. Coast watch. Marine resources; Oceanography; Coastal zone management; Coastal ecology. the past two years should. They'll find new and improved services, expanded facilities and a strong desire to be the best-run ports on the east ; This year the Wilmington port added 26 acres of paved open storage to its facilities at a cost of $1,135,000, while at Morehead City $447,000 in capital improvements were made. The General Assembly allotted $ million, the largest state appropriation ever, to the SPA this year to operate the ports. Stover says SPA plans are to develop Wilmington into
. Coast watch. Marine resources; Oceanography; Coastal zone management; Coastal ecology. the past two years should. They'll find new and improved services, expanded facilities and a strong desire to be the best-run ports on the east ; This year the Wilmington port added 26 acres of paved open storage to its facilities at a cost of $1,135,000, while at Morehead City $447,000 in capital improvements were made. The General Assembly allotted $ million, the largest state appropriation ever, to the SPA this year to operate the ports. Stover says SPA plans are to develop Wilmington into the state's container port. This year 23,000 to 24,000 con- tainers crossed the docks at Wilming- ton, and by 1985 the SPA expects 200,- 000 containers to be moved. This will call for an additional three to four con- tainer cranes. Morehead City, on the other hand, is seen more as a bulk port, exporting goods like tobacco and lumber. It is the largest tobacco exporting port on the east coast, Stover says. But, he adds, this has made the port's revenues dependent on a fluctuating tobacco harvest. The Morehead City port is now becoming one of the east coast's leading exporters of lumber, and this, the SPA hopes, will provide the port a more steady income. Stover says another container crane also may be in the Morehead City port's future if the port can attract enough container business. Lack of container business was the reason behind the SPA's decision to move the port's first container crane to Wil- mington. The move spurred a major con- troversy and added to the long-time rivalry between the two ports. Some Morehead City residents say the SPA's decision was yet another example of the state's favoritism toward Wil- mington. But others say it was the state's desire to treat the ports equally that initially led to the problem. When Wilmington needed a container crane in the mid 1970s, one was also placed at Morehead City. However, the Morehead City port had not developed any con
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