NC 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. Port activities contribute statewide to 76,000 jobs and $707 million each year in state and local tax revenues.An ongoing container-terminal expansion project at the Port of Wilmington includes four post-Panamax and two neo-Panamax container cranes, improved berths and a widened turning basin. Wilmington offers excellent general cargo facilities as well and more than 300 on-terminal plugs for refrigerated containers.Warehouses at the Port of Morehead City offer high-quality features for the most demanding breakbulk shippers, including paper, steel, and lumber. Norfolk Southern rail access on the docks, connections to major north-south and east-west interstate systems, and a 45-foot navigational channel with docks less than four miles from the open sea make Morehead City a breakbulk terminal of choice.Inland terminals offer container-shipping customers in western parts of the state convenient access to the Port of Wilmington.