Port of Morehead City

Contact Us

Address

General Cargo Terminal
113 Arendell Street
Morehead City, NC 28557

Phone

252-515-5251

EMAIL

customerservice@ncports.com

CLOSE TO THE OCEAN. ACCESS TO EVERYWHERE ELSE.

The Port of Morehead City, a breakbulk and bulk facility, is one of the deepest on the United States East Coast, and it’s just four miles from the Atlantic Ocean. It’s also within 700 miles of more than 70% of the U.S. industrial base. Interstates 95 and 40 are easily accessed via U.S. Highways 70 and 17. And train service is provided by Norfolk Southern. Located across the Newport River from the Port of Morehead City is Radio Island, a 150-acre site perfectly suited for a port industrial development, conveniently supplied with municipal water and sewer.

FROM SEA TO LAND

  • Channel is 45 ft., M.L.L.W.
  • Within 700 miles of more than 70 percent of the industrial base of the United States
  • Rail service provided by Norfolk Southern Railway
  • More than one million sq. ft. of prime covered and sprinklered storage

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General Cargo Terminal

The port is equipped with nine berths and a Liebherr 420 Portal Gantry Crane with 124MT/136ST capacity. Storage offerings include a dry-bulk facility with 220,000-ton capacity warehouse and a 177,000-square-foot warehouse for housing high-value commodities like rubber, paper, steel and lumber. All together there is more than one million square feet of storage, including prime covered and sprinklered, plus 30 acres of paved open area.

The Port of Morehead City has the capabilities to address even the most complex of cargo handling needs. Our experienced labor force and innovative ideas take us beyond the primary products we often move. The capabilities and primary products below might be what we are known for, but they are not what we are limited to. We are the port of problem solved.

Capabilities

  • Bulk
  • Breakbulk
  • Ro/Ro
  • Inland Transportation
  • Foreign Trade Zone

Primary Products

  • Phosphate
  • Fertilizer
  • Lumber
  • Metal Products
  • Rubber
  • Wood Chips
  • Aircraft Parts
  • Grain

Driving Directions

113 Arendell Street Morehead City, NC 28557

Facilities Guide

general terminal

MON-FRI

8:00am – 5:00pm
Trucks must check in by 4:00pm to guarantee loading/unloading before gate closure.
Access to the General Terminal during off-hours can be granted by special arrangement.

2024 HolidaysObserved
Martin Luther King’s DayMonday, January 15
Good FridayFriday, March 29
Memorial DayMonday, May 27
Independence DayTuesday, July 4
Labor DayMonday, September 2
Veteran’s DayMonday, November 11
ThanksgivingThursday & Friday, November 28 & 29
ChristmasTuesday, Wednesday & Thursday, December 24, 25 & 26
New Year’s DayWednesday, Jan. 1, 2025

To view the terminal holidays, please visit the Customer Access Portal.