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11/19/2021
The Virginia Port Authority earlier this week approved a $61.5 million construction bid for a project to expand the port's Central Rail Yard at Norfolk International Terminals (NIT).
The board awarded the construction bid to Allan Myers Virginia Inc., the same company that handled the optimization projects at NIT and Virginia International Gateway (VIG). When completed, the expansion of the port’s double-stack, on-dock rail operation will allow the port to handle 1.1 million containers a year via rail, port officials said in a press release.
Also this week, the port authority’s board approved moving forward on an $18 million contract with Konecranes for up to three cantilever rail-mounted gantry cranes and their support systems.
After the expansion, NIT’s Central Rail Yard will be able to accommodate 610,000 annual container lifts; current lift capacity is 350,000 at NIT and 480,000 at VIG. The construction encompasses demolition, pavement work, utilities infrastructure and installation of new railroad track. The work begins in February 2022 and will be complete in late 2023.
The completion of the rail expansion project is timed to support opening of the port’s deeper and wider commercial ship channel, port officials said. The dredge work to take Virginia’s channel depth to 55 feet is underway and scheduled for completion in mid-to-late 2024.