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Monday, October 18, 2004
Stem to Stern Newsletter October 2004
 Highlights- Morehead City welcomes thousands to Open House and Seafood Festival
- Right people, right skills, right places
- Ports pick up pace in October
- Ports Authority wins NC World Trade Association awards
- Wilmington Facilities Maintenance gets ready for new cargo
- Morehead City set to break rubber record and 'Food for Peace' program looks at Port
- Ports Authority joins state, national observance of Energy Awareness Month
- VIP Teams offer a helping hand
- 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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