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{{Infobox company
| name = North Carolina State Ports Authority
| image = File:North Carolina State Ports Authority headquarters, Burnett Boulevard, Wilmington, North Carolina.jpg
| image_caption = Authority headquarters located next to the Port of Wilmington
| founded = 1945
| hq_location = Wilmington, North Carolina
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The '''North Carolina State Ports Authority''' is an authority set up by the state of [[North Carolina]] to develop and operate [[seaports]] in [[Wilmington, North Carolina|Wilmington]] and [[Morehead City, North Carolina|Morehead City]] as well as an inland port located in [[Charlotte, North Carolina|Charlotte]].
==History==▼
In 1923 North Carolina Governor [[Cameron Morrison]] became interested in establishing official port facilities for the state and pushed for the creation of the State Ship and Water Transportation Commission to study the matter. The body produced a report which recommended that the state government fund the development of port facilities. The following year it was replaced by the Ports Commission, which was supposed to oversee the work. A statewide bond referendum for $8.7 million to develop the facilities failed to pass in November 1924, and the commission disbanded. Despite this, the coastal cities of [[Wilmington, North Carolina|Wilmington]] and [[Morehead City, North Carolina|Morehead City]] pursued their efforts to improve port facilities, and the [[North Carolina General Assembly]] incorporated the Morehead City Port Commission in 1933 and the Wilmington Port Commission in 1935.<ref name= stickhairr>{{cite web| url = https://www.ncpedia.org/ports-and-harbors| title = Ports and Harbors| last = Stick| first = David| last2 = Hairr| first2 = John| date = January 1, 2006| website = NCPedia| publisher = North Carolina Government & Heritage Library| access-date = April 15, 2022}}</ref>
The General Assembly established the North Carolina State Ports Authority in 1945 to develop and improve harbors at Wilmington, Morehead City, [[Southport, North Carolina|Southport]], and other coastal areas. Improvements began in 1949, and new piers and storage areas were completed in 1952.<ref name= stickhairr/> In the 1990s and early 2000s, the authority oversaw a $440 million project to deepen the Cape Fear River shipping channel and purchased Radio Island in Morehead City.<ref>{{cite news| last = Schreiner| first = Mark| title = Ports director ousted ; Authority requests resignation after critical audit| newspaper = Star-News| page = 1A| date = 31 March 2004}}</ref>
==Facilities==
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'''Port of Wilmington'''▼
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The Port of Wilmington offers terminal facilities serving container, bulk, breakbulk, and ro-ro (roll-on/roll-off) operations. It offers a deep 42-foot navigational channel, nine berths, four post-Panamax, and three neo-Panamax container cranes. Modern transit and warehouse facilities and the latest cargo management technology produce a broad platform for supporting international trade.<ref>{{cite web |title=Port of Wilmington|url=https://ncports.com/port-facilities/port-of-wilmington/|website=North Carolina Ports|language=en |date=October 15, 2020}}</ref>
The Port of Morehead City is a breakbulk and bulk facility located four miles from the Atlantic Ocean. The port is equipped with nine berths and multiple gantry cranes. Storage offerings include a dry-bulk facility with a 220,000-ton capacity warehouse and a 177,000-square-foot warehouse for housing commodities like rubber, paper, steel, and lumber.
===Charlotte Inland Port===
The Charlotte inland port is a 20-acre [[dry port]] site located along the [[CSX]] rail lines near the intersection of [[NC 16]] and [[I-85 in North Carolina|I-85]]. It serves as a distribution point for intermodal containers connecting the I-85 and [[Interstate 77 in North Carolina|I-77]] corridors to the CSX rail line and the Port of Wilmington.<ref>{{cite web |title=Charlotte Inland Port |url=https://ncports.com/port-facilities/charlotte-inland-port/ |website=North Carolina Ports |access-date=23 May 2022}}</ref>
==Governance==
===Leadership===
==References==▼
▲• Brian E. Clark - Chief Operating Officer
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▲• Hans Bean - Chief Commercial Officer
▲• Alherd Kazura - Chief Financial Officer
▲• Laura Blair - Vice President of Administration and External Affairs
▲• John Dittmar - Director of Safety and Security
▲==History==
▲==References==
==External links==
* [http://www.ncports.com/ Official Site]▼
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▲*[http://www.ncports.com/ Official Site]
[[Category:Water transportation in North Carolina|Ports Authority]]
[[Category:Port authorities in the United States]]
[[Category:Wilmington, North Carolina]]
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