters). Please contact VIT for detailed, up-to-date channel depth information Berths: Approximately 4,515 feet (1,376 meters) of wharf with pier depths up to 43 feet (13 meters), and served by six container cranes Entrance Channel: published depth 43 feet (13.7 meters) 44 The Ports of Virginia Annual 2015

27 T H E P O R T S O F V I R G I N I A Container Wharf: published depth 43 feet (13.7 meters) Storage: Dry Storage: 94,471 square feet (8,776 square meters) Inland Access: Roadway access via U.S. Route 58 connecting to Interstates 95, 64 and 664 with some of the best clearance routes to handle over-dimensional freight; direct rail service connection with CSX; also Norfolk Southern via Norfolk and Portsmouth Belt Line Railroad. Shipside rail service is available. The Port of Richmond The Port serves waterborne, rail and truck shippers throughout the mid-atlantic states. This container, bulk, and general cargo facility is leased by the Virginia Port Authority and operated by a privately-owned company, Port Contractors, Inc. (PCI) of New Castle, Delaware. PCI was established in 1981 as a container, breakbulk, heavy lift, and general stevedore-terminal operating company. Enjoying a strategic location, the Port boasts superior logistical advantages with outstanding access to inland markets. The Richmond facility is a dynamic domestic and international transportation hub centrally located on the East Coast, halfway between Maine and Florida, adjacent to 1-95, and with easy access to Interstates 64, 85, 295, the Richmond Central Business District, and the air cargo facilities and Foreign Trade Zone #207 at the Richmond International Airport the Port of Richmond is a vital link to domestic and international markets and the global economy. Port of Richmond The Ports of Virginia Annual

28 PORT FACILITIES Cargo at the Port is handled at three berths with 25-foot depth alongside a 1,584-foot concrete gravity poured wharf. An M-2250 Manitowoc crane serves the berths. Total warehouse capacity is 300,105 sq. ft. with 34 acres of open storage available. CSX provides direct rail connection with local switch service via Norfolk Southern. Over thirty-five trucking lines use the terminal including specialists in heavy hauling, over-dimensional load, and liquid and dry bulk. Special on-site port features include U.S. Customs and Border Protection Service, electrical service for 41 refrigerated containers, fumigation facilities and a well-lit terminal facility with 24-hour security, seven days a week. The Port also has a 12-acre development site available for industrial use which is zoned M-2. The 64 EXPRESS, the Port s weekly container-on-barge service, provides a maritime alternative to I-64 by moving goods from Hampton Roads to Richmond via barges, removing container traffic off local roads and highways. Container, temperature-controlled container, breakbulk, bulk, and neo-bulk cargo are all handled at the Port. In addition to the marine tonnage, the Port also handles domestic cargo steel, steel products and pipe, coming into the Port either by rail or truck. Commodities handled at the Port include chemicals, pharmaceuticals, forest products, machinery, consumer goods, steel, steel products, aluminum, project cargo, vehicles, wire coils, wire rods, pipe, aplite, grain, and rubber. Virginia Inland Port Virginia Inland Port PHOTO BY BACKUS AERIAL PHOTOGRAPHY 46 The Ports of Virginia Annual 2015

29 T H E P O R T S O F V I R G I N I A The Virginia Inland Port (VIP) opened in March It is located in Front Royal, Virginia, adjacent to U.S. Route 340 and Virginia Route 522, two miles from I-66 and six miles from I-81. VIP serves as an intermodal container transfer of ocean-going containers to and from the ports of Hampton Roads. Containers are transported by truck to VIP for immediate loading upon a Norfolk Southern rail spine car or for short term storage prior to loading. VIP provides intermodal service to markets in northern Virginia, West Virginia, Maryland, Pennsylvania, and eastern Ohio. Land is available to steamship lines for container storage and ancillary service operations. A 6,000 sq. ft. administration building was completed in September 1997, and was expanded in late New maintenance and interchange facilities were completed in Virginia International Gateway Leased by Virginia Port Authority Virginia International Gateway PHOTO BY BACKUS AERIAL PHOTOGRAPHY The Ports of Virginia Annual

30 PORT FACILITIES Virginia International Gateway (CONTINUED) Virginia International Gateway (VIG) is a privately owned marine container terminal located along the Elizabeth River in Portsmouth, Virginia. The facility was commissioned in July 2007, and is the largest privately-owned container terminal in the United States. In July 2010, the VPA and APMT entered into a 20-year lease agreement under which the VPA is now operating VIG. VIG is one of the only functional automated container terminals in the Western Hemisphere. The facility is a U.S. Customs-designated port of entry, and the full range of customs functions is available to customers. VIG sits on a total footprint of 576 acres. Phase I of VIG s development, at 231 acres, can process over one million TEUs annually. Phase II will add approximately 60 acres in additional space and another one million-plus TEUs in capacity. The terminal is designed to serve super post-panamax class vessels, and is accessible by a 50-feet navigation channel, direct interchange to the interstate highway system, and doublestack intermodal service. The terminal is constructed as a semi-automated operation, with a mix of manual and automated container handling equipment. Its design is unique in that many of the terminal s operations are performed remotely from a centralized terminal operations center, promoting efficiency, accuracy, and employee safety. The container wharf provides 3,205 feet of effective berth capacity. This currently fits two or three vessels; however, as vessel sizes increase and shipping lines search for economies of scale, VIG berth space will be routinely reduced to two vessels. The terminal is equipped with a fleet of eight super post-panamax cranes, capable of handling the largest container vessels. The container yard consists of approximately 65-acres semi-automated rail mounted gantry (RMG) stacked acres of dedicated storage space for full and empty containers, wheeled refrigerated containers, wheeled oversized loads. The facility is equipped with a six-track on-dock intermodal yard. The intermodal transfer facility is served by Norfolk Southern and CSX through an operating agreement with the Commonwealth Railway. The terminal has 13,200 feet of working track. VIG is located just off VA-164W in Portsmouth, with easy access to Interstate 64, US Route 17 and US Route The Ports of Virginia Annual 2015

