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USMX PORT ASSOCIATION MEMBERS
SOME FACTS ABOUT THE PORT OF HAMPTON ROADS
• In 2017, the Port of Hampton Roads saw an 8% increase in manhours
over 2016
• Tonnage was up 10% over 2016
• In 2017, HRSA hired 26 Longshoremen
16 in Maintenance & Repair
10 as Technicians
Virginia Interna onal Gateway (VIG) Pier Expansion
A three-year, $321 million capacity-creating project is well underway
at Virginia International Gateway (VIG) in Portsmouth. The Port is de-
veloping 60 unused acres inside VIG's 231-acre footprint to expand
the container yard and double the annual capacity at the terminal
to 2.1 million TEUs by 2020 (see the rendering, to the le , of the VIG
expansion project upon comple on). To accommodate the largest con-
tainer vessels working in the Atlantic, the pier will be lengthened, four
Ship-to-Shore cranes added and the rail operation expanded.
