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Monday, December 20, 2004
Stem to Stern Newsletter December 2004
 Highlights- Governor visits Port of Wilmington to announce second container service
- Increasing success calls for increasing outreach to communities
- Port, military team up for Operation Iraqi Freedom III
- When the sun goes down, their work is just beginning
- Busy docks at the Port of Morehead City
- Governor appoints Robert Wicker to Ports Authority Board of Directors
- Port of Wilmington keeps breaking records
- Restructuring brings promotions in Finance and IT
- And lots more news and regular features from around the Ports Authority!
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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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