{"id":35,"date":"2026-05-26T21:15:30","date_gmt":"2026-05-26T21:15:30","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/corporate-movers-usa.com\/?p=35"},"modified":"2026-05-26T21:15:30","modified_gmt":"2026-05-26T21:15:30","slug":"delaware-is-moving-ahead-on-plans-for-a-container-port-that-could-take-traffic-from-philadelphia","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/corporate-movers-usa.com\/?p=35","title":{"rendered":"Delaware is moving ahead on plans for a container port that could take traffic from Philadelphia"},"content":{"rendered":"<div>\n<p>Delaware\u2019s port and its Massachusetts-based port operator, Enstructure, said Tuesday that they are going ahead with plans to build a long-delayed Delaware Container Terminal able to handle more trailer loads than Philadelphia\u2019s ports, whose operators tried to block Delaware\u2019s earlier expansion proposals.<\/p>\n<p>Read more <a href=\"https:\/\/corporate-movers-usa.com\/?p=33\">Man dies after Memorial Day boat crash into Barnegat Bay marker<\/a><\/p>\n<div><\/div>\n<p>Diamond State Port Corp. (DSPC) and Enstructure said their latest development deal, supported by Delaware\u2019s port union labor leaders, will \u201cdeliver a next-generation container terminal\u201d that will bring thousands of construction, longshore and warehouse jobs to the area. <\/p>\n<div><\/div>\n<div>\n<div>\n<div><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<p>Plans call for \u201cmodern infrastructure and advanced cargo-handling technologies\u201d to handle up to 1.2 million 20-foot equivalent units (TEUs) \u2014 around 600,000 full trailer loads a year, the state and Enstructure said in a joint statement. <\/p>\n<div><\/div>\n<p>That\u2019s one-third more than the Philadelphia ports handled in 2025, their biggest year ever. More than half of Philadelphia container cargoes are refrigerated. The city\u2019s docks are a major U.S. port for South American fruit, especially Central American bananas.<\/p>\n<div><\/div>\n<p>The project will cost an estimated $669 million, shared by Delaware and Enstructure, which also operates the port at the former U.S. Steel complex in Fairless Hills, Bucks County. The state plans to seek federal grants to help pay the cost. The first cargoes are scheduled to pass through the facility in 2028.<\/p>\n<div><\/div>\n<p>The price tag would make it one of Delaware\u2019s most expensive public works.<\/p>\n<div><\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<p>Philadelphia last year announced plans to add new container terminal space in South Philadelphia.<\/p>\n<div><\/div>\n<p>The Philadelphia Regional Port Authority (PhilaPort) and Holt Logistics Corp., the family-owned company that operates cranes, warehouses, and other port facilities in South Philadelphia and Gloucester City, sued to block an earlier version of Delaware\u2019s proposal, convincing a federal judge that Army Corps of Engineers permits for wharf and dredging work were inadequate. <\/p>\n<div><\/div>\n<p>New permits were issued by the Army Corps earlier this year. Delaware has lately had problems keeping the Christina River channel dredged at its main port facilities in Wilmington, where Chiquita fruit ships touched bottom last winter, prompting complaints to state officials and concerns cargoes would move elsewhere. <\/p>\n<div><\/div>\n<p>The proposal has bipartisan support and key backing of Democratic Gov. Mark Meyer, said Charuni Patibanda-Sanchez, who as Meyer\u2019s secretary of state chairs the port corporation. <\/p>\n<p>Read more <a href=\"https:\/\/corporate-movers-usa.com\/?p=31\">Supreme Court won\u2019t intervene in discrimination suit led by Black ex-head coach Flores against NFL<\/a><\/p>\n<div><\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<p> \u201cWhile out-of-state competitors continue their efforts to stop this project, it is time to move forward and make sure Delaware\u2019s port can compete fairly on the Delaware River,\u201d she said in a statement.<\/p>\n<div><\/div>\n<p>\u201cThis project is a once-in-a-generation opportunity to create thousands of good-paying union jobs and strengthen Delaware\u2019s economy,\u201d Meyer said in a statement. <\/p>\n<div><\/div>\n<p>He has rebuffed efforts by Pennsylvania and New Jersey to join forces in a tristate effort to develop new port facilities to better compete with the New York area and Southern cities. <\/p>\n<div><\/div>\n<p>Meyer didn\u2019t provide a timetable for construction, noting only that the new permits brought the state \u201cone step closer\u201d to a new facility. <\/p>\n<div><\/div>\n<p>The new port will be built on the site of a former DuPont plant between the Delaware and I-495, the I-95 bypass that also overlooks Wilmington\u2019s port three miles to the south. Both are north of the Delaware Memorial Bridge twin spans, which ships must clear to reach them.<\/p>\n<div><\/div>\n<p>Enstructure will oversee development and future terminal operations pursuant to the parties\u2019 long-term concession framework.<\/p>\n<div><\/div>\n<p>The new terminal will reinforce the critical role union members play, William B. Ashe Jr., a vice president of the International Longshoremen\u2019s Association, the East Coast\u2019s main port workers\u2019 union, and president of Wilmington-based ILA Local 1694, said in a statement. Dockworkers face pressure to automate. <\/p>\n<p>Read more <a href=\"https:\/\/corporate-movers-usa.com\/?p=29\">The Michelin Guide is retiring its green stars<\/a><\/p>\n<div><\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Out-of-state competitors tried block the project, but Wilmington-area port authorities have lined up for a new facility at a former DuPont site. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":34,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-35","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.7 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Delaware is moving ahead on plans for a container port that could take traffic from Philadelphia - Corporate Movers USA<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/corporate-movers-usa.com\/?p=35\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Delaware is moving ahead on plans for a container port that could take traffic from Philadelphia - 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