Sand-clogged inlet is a costly drag on shippers at NC port
Story Date: 1/14/2015

 

Source: Bruce Siceloff, NEWS & OBSERVER, 1/13/15


The heaviest shoaling in decades has clogged the shipping channel at the Morehead City state port – reducing the navigable depth for freight vessels by 10 feet and forcing shippers to lighten their loads, at a cost to one port customer of more than $2 million a month.

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