Paul Mattox, who has served as West Virginia's transportation secretary since 2006, will return to the private sector as the governor-elect, Jim Justice, fills his cabinet with his own appointees, according to the West Virginia Metro News Network.
January 9, 2017virginia
Business, Government
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Virginia Port Authority Foreign-Trade Zone Now Crosses Into North Carolina
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Talk of foreign-trade zones is enough to make some folks’ eyes glaze over, but if your business involves moving stuff in and out of ports, FTZs can be a big deal.
December 19, 2016
Government
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Gov. Terry McAuliffe: Road Improvements Enhance Virginia’s Freight Corridors
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ARLINGTON, Va. — A recent federal grant aimed at improving traffic mobility along Interstate 95 and the port system at Norfolk will help position Virginia as a premier freight corridor on the East Coast in the coming years, the state’s governor told regional road builders here Dec. 16.
December 16, 2016
Business, Government
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Positive Traffic News at Ports of Virginia, Charleston, Jacksonville
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November was a positive month for several of the top ports in North America, according to monthly statistics released in mid-December.
December 13, 2016
Business, Government
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Port of Virginia on Pace to End 2016 on Strong Note
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The Port of Virginia had its second-busiest month in its history with double-digit year-over-year gains in containerized cargo traffic for November.
December 12, 2016
TCA
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Virginia Port Authority Floats Ambitious Plan for Future
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As recently as two years ago, the Virginia Port Authority was losing millions of dollars annually. Now that the port's administration has gotten back to a break-even point, the board of directors is charting an ambitious course that projects to create hundreds of thousands of jobs around the state in the next half-century.
November 18, 2016
Business, Government
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Port of Virginia Signs $217 Million Deal to Acquire Automated Cranes
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The Commonwealth of Virginia signed a deal with Konecranes to provide the Port of Virginia with 86 automated stacking cranes as part of a large-scale expansion at the Virginia International Gateway and Norfolk International Terminal over the next five years.
November 15, 2016
TCA
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Port of Virginia Reports Another Single-Month Record for Container Volume
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Two months after reporting that August was its all-time-busiest month, the port has another record-breaker on its hands.
November 15, 2016
Business, Government
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Even on Election Day, Virginia Port Means Business
Luke Sharrett/Bloomberg News
While Nov. 8 is a paid holiday for dockworkers at the Port of Virginia, that doesn’t mean everybody will have a day off.
November 8, 2016
Business, Government
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Port of Virginia Container Volume Rises 2% in September
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NORFOLK, Va. — Container volume at the Port of Virginia last month edged up 2% from its record-breaking gain in the same month a year ago.
October 17, 2016Pages
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