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Tides and Climate

• Mean tide range 3.8 ft. with tidal currents averaging 1.7 knots (flood), and 1.5 knots (ebb)
• Mild temperatures year 'round with rare snow accumulation

Harbor Features (US Army Corps of Engineers Project Dimensions)

• Ocean bar channel depth of 44 ft. M.L.L.W. and width of 500 ft.
• Inside harbor channel depth of 42 ft. M.L.L.W. and width of 500 ft.
• Anchorage/turning basin depth of 42 ft. M.L.L.W. and diameter of 1,200 ft
• Depth of 42 ft. M.L.L.W. at all seven NC Ports berths

Foreign Trade Zone

• Entire Wilmington Terminal designated Foreign Trade Zone 66
• Provides for storage, manipulation, exhibition and limited manufacturing operations
• Can lower, defer or avoid import duties
• Can accommodate special purpose subzones

Equipment

• Four container cranes
  • Two 40 long ton: 115-ft. outreach, 63-ft. backreach and 135-ft. outreach, 55 ft. backreach
  • Two 50 long ton: 120-ft. outreach, 103-ft. backreach
• Two gantry cranes
• 50-ton capacity and 100-ton capacity
• One multi-purpose bridge crane (bulk, breakbulk, container)
• Neutral chassis pool
• 65 lift trucks with 3,000 to 52,000 lb. capacities and a variety of specialized attachments
• Nine top lift container handlers
• Two 30-ton mobile cranes
• Three truck scales; weighmaster on duty 24-hours a day
• Six yard-hustler trucks

Staging and Warehousing

• Over 1 million square feet of covered, sprinklered storage
• Both road and rail access to all storage buildings
• 100 acres of paved, open area; nearly 25 acres semi-improved open storage area

Specialized Warehousing

• 31,200 square feet dedicated steel coils warehouse with a 30-ton remote control bridge crane
• Nearly one-half million square feet warehouse space dedicated to forest products, including new 108,000 square feet forest products center

Reefer Connections

• 129 electrical outlets for refrigerated containers

Fumigation

• Two chambers providing vacuum methyl bromide and detia
• Special covered, in-container fumigation area

 

Railroads/Highways

• CSX rail service twice daily
• Easy vehicular access with U.S. Highways 17, 74, 76 and 421 and Interstates 95 and 40
• Equipment for handling all rail traffic, including double-stack trains
• Roll-on/roll-off capacity at ramps
• Transit sheds and warehouses with depressed tracks
• Inland service by CSX Intermodal and Norfolk Southern
• Connecting rail line, owned and operated by Wilmington Terminal Railroad, with interchanging cars between port and CSX system.

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