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New Hanover County, Coast. Main routes: I-40, I-140, US-17, US-74.

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Your first Port of Wilmington pickup: gates, hours, TWIC and lane rules
What truck drivers need before a first container or general cargo run at the Port of Wilmington: gate hours by terminal, TWIC and escort rules, Navis N4 registration, lane rules, gate phone numbers and the bridge detour history.

Hauling in and out of Wilmington

Compiled from public sources and checked September 13, 2026. Conditions change; confirm closures and clearances before you roll.

Port gates and rules

The container terminal at 1 Shipyard Boulevard runs its South Gate Monday to Friday, 7 a.m. to 6 p.m., with the last container received at 5:30 p.m. [1][2]
The General Cargo Terminal's North Gate at 1870 Burnett Boulevard runs 7:30 a.m. to noon and 1 to 3:30 p.m. on weekdays, first come, first served. Drivers needing an escort must reach the badging office by 3 p.m. [1][2]
A valid TWIC is required to enter the port. Without one, arrange an approved escort ahead of time. No passengers are allowed in the truck. [1]
Before your first visit, register an account in the Navis N4 terminal system and bring a safety vest and safety shoes. [1]
Containers enter the South Gate in lanes 2 or 3, and all container traffic leaves through the radiation portal lanes. The terminal speed limit is 20 mph, and drivers stay in the truck in the container yard. [1]
The chassis yard gate at the River Road entrance runs weekdays 6:30 a.m. to 6 p.m. and requires a TWIC. [1]
Two NC Ports pages list different reefer hours, so call the South Gate at (910) 746-6488 before a reefer run. [1][2]
Other gate phones: North Gate (910) 746-6345, and the chassis yard or South Gate after hours (910) 746-6451. [1]
Remaining port holidays: Veterans Day November 11, Thanksgiving November 26 and 27, Christmas December 24, 25 and 28, and New Year's Day January 1, 2027. [2]
The South Gate complex opened in 2022 with 7 inbound and 6 outbound lanes, weigh-in-motion scales and OCR portals. Trucker registration and container holds are in the Customer Access Portal. [3]
NC Ports reported average truck turn times of about 20 minutes for a single move and 30 minutes for a dual move through November 2024. [10]

What moves through the port

The port handles more than 320,000 TEUs a year and more than 5,000 container gate moves a week. [8]
It has 1,500 reefer plugs, a covered reefer service area with wash stations, on-dock cold storage and an overweight container allowance. [4][10]
More than one million sq ft of new cold storage has come online near the port. [4]
In fiscal 2026, reefer imports grew on tropical fruit, Peruvian blueberries and melons, and protein was the largest refrigerated export. [11]
A Chilean grape import season with Maersk ran through July 2026 using new produce treatment on the terminal. [12]
A microscope added in 2024 lets CBP get same-day pest identifications on produce, which used to take days. [30]
NC Ports' 2031 plan aims to make Wilmington the cold gateway of the Mid-Atlantic. [13]

Rail

The Queen City Express runs daily CSX intermodal service from the port to the Charlotte Inland Port. Imports leave at 1 a.m. and are available at 8 a.m. the next day. [5]
The Wilmington Midwest Express runs through CSX's Carolina Connector in Rocky Mount, with export transit of 5 days to Chicago. [6][7]
Intermodal rail volumes set records through 2024 and fiscal 2025, and a fiscal 2026 yard expansion added 5,000 feet of working track. [9][11]

Other freight

Military Ocean Terminal Sunny Point, about 16 miles south, is the Army's transfer point for munitions and military equipment. [23]
International Paper runs a mill in Riegelwood on the Cape Fear River, about 19 miles from Wilmington. [24]
Regional employers named by Wilmington Business Development include GE Vernova Hitachi, GE Aerospace, Corning, Thermo Fisher Scientific and Amazon. [25]

Roads and bridges

I-40 ends in Wilmington at Exit 420, and I-140 meets it at Exit 416. [19]
I-140 is a 25.4-mile northern bypass from US 17 near Winnabow to I-40, complete since 2017. [20]
The Cape Fear Memorial Bridge carries US 17, 76 and 421 and port trucks across the river. It is a lift bridge, so expect delays when it opens for ships. [14][15][18]
Its replacement is estimated at $1.1 billion, with public comment open through October 15, 2026 and no construction date set. [15]
During the 2024 bridge closures, 300 to 700 container trucks a day detoured on MLK Jr. Parkway, South College Road and Shipyard Boulevard, and commercial trucks were banned from Third Street. [16][17]
US 74/76 west toward Whiteville is signed as the Future I-74 corridor and meets I-95 at Exit 13. [29][28]
No Wilmington location made ATRI's 2026 list of the top 100 truck bottlenecks in the US. [26]

Hurricanes

In Hurricane Florence in 2018, flooding cut Wilmington off from the rest of the state and closed the port and airport. Main I-40 and I-95 segments reopened about 10 days after landfall. [21]
Wilmington sees hurricane or tropical storm activity mostly from August to early October. [22]

Truck parking and weigh stations

The closest confirmed large truck stop is the Pilot at I-40 Exit 364 in Warsaw, well north of the city, with truck parking and a CAT scale. [27]
The nearest confirmed fixed weigh stations are on I-95 in Robeson County, reached by US 74/76. [28]

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