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Wednesday, September 1, 2010
Hurricane Earl Ports Operations Schedule
September 3, 2010 9:30 a.m. The Port of Wilmington is fully operational for truck traffic. The Port of Morehead City will resume operations as previously scheduled at 10:00 a.m. The U.S. Coast Guard will announce when the waterways are open to vessel traffic. September 1, 2010 3:00 pm The National Weather Service has issued a hurricane warning from Bogue Inlet in Carteret County north to Virginia, and a tropical storm warning for coastal areas south of Bogue Inlet to Cape Fear (including Wilmington).
Operations at the Port of Wilmington will continue as scheduled. No changes in operational hours or employee schedules at this time.
Operating hours at the Port of Morehead City are affected.
• The main gate at the Port of Morehead City will CLOSE to inbound traffic at 12:00 noon Thursday, September 2.
• The Port of Morehead City operations will CLOSE at 2:00 pm, Thursday, September 2.
• The Port of Morehead City will reopen to traffic at 10:00 a.m. Friday, September 3.
• Ports Authority employees at Morehead City will be excused by 2:00 p.m., Thursday, September 2 and report to work on Friday, September 3 at 10 a.m., weather permitting.
Port of Wilmington employees can get the latest information about operating conditions at www.ncports.com or by calling the employee information hotline at 910-343-6408. Customers may get the latest information at www.ncports.com.
Port of Morehead City employees and customers can get the latest information about operating conditions at www.ncports.com or by calling the employee information hotline at 252-808-4219.
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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