Port of Virginia Completes Deepest East Coast Shipping Channel

Completion of $450 Million Norfolk Harbor Dredging Project

With an audience of more than 200 people gathered today at Norfolk International Terminals, Virginia Gov. Abigail Spanberger today inaugurated The Por...

More cargo and coal to move through Norfolk Harbor with new deeper shipping channel

The Norfolk Harbor has been widened and deepened to 55 feet, allowing for the passage of the largest cargo ships in the Atlantic trade and increasing the port's annual throughput capacity to 5.8 million TEUs.

Port of Virginia completes deepest East Coast shipping channel

Port of Virginia celebrates completion of a 55-foot channel in Norfolk, now the deepest on the East Coast, aimed at boosting global trade capacity

Virginia Unveils East Coast’s Deepest Shipping Channel at Port of Virginia (6-19-2026)

Virginia officials on Thursday celebrated the completion of a major shipping channel expansion project that makes the Port of Virginia home to the deepest commercial harbor and shipping channel on the East Coast. Governor Abigail Spanberger joined port leaders, lawmakers, and business officials at Norfolk International Terminals to formally unveil the newly deepened 55-foot channel, part of a $450 million modernization effort designed to accommo…

Norfolk aims to be preferred USEC gateway with deeper port: CEO

The chief executive of the Port of Virginia said the newly inaugurated deeper harbor allows big ships to be fully loaded, giving the port a chance to become a fulcrum for container services.

Virginia Governor Celebrates Completion of $450 Million Norfolk Harbor Dredging Project