The Port of Virginia continues to take immediate action to help mitigate the congestion that has beset Virginia International Gateway during the last week.
The port announced the following measures will be taken at VIG:
- Effective Friday, March 13, the port will implement a policy to reduce the number of days an export container can dwell on all terminals to 9 from 10
- Yesterday,inanannouncementtooceancarriers,theportextendedfree-timeforall containers at VIG by two days
- SundaygateshavebeenextendedthroughMarch29:7a.m.to5p.m.
- In order to reduce stack density at VIG, we will begin using barge service to move containers to Portsmouth Marine Terminal (PMT) o FinalizingvesselcallstomovetoPMT
The port has already implemented the following congestion mitigation measures:
- Extendedeveninggatehoursuntil9p.m.,March11-13
- Keeping empty container moves out of the gates at both VIG and Norfolk International Terminals (NIT)
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- Requesting that ocean carriers evacuate as much of their cargo from the terminals as possible
- Using the 64 Express barge service to move containers between VIG and NIT in order to keep that dray traffic out of the gate
