Value proposition

It is our mission to grow the economy of North Carolina by supporting and improving the state’s global logistics network

North Carolina's Ports in Wilmington and Morehead City, plus an inland terminal in Charlotte, 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 87,700 jobs and $687 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 three neo-Panamax container cranes, improved berths and a widened turning basin. Wilmington offers excellent general cargo facilities as well 775 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.

Take advantage of convenient access to the entire Southeast with next-day transit service between Wilmington and Charlotte via the Queen City Express and North Carolina Ports Charlotte Inland Port.

Charlotte Inland Port connects customers to distribution corridors, services and opportunity. Strategically located in the heart of the region’s manufacturing and distribution centers, the port serves the I-85 and I-77 corridors.

At-port distribution sites, Real-time terminal operating system, Some of the fastest turn times on the East Coast, Personalized customer service, Bulk and breakbulk services, Container services, Inland terminals, Warehouse facilities, and Careers