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Sunday, July 24, 2005
Stem to Stern Newsletter July 2005
 Highlights- Ports complete second year of double-digit growth
- Port security moves forward
- Ports welcome new Sunny Point commander
- Morehead City hosts the HMS Bounty
- Variety of cargo adds up to success all around
- Board approves contracts for security, container yard design
- Business Development hosts Thomasville Furniture Industries
- Wilmington sets Red Cross blood drive
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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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