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Norfolk Harbor
Coverage of Norfolk Harbor in the Nexus archive.
- 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 the largest Atlantic cargo ships to pass and increasing the port's annual throughput to 5.8 million TEUs.
- The channel into Norfolk Harbor is now 55 feet deep, making it the deepest port on East Coast
Norfolk Harbor's channel has been deepened to 55 feet, making it the deepest port on the East Coast. A billion-dollar project is expanding the port's capacity, with an official calling the new depth the 'crown jewel' of the initiative.