Norfolk Southern said it has teamed up with Union Pacific, the Port of Virginia and shipping company Hapag-Lloyd to offer a new transcontinental intermodal service.
The service actually began in April but was formally announced on Wednesday.
Containers are unloaded at the Norfolk International Terminal and moved by NS to Chicago.
From there UP forwards them to ports in California in Los Angeles, Long Beach and Oakland; and to Seattle.
It is being marketed as OceaNS Bridge Express. The containers arrive weekly in Norfolk on ships operated by Hapag-Lloyd as part of its weekly Mediterranean Gulf Coast Express.
The port call rotation is Livorno – Genoa – Barcelona – Valencia – Veracruz – Altamira – Houston – Port of Virginia – Livorno.
Eight Panamax vessels are being used in the service and will call at the ports in Europe, Mexico and the United States.
Officials with the Port of Virginia said their agency is investing $1.3 billion through 2025 to create more rail capacity; modernize and renovate two berths and convert them to an RMG (rail-mounted gantry) operation; [and] dredge our channels to 55 feet deep and widen them for two-way traffic of ultra-large container vessels.
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