Map by Tim Howard 



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 COAL PORT* 



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Map shows coal trains' route through Morehead to terminal sites 



Here's the lineup: one on base, seven on deck 



At least eight companies want to 

 build coal export terminals in North 

 Carolina. One of them, Alla-Ohio 

 Valley Coals, has already set up shop. 

 The others have either sought permits 

 or are preparing to do so. Here is the 

 list: 



• The American Coal Export Com- 

 pany has secured all the necessary per- 

 mits to build a terminal on an 80-acre 

 site along the west bank of the Cape 

 Fear River just north of Wilmington. 

 The company plans a terminal with a 

 capacity of three to seven million tons 

 a year. Coal trains would reach the site 

 by the Seaboard Coastline. American 

 Coal plans to dredge the river channel 

 from the US 117 bridge to the site. The 

 company plans to finish its construc- 

 tion in October. 



• Cleancoal Terminals, Inc. has per- 

 mits in process for developing a three- 

 million-ton-per-year terminal on a 20- 

 acre tract owned by Seaboard 

 Coastline in the northern downtown 



area of Wilmington. Coal trains would 

 reach the site through northeastern 

 Wilmington and, because the tract is 

 small, would have to uncouple and re- 

 couple off the site. A city report on the 

 proposed terminal found that it posed 

 a noise problem not covered by state 

 regulations, but went on to recom- 

 mend that the city not delay the pro- 

 ject. The company plans to have the 

 facility operating in September. 



• The Williams Terminals Com- 

 pany is proposing to build a coal ex- 

 port facility south of Wilmington on 

 the Cape Fear River in Brunswick 

 County. The company plans to open 

 the terminal at about half its projected 

 20 million-ton capacity on a 400-acre 

 tract just north of Southport. Coal 

 trains would reach the site by the 

 Seaboard Coastline track and the U. S. 

 government rail to the Sunny Point 

 Military Ocean Terminal. The com- 

 pany plans to be operating at the site 

 in 1984. 



• Whelebrater-Frye, Inc. has 



proposed a slurry pipeline for either of 

 two sites, one in Carteret County, 

 another near Scotts Hill in Pender 

 County. The company plans an initial 

 capacity of 12 to 14 million tons per 

 year. At the site, coal would be mixed 

 with water and then piped under water 

 to a loading buoy about 10 miles 

 offshore. Permits have not been filed, 

 but the company plans to be operating 

 in North Carolina in 1985. 



• Utah Internationa, Inc. has 

 proposed a terminal to export coal 

 from a site on the Brunswick County 

 side of the Cape Fear River, about 10 

 miles south of Wilmington. The 

 facility would open with a capacity of 

 five to seven million tons a year, with 

 plans for expanding to 15 to 20 million 

 tons. No completion date has been set. 



• Carolina Coal Company has 

 proposed using the State Port Ter- 

 minal in Wilmington to export four to 

 nine million tons of coal a year. Plans 

 for this terminal have not been set. 



• Gulf- Interstate has proposed a 



