Coal cars at Lamberts Point

OUR NETWORK OF COAL TRANSLOAD FACILITIES

Norfolk Southern serves coal transload facilities located strategically across our rail network. We work closely with producers, receivers, agents, and brokers to support the sourcing, blending, and transportation of high-quality utility, metallurgical, and industrial coals that power communities, advance economic development, and feed manufacturing in America and around the world.

Blue illustrated image of the Eastern United states showing where the coal transload facilities

Norfolk Southern Operated Terminals

Sandusky Dock is an NS-owned and served facility on Lake Erie. Operated by Sandusky Dock Corporation, the facility features a Heyl & Patterson high-lift dumper, with an average loading capacity of 2,625 tons per hour.
 

The facility can handle vessels up to 1,000 feet long, has an overall loading capacity of 50,000 net tons, and an available storage capacity of 875,000 tons. Reclaimed coal and railcars are loaded to vessels simultaneously. The facility has an annual throughput capacity of 7 million tons.

The normal loading season runs from mid-March through December, with 24/7 operations.

 

Contacts:

 

Jason MacMackin
 Director Coal Marketing
 650 W Peachtree St NW
 Atlanta, GA 30308
 540-529-7316 mobile
 Jason.MacMackin@nscorp.com

 

Christopher Snyder
Group Manager Customer Logistics
650 W Peachtree St NW
Atlanta, GA 30308
404-430-4326 mobile
Christopher.Snyder@nscorp.com

Wheelersburg Terminal is an NS-owned and served coal terminal on the Ohio River at Mile Marker 344.6. It features an annual throughput capacity of 9 million tons and a ground storage capacity of 1 million tons. The terminal, operated 24-7, is equipped with a rotary dumper, barge loader, unit train loadout, and belt scales.

 

The facility offers complete train flood loading and up to four coal blending and mixing services for metallurgical and utility coal applications. A three-stage sampling system, operated independently by Sampling Associates International, can provide ASTM- and ISO-approved samples for all cargoes.

 

Contact:

 

Jason MacMackin

Director Coal Marketing
650 W Peachtree St NW
Atlanta, GA 30308
540-529-7316 mobile
Jason.MacMackin@nscorp.com

 

Christopher Snyder
Group Manager Customer Logistics
650 W Peachtree St NW
Atlanta, GA 30308
404-430-4326 mobile
Christopher.Snyder@nscorp.com

Lamberts Point Coal Terminal is the largest, fastest, and most efficient transloading facility for coal in the Northern Hemisphere. Opened on the Elizabeth River around 1865, the NS-served and operated transshipment terminal boasts an annual throughput capacity of 48 million tons. While the facility handles utility and metallurgical coals, most of its business involves the export of met coal, which is loaded onto ocean-going vessels and shipped to countries across Europe, Asia, South America, and beyond for use in steel production.

 

At the heart of the terminal is the 1,850-foot-long Pier 6, in use since 1962. Operated 24/7, the pier features two 18-story-tall ship loaders that enable the facility to load two vessels simultaneously. Twin tandem rotary dumpers tip over railcars brimming with 100 tons of coal, feeding the ship loaders for a combined loading capacity of up to 8,000 tons per hour.
 

With its versatility, Pier 6 can load vessels ranging in size from small coastwise barges to large Cape-sized colliers. Both loading berths and the lay berth are dredged to allow loading to a 50-foot draft. The ship loaders can accommodate vessels with a beam of 175 feet and an air draft of 74 feet.

 

A special competitive advantage is the terminal’s ability to offer complete coal blending and mixing services for both metallurgical and utility coal applications. A four-stage sampling system, operated independently by Sampling Associates International, can provide ASTM- ISO-approved samples for all cargoes.

 

Brochures that describe this terminal and its unique operating capabilities are available.

 

Contacts:

 

Jason MacMackin
Director Coal Marketing

650 W Peachtree St NW
Atlanta, GA 30308
540-529-7316 mobile
Jason.MacMackin@nscorp.com


Christopher Snyder
Group Manager Customer Logistics
650 W Peachtree St NW
Atlanta, GA 30308
404-430-4326
mobile
Christopher.Snyder@nscorp.com

Third Party Operated Terminals

Owned by Jefferson County, Kentucky, and the city of Louisville, this terminal operates on the Ohio River at Mile Marker 618. It has an annual coal throughput capacity of 7 million tons and 200,000 tons of ground storage.
 

The terminal features two loop tracks that hold 120 cars each. It can serve 30 barges – 15 loads and 15 empties. It has blending capabilities of up to three coals, and a John B. Long sampling system is used.

 

Contacts:

 

Cooper/T. Smith, Stevedoring
Joe Knight, Operations Manager
Louisville Jefferson Riverport Terminal
7098 Distribution Drive, Suite E
Louisville, KY 40258
502-935-7226 phone
502-935-7296 mobile

 

Christopher Snyder
Group Manager Customer Logistics
650 W Peachtree St NW
Atlanta, GA 30308
404-430-4326 mobile
Christopher.Snyder@nscorp.com

This 24/7 transshipping facility is owned and operated by Consol Energy subsidiary CONSOL Marine Terminal at the Port of Baltimore. With an annual throughput capacity of 16 million tons and ground storage available for 1.2 million tons, the terminal serves as a transload facility for exporting utility and metallurgical coals.
 

