The Center of Transportation

In any direction, by any method, Portsmouth gets the goods going. The Portsmouth Marine Terminal, part of the Port of Hampton Roads and owned by the Virginia Port Authority, is a 220-acre facility handling containerized and break-bulk cargo. At this Foreign Trade Zone-designated terminal, CSX and Norfolk Southern, via the Norfolk and Portsmouth Belt Line Railroad, offer direct rail service from the Portsmouth Marine Terminal for transportation throughout the east. The Port of Hampton Roads is the largest volume port on the East Coast and the largest coal port in the world. Additionally, the port handles in excess of 12 million tons of general cargo annually.

Motor carriers and common carrier terminals – 155 carriers and more than 50 terminals – help transport goods from the port of entry to a well-connected system of interstate highways. And air cargo is handled at Norfolk International Airport, just minutes from Portsmouth.

• Part of the world's largest natural harbor, the Port of Hampton Roads
• 95% of the world's shipping lines call at the Port of Hampton Roads
• Home to APM Terminals (Maersk), a new $500 million private container terminal
• Portsmouth Marine Terminal is a Foreign Trade Zone
• Designated a "Labor-Model Port" by the International Longshoremen's Association
• Air cargo through Norfolk International Airport
• Rail service by CSX, Norfolk Southern and the Norfolk & Portsmouth Belt Line
• Easily accessible by major highways, including I-64, I-85 and I-95