Author: AIVP
Source: Virginia Port Authority
On sale date: Tuesday, 02 October 2007
Type of document: News
Topic: 7.05 - environmental management
Original language: English
Location: America : United States : Norfolk
Language: English, French, Spanish

In Norfolk, port traffic generates large flows of lorries that clog up the main avenues of the city. In order to respond to a request from the municipality, Virginia International Terminal Inc (VIT), the terminal operator in Norfolk has decided to experiment by extending the opening hours of their installations. Since the 15th September 2007, the terminals are open on Saturdays in order to reduce the heavy goods vehicle traffic during the weekdays.

The terminal and the empty container yard will be open on Saturdays from 8 a.m. until noon Sept. 15 through Dec. 1; those months are traditionally the year’s busiest as holiday cargo moves through the port. If the program is successful the extended hours may run beyond Dec. 1, or more hours may be added to the Saturday schedule, said Joe Dorto, VIT’s general manager.
“We want to be a good neighbor and do our part to help reduce the number of our trucks on Hampton Boulevard,” said Jeff Keever, the deputy executive director of the Virginia Port Authority. “We are encouraging the trucking community and shippers to make use of
Saturdays now.”