The facility’s 1,253-foot-long pier can handle vessels with a beam of up to 174 feet and an air draft of 55 feet. The terminal’s tandem rotary dumpers can dump 5,000 tons of coal per hour, while the pier’s ship loader can load vessels at a rate of 7,000 tons per hour.

Contacts:

Jennifer Holland
General Manager – CONSOL Marine Terminals LLC
3800 Newgate Avenue
Baltimore, MD 21224-6404
410-631-6101 phone  
JenniferHolland@consolenergy.com

Christopher Snyder
Group Manager Customer Logistics
650 W Peachtree St NW
Atlanta, GA 30308
404-430-4326 mobile
Christopher.Snyder@nscorp.com

Tradepoint Atlantic, formerly Sparrows Point Terminal, is a transshipping facility at the Port of Baltimore.

 

The terminal serves as a transload facility for exporting utility and metallurgical coals

 

Contacts:

 

Tradepoint Atlantic

1600 Sparrows Point Blvd
Sparrows Point, MD 21219

410-709-1286 mobile
Info@tradepointatlantic.com

 

 

Christopher Snyder
Group Manager Customer Logistics
650 W Peachtree St NW
Atlanta, GA 30308
404-430-4326 mobile
Christopher.Snyder@nscorp.com

Pinney Dock, a modern coal transshipping facility on Lake Erie, serves as a transload point for coals destined to electric generating utilities and cement producers in Canada and the Great Lakes Basins. This NS-served facility, owned and operated by Kinder Morgan, features three fully dredged slips and six docks with 15,000 linear feet of vessel berth space.
 

Unit trains moving bituminous coals from Ohio, Pennsylvania, and West Virginia serve this bulk transport terminal. Coal is rotary dumped from railcars and either stored on the ground or loaded directly into self-unloading vessels for shipment to Canadian and domestic destinations.

Group storage for up to 7 million tons is available. This permits year-round dumping, enabling producers to ship coal during the winter months when the lakes are closed.

Contacts:


Mike Henley
Commercial/BD Director
708-924-5942 Office
224-254-9736 Mobile
michael_henley@kindermorgan.com


Christopher Snyder
Group Manager Customer Logistics
650 W Peachtree St NW
Atlanta, GA 30308
404-430-4326 mobile
Christopher.Snyder@nscorp.com

Alicia Dock is a transloading facility located on the Monongahela River in Brownsville. The site can support unit train operations for coal transloading from rail to barge.

 

Contacts:

 

JB Holliday

Director of Transportation

740-391-2787 mobile

Jbholliday@acnrinc.com

 

Christopher Cassell

Group Manager Customer Logistics

650 W Peachtree St NW

Atlanta, GA 30308

540-604-4149 mobile

Christopher.Cassell@nscorp.com

MOL-DOK is a transloading facility on the Ohio River at Leetsdale, Pennsylvania, in Buncher Industrial Park. The facility supports both rail-to-barge and barge-to-rail loading.

 

This bottom-drop facility, operated 24/7, can dump two railcars at a time, with unloading handled by a 4600 Manitowoc crane. Unit trains of 10,000 tons can be loaded and unloaded simultaneously.

 

Contacts:

 

Harry Hanchar
P. O. Box 1451
Clearfield, PA 16830
814-765-1199 phone
814-765-3331 fax
412-741-0801 Pittsburgh phone
moldok@penn.com

 

Christopher Snyder
Group Manager Customer Logistics
650 W Peachtree St NW
Atlanta, GA 30308
404-430-4326 mobile
Christopher.Snyder@nscorp.com

Docks Creek LLC (Aquila Dock), located at Cyrus West Virginia Mile Marker 6.2, has an annual throughput capacity of 7 million tons and ground storage of 500,000 tons.
 

This Norfolk Southern-served terminal is equipped to unload bottom-drop hoppers of coal and coke for transloading to barge or ground, or for blending back to rail via a modern, 130-car batch-weigh loadout system. With its excavator and crane system, the terminal can offload barges to ground or rail at a rate of 600 tons per hour.
 

The facility operates Monday through Friday, 24 hours each day, excluding holidays.

 

Contacts:

Alan Johnston, President
2625 US Route 52 South
Kenova, WV 25530
304-453-6161
phone


Christopher Snyder
Group Manager Customer Logistics
650 W Peachtree St NW
Atlanta, GA 30308
404-430-4326
mobile
Christopher.Snyder@nscorp.com

Kanawha River Terminal (Ceredo Dock) is a coal terminal located on the Ohio River at Mile Marker 314.5. The terminal is equipped with a rotary dumper and a barge loader, with an annual throughput capacity of 18 million tons.
 

Owned by SunCoke Energy, the facility provides volume coal loading to barges. It operates Monday through Friday, 24 hours a day, excluding holidays.
 

Contacts:

Duke Smith
P.O. Box 308
Ceredo, WV 25507
304-526-0700 phone
djsmith@suncoke.com

Christopher Snyder

Group Manager Customer Logistics
650 W Peachtree St NW
Atlanta, GA 30308
404-430-4326 mobile
Christopher.Snyder@nscorp.com