North Carolina State Ports Authority

North Carolina
State Ports Authority

Company type	seaport, container facilities
Number of locations	Southport, Wilmington and Morehead City
Parent	NCDOT, NCIP

The North Carolina State Ports Authority is an authority set up by the state of North Carolina to develop and operate seaports in Wilmington and Morehead City, two inland container facilities (dry ports), one in Charlotte and one in Greensboro, and Southport Marina in Southport.

In 2014, Holly Grange was appointed to the Board of Directors of the North Carolina Ports Authority while she was the Director of Community Relations at Osprey Global Solutions, a Wilmington company specializing in global, full-spectrum life-support medical, logistics and construction, as well as security, training and business intelligence services. Her husband, retired Army major general David L. Grange, is CEO.

History

In the mid 1940s Wilmington NC was a major company of shipbuilding. Then, in the early 2000s, Wilmington got four new shipping cranes. In 2015 Wilmington added a new cold storage facility.instead of the deep water port to the north. Authorities decided to keep it on the same side of the Cape Fear Memorial Bridge. In late or in 2018 Zen Hua from the China Sea came with two new neo post Panamax cranes. People watched as the ship came through the lower Cape Fear River (such as from South Port Pier). The Port operates 24/7 and is not opened to the public. The port includes an asphalt facility, soil plant and 6 cranes. The Port is only 8.97 miles away from Sunny Point Ocean Terminal and only 10 miles away from Kure Beach.

See also

• Wilmington, North Carolina
• Cape Fear River
• Cape Fear (region)
• Cape Fear Memorial Bridge
• North Carolina Highway System
• United States container ports

External links

• Official Site