b'36American Journal ofTransportation ajot.comTEU Volume at the Port of Virginia Port of Virginia Top 10 Exports4000000 Rank HS CODES (2 Digit level) Jan-Jul 2023 Jan-Jul 2022 Variation Variation %1 02 - MEAT AND EDIBLE MEAT OFFAL 23,484 21,118 2,366 11.202 47 - WOOD PULP ETC; RECOVD (WASTE & SCRAP) PPR & PPRBD 20,281 19,563 718 3.673500000 3 39 - PLASTICS AND ARTICLES THEREOF 17,715 11,672 6,043 51.784 12 - OIL SEEDS ETC.; MISC GRAIN, SEED, FRUIT, PLANT ETC 15,842 25,413 -9,571 -37.665 44 - WOOD AND ARTICLES OF WOOD; WOOD CHARCOAL 14,140 17,219 -3,079 -17.883000000 6 87 - VEHICLES, EXCEPT RAILWAY OR TRAMWAY, AND PARTS ETC 6,786 4,809 1,978 41.127 84 - NUCLEAR REACTORS, BOILERS, MACHINERY ETC.; PARTS 6,241 6,104 137 2.258 98 - SPECIAL CLASSIFICATION PROVISIONS, NESOI 5,478 4,344 1,134 26.102500000 9 23 - FOOD INDUSTRY RESIDUES & WASTE; PREP ANIMAL FEED 5,220 7,375 -2,156 -29.2310 48 - PAPER & PAPERBOARD & ARTICLES (INC PAPR PULP ARTL) 5,132 4,286 846 19.73Total 194,369 199,670 -5,301 -2.6520000002013 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 2021 2022Source: Port of Virginia(BOLSTERScontinuedits cargo by train, the largestPort of Virginia Top 10 Importsfrom page 35) portionrelativetovolumeRank HS CODES (2 Digit level) Jan-Jul 2023 Jan-Jul 2022 Variation Variation %cranes is an expensive opera- of any East Coast port. We tion, and we likely would notfullybelievethatwiththe1 94 - FURNITURE; BEDDING ETC; LAMPS NESOI ETC; PREFAB BD 106,647 146,363 -39,716 -27haveconsidereddoingitifexpansions we are doing we2 84 - NUCLEAR REACTORS, BOILERS, MACHINERY ETC.; PARTS 104,152 109,491 -5,339 -5we were not also rebuildingcangetthatnumberupto3 39 - PLASTICS AND ARTICLES THEREOF 61,498 81,577 -20,079 -25the entire facility. around 40%. 4 85 - ELECTRIC MACHINERY ETC; SOUND EQUIP; TV EQUIP; PTS 52,066 46,330 5,736 12The port is the beneficiary5 87 - VEHICLES, EXCEPT RAILWAY OR TRAMWAY, AND PARTS ETC 42,747 44,603 -1,856 -4f irstp hase ofnit p rojeCt ofthe$391MillionHeart-The first $82 million phaselandCorridorproject,pro- 6 73 - ARTICLES OF IRON OR STEEL 32,782 41,212 -8,430 -20of the NIT project, scheduledvidinganintermodallink7 40 - RUBBER AND ARTICLES THEREOF 25,637 29,705 -4,068 -14to come online in January, isfromthePOVtotheU.S.8 95 - TOYS, GAMES & SPORT EQUIPMENT; PARTS & ACCESSORIES 25,413 40,673 -15,260 -38part of a larger effort to con- Midwest,withChicagoas9 22 - BEVERAGES, SPIRITS AND VINEGAR 21,272 28,404 -7,131 -25vert the entire port to the useitsnominalendpoint.In10 63 - TEXTILE ART NESOI; NEEDLECRAFT SETS; WORN TEXT ART 19,996 25,760 -5,764 -22ofthenewtechnologyoveraddition to additional freight the next couple of years. Thesecapacity,theprojectwasTotal 822,692 988,005 -165,313 -17moves come as part of a largerintended to help relieve truck $1.4billionpackagedubbedcongestion on the interstates, the Gateway Investment Pro- improvedoublestacktran-gram, focused on expandingsit times, reduce greenhouse railcapacity,modernizingemissions, and open up inter- Port of Virginia Top 10 Destination Portstheterminals,anddredg- national trade.ing the commercial channelsWe were a big supporterRank US PORT OF DEPARTURE Jan-Jul 2023 Jan-Jul 2022 Variation Variation %andtheNorfolkHarbortooftheHeartlandCorridor1 NORFOLK,VA 156,768 167,302 -10,534 -6.30at least 55 feet deep, as wellproject, which was the initia- 2 WILMINGTON,NC 6,219 4,095 2,124 51.87as widening it in some areastive of the Norfolk Southern toallowforsafetwo-wayrailroad, said Harris. A lot3 CHARLESTON,SC 6,048 4,570 1,478 32.33passageofultra-largecon- of our cargo transits on that4 SAVANNAH,GA 4,447 3,505 942 26.86tainer vessels (ULCVs). Thatcorridor.NorfolkSoutherns5 OAKLAND,CA 3,406 3,585 -178 -4.98effort will make us the deep- been a great intermodal part-estandwidestportonthener for many years, and the6 LOS ANGELES,CA 2,600 2,679 -80 -2.97US East Coast, said Josephgoal is to continue the collab- 7 NEW ORLEANS,LA 2,490 1,121 1,369 122.12D.Harris,spokesmanfororation we have with them. 8 NEW YORK/NEWARK AREA, NEWARK, NEW JERSEY 2,023 1,951 72 3.69theVirginiaPortAuthority. The goal is to provide safee nergys avings and 9 LONG BEACH,CA 1,585 1,300 285 21.94passagefortwo-waytraffics ustainability 10 MOBILE,AL 1,309 2,092 -783 -37.43oftheultralargecontainerRail has significant energyTotal 194,369 199,670 -5,301 -2.65ships and attract more cargosavingsandasustainability to the Port of Virginia. One(BOLSTERScontinued on advantage that the POV has,page 38)he added, is the lack of over-headharborobstructions. Rather than bridges, the port has tunnels. This advantage is becoming more important as ships get taller.Joseph D. Harris, VPATheemphasistheport isplacingonitsintermodal initiativesreflectsthegreat importance of rail in the ports functioning. Harris noted that rail is a very important com-ponent of the ports success, as it moves about a third of'