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Marketing/ Business Development
Committee Presentation
Board of Commissioners
Session
351
May 28, 2013
Slide22013 Fiscal Year-to-Date, July-April
Total TEUs
1,798,2041,621,835+10.9
Total Rail Containers338,495285,886+18.4
Vehicles30,594 32,730-6.5
Source: Terminal Statistics
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Y 2013
FY 2012
%Change
Import TEUs837,777747,176+12.1
Export TEUs960,427874,659+9.8
Ship Calls 1,6131,580+ 2.1
B/B Tonnage290,262 306,873-5.4
Total Barge Containers45,78836,977+23.8
VIP Containers27,69828,765-3.7
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Slide3Container Units
Budgeted vs. Actual, FY 2013
+2,6013
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Slide5Vessel Services
Slide6Virginia Sets Deep Draft Record with
MSC Chicago
The Port of Virginia set a mark that no other port on the US East Coast can equal: it loaded a containership so heavy that it required 49 feet of water to sail. Virginia is the last stop on the service and the 50 foot channel depth allows the Port to load heavy and maximize the economy of scale of a Suez Class vessel.The Port of Virginia holds the prior East Coast depth record of 48.5 feet with the MSC Roma.Both ships were fully loadedMay 2013, Portsmouth, Va.
Slide7ZIM Adds Virginia to Port Rotation
Revised rotation of ZCP service
First call June 15 by Zim MediterraneanThe new rotation will beSavannah, Virginia, NY, Halifax, Kingston, LA, Oakland, Vostochny, Ningbo, Shanghai, Pusan, Balboa, Kingston, and SavannahZCP service is currentlyoperated by 10 vessels with capacity ranging from4,800 TEUs to 5,000 TEUs7
Slide8Economic Development
Slide9Hollister Incorporated
Hollister announced they will invest $29.6M to upgrade machinery and expand their manufacturing plant in Augusta County. They develop and manufacture medical devices.
The company will add 50,000 square feet of warehouse space and new equipment to automate processes with robotics and high-technology equipment, enhance products, and increase production volume. Virginia successfully competed against Ireland for the project.9
Slide10Sabra Dipping Company
Sabra, the
country's leading hummus manufacturer, will invest $86 million to further expand its manufacturing capacity in Chesterfield County.The first drums of tahini from the Middle East arrived via barge to the Port of Richmond during the second week of May. The second shipment arrived on May 23rd. This expansion will create 140 new jobs over the next several years.10
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ArtFx
recently expanded their footprint at the Virginia Regional Commerce Park in Suffolk.They will expand by 40,000 square feet, create 5 new jobs and invest $80,000. 11
Slide12Lumber Liquidators
Lumber Liquidators will expand their operations to Northgate Commerce Park in Suffolk.
They will occupy 150,000 square feet of this facility.12
Slide13High Liner Foods
High Liner Foods recently announced they will expand and invest $6.6 million to upgrade their facility in Newport News.
This expansion will create 60 new jobs. Virginia successfully competed against Georgia and South Carolina for the project.13
Slide14Cosentino
Cosentino
, one of the world’s largest quartz and granite counter top producers, will locate in Hampton.The company will occupy 161,000 square feet at the Enterchange facility. This location will serve as the company’s eastern import logistic center.14
Slide15Journal of Commerce On-line
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