31 T H E P O R T S O F V I R G I N I A Virginia International Terminals LLC Virginia International Terminals has available modern materials handling equipment for all types of cargo at the terminals. Computers are used extensively in the operations of the container, break-bulk and warehouse spaces. Service to shippers is of the highest order and rates for all services are competitive with other ports. Virginia International Terminals LLC, is the non-stock, non-profit operating affiliate of the Virginia Port Authority, and operates the state-owned facilities, known as the Port of Virginia, through an operating agreement with the Virginia Port Authority. The six facilities at the Port of Virginia are: Norfolk International Terminals, VIG Terminals Virginia, Newport News Marine Terminal, Portsmouth Marine Terminal, Port of Richmond, and the Virginia Inland Port in Warren County, Virginia. The Virginia Port Authority is an agency of the Commonwealth of Virginia, and is the Commonwealth s leading agency for international transportation and maritime commerce. The agency owns and/or leases five marine cargo facilities in Hampton Roads and on the James River in Richmond. Ports of Virginia PHOTO BY BACKUS AERIAL PHOTOGRAPHY The Ports of Virginia Annual

32 PORT FACILITIES Dominion Terminal Associates Coal Terminals Dominion Terminal Associates (D.T.A.) is located on the east bank of the James River in Newport News. The terminal is owned by subsidiaries of three American companies, Alpha Natural Resources, LLC, Arch Coal Inc., and Peabody Energy Corporation. D.T.A. has an annual throughout capacity of 22 million tons and can accommodate vessels ranging from barges to ships of 178,000 dwt. Coal is received from the coal fields of Virginia, West Virginia, and Kentucky through CSX Transportation. The tandem rotary dumper can unload coal at a rate of 5,700 tons per hour. A system of nineteen 72-inch and 84-inch belt conveyors transports the coal from the dumper to storage or direct to the shiploader. Coal is stored in four areas, capable of storing up to 1.7 million tons, and later reclaimed for shipment by two stacker/reclaimers and one reclaimer. These three machines have 200-ft. booms and are capable of luffing, slewing and traveling along the length of the storage areas to stack and reclaim the coal with a minimal amount of dozing. Coal can be reclaimed and transported to the twin silos at 6,800 tons per hour where it can be blended and loaded onto vessels at up to 6,500 tons per hour. The single shiploader with a 145-foot boom can accommodate ships with 79-foot draft. Pierside, D.T.A. matches the harbor s 50 foot depth. Dominion Terminal Associates 50 The Ports of Virginia Annual 2015

33 T H E P O R T S O F V I R G I N I A Kinder Morgan Bulk Terminals - Pier IX Pier IX Terminal was completed and became operational in December Loading facilities include double berth pier with a belt conveyor system, single shiploader, and an air draft of 65 feet, capable of loading 85,000 to 90,000 ton colliers in a day. Berth and loading facilities will accommodate vessel length of 1,000 feet and breadth of 155 feet. The storage facility has a rated annual capacity of 12 million tons of coal per year with ground storage of 1.36 million in 12 piles. Kinder Morgan Bulk Terminals - Pier IX The Terminal is served by the CSX Rail System which accesses the highest qualities of metallurgical and steam coals with competitive rail rates. Kinder Morgan Bulk Terminals (KMBT)-Pier IX offers mechanical sampling to and from storage, and multiple stockpile loadings instantaneously. In June 1991, KMBT-Pier IX began operation of a cement unloading, storage and truck loadout facility. KMBT-Pier X also offers selected drybulk unloading services to stockpile or transloading from vessel to barge (barge to vessel). The Ports of Virginia Annual

34 PORT FACILITIES Norfolk Southern Norfolk Southern Corporation NORFOLK SOUTHERN RAILWAY COMPANY Norfolk Southern s coal handling facility at Lambert s Point is one of the fastest and most efficient in the Northern hemisphere, concentrating at one point the collection and blending of coals originating from approximately 130 mines and preparation plants on its rail system. In addition to the shiploading piers, Norfolk Southern has constructed modern weighing, thawing, sampling and dumping facilities to supply coal to the pier. Classification and storage yards accommodate approximately 5,200 loaded coal cars at Lambert s Point, or more than 520,000 tons of coal on hand each day, with additional tracks provided for receiving loaded trains and assembly of empty cars returning to the coal fields. Service is expedited by a high-speed, virtually one-way route for coal trains from the mines to Norfolk. In addition to Coal Pier 6, Norfolk Southern operates a modern shop for the repair of coal cars before returning to the mines. Pier and yard offices, weighing stations, thawing sheds, yard lighting, roadways and other facilities serve all classes of colliers quickly and efficiently. Twin surge silos for short-term storage allow the continual dumping of coal while shiploaders are being repositioned during hold and vessel changes. PIER 6 Pier 6 opened for business in 1963 and in 1999 dumped its billionth ton of coal, becoming the only facility in the world to have reached that milestone. The concrete and steel pier has twin traveling loaders, each as high as a 17-story building and can serve two colliers 52 The Ports of Virginia Annual 2015