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This article from the Virginia Maritime Association discusses the need for deeper and wider channels in Virginia's ports to accommodate the growing size of containerships. It highlights priority projects and the importance of maintaining navigation charts for safe and efficient maritime operations.
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Virginia Maritime Association“Voice of the Port” Hydrographic Services Review Panel October 26, 2011
Ever Larger Containerships and the Need for Deeper and Wider Channels WIDER - DEEPER - SAFER
Priority Projects • Maintaining Norfolk Harbor Channel and Craney Island • Craney Island Eastern Expansion Project • Constructing the 45-Foot and 40-Foot Channel Projects • South Atlantic Channel Improvements • Constructing the 55-Foot Project
Art Moye Executive Vice President Virginia Maritime Association 757-622-2639 amoye@portofhamptonroads.com THANK YOU