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Thursday, December 20, 2007
Stem to Stern Newsletter November/December 2007
Highlights- State and Federal funding comes through for Ports projects
- Moving forward to meet market demand: State of the Ports 2007
- Board approves projects, applauds model crane
- Ribbon-cutting for Morehead City warehouse
- Port of Wilmington welcomes visitors
- Project Energy kicks off: Ports go greener in more ways than one
- Silos represent future business at Morehead City
- TWIC enrollment arrives - Special supplemental information to post in workplaces
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ABOUT THE NORTH CAROLINA STATE PORTS AUTHORITY:
North Carolina's Ports in Wilmington and Morehead City, plus inland terminals in Charlotte and the Piedmont Triad in Greensboro, link the State's consumers, businesses and industry to world markets, and serve as magnets to attract new business and industry while receiving no direct taxpayer subsidy. Port activities contribute statewide to 65,000 jobs and $500 million each year in state and local tax revenues.
Top trading partners are China, India, Brazil, So. Korea, Belgium, Taiwan, Mexico, Colombia, Great Britain and Venezuela.
Primary exports are phosphate, forest products, woodpulp, general merchandise, food products, wood chips and military.
Top imports are sulfur products, chemicals, grains, rubber, scrap metal, cement, metal products, machinery parts, ore, mica and schist.
INFORMATION:
Shannon Moody, Director of Communications (910) 343-6482 Email
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