Port Committee Meeting

Simon Rich from Stevens Towing Company will be presenting at the July, 2014 meeting of the Morehead City Port Committee.

Simon will provide an update on the barge traffic for direct reduced iron (DRI) to Nucor Steel in Hertford County:

There will also be updates to:

• Port Traffic
• Dredging

The Channel Marker Restaurant hosts the Morehead City Port Committee Meeting generally on the first Thursday of the Month. Due to Independent Day, the Port Committee will meet a week later than normal.

Speaker: Simon Rich

Simon Rich is the North Carolina General Manager for Stevens Towing

About the Port of Morehead City

Title: Railroad Station at Morehead City, North Carolina
Artist: Herbert Eugene Valentine (1841–1917), War Department
Date: 1863-01-30
ref: http://bit.ly/OhBDMf — in Morehead City, NC.

One of the deepest ports on the US East Coast, the Port of Morehead City is located just four miles from the Atlantic Ocean. The port handles both breakbulk and bulk cargo and is the second largest importer in the country for natural rubber.

As a leading exporter of phosphate, the Port of Morehead City features a dry-bulk facility with a 225,000-ton capacity warehouse and other open storage is available. A unique tax credit is available to North Carolina port users.

Access to Interstates 95 and 40 is available via U.S. Highways 70 and 17 as well as train service from Norfolk Southern.

For more information for the Port of Morehead City, see http://bit.ly/1hcmMQ2.