o Beginning at the start of business on Thursday, March 19, VIG will reduce the window for delivery of exports to seven (7) from nine (9) days. This temporary measure will allow the VIG operations team time to reduce the density in that terminal’s stacks, which are currently at capacity.
o Additionally, port partners, stakeholders and users are reminded that Portsmouth Marine Terminal (PMT) is accepting export cargo. In order to optimize cargo handling assets at PMT, the terminal’s operations team is working the gate / motor carriers during the
normal operating hours (8 a.m. – 5 p.m., hard-stop at 7 p.m.) and working vessels during the evening and overnight.
On March 16, the port announced these measures:
o Optimizing vessel arrivals at VIG to control inventory and better balance resource demand.
o The port will maintain its Saturday gate hours at VIG, NIT and PPCY through Saturday, June 27; PMT will have Saturday gates on March 28.
o The port will maintain Sunday gate hours at VIG and the PPCY through Sunday, April 26, at which point the need will be re-evaluated.
o At VIG, the operations team is grounding select containers outside RMG stacks to reduce density in the stacks.
o The port is encouraging logistics and dray companies and cargo owners with containers at NIT to direct motor carriers to that terminal, if possible.