Norfolk Southern has set a coal-loading record at Pier 6 at Lamberts Point in Virginia, placing 168,977 net tons of corking coal onto the vessel Negonego.
The ship will transport the load — which Norfolk Southern officials say is a record not just for the pier, but for the entire United States — to steel producers in China. The previous Pier 6 loading record, set Sept. 18, was 166,840 nt tons.
The coal arrived at Pier 6, the company’s transload facility, in 1,592 railroad cars shipped by Xcoal Energy and Resources.
Record coal numbers for Norfolk Southern
