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Thursday, January 14, 2010
US Coast Guard reopens Port of Morehead City
Morehead City, NC – The U.S. Coast Guard has reopened the Port of Morehead City terminal and adjacent waterways. “The NC State Ports Authority’s first concern for the State Ports in Morehead City and Wilmington is for the safety of its employees, tenants, customers, and the public,” said CEO Thomas J. Eagar. “We are extremely grateful to the U.S. Coast Guard and to the first responders who went out of their way to remediate the hazardous materials as quickly and as safely as they did, and that no injuries or environmental damage was reported.” Link to US Coast Guard news release: http://www.coastguardd5publicaffairs.com/go/doc/651/452611/
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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