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The Virginia Port Authority (VPA) is an autonomous agency (political subdivision) of the Commonwealth of Virginia that owns the The Port of Virginia; a group of facilities with their activity centered on the harbor of Hampton Roads, Virginia. The principal facilities of the Port of Virginia are four marine terminals and one intermodal container transfer facility: Norfolk International Terminals (NIT), Portsmouth Marine Terminal (PMT), Newport News Marine Terminal (NNMT), Virginia International Gateway (VIG) at Portsmouth, all on the harbor of Hampton Roads, and the Virginia Inland Port (VIP) at Front Royal, Virginia. A site on the harbor at nearby Craney Island has been identified for future expansion. Virginia International Terminals, Inc. (VIT), the Virginia Port Authority’s non-stock, non-profit affiliate, has operated the Port of Virginia since its creation by the state in 1981〔(【引用サイトリンク】 publisher = The Virginian Pilot, June 15, 2012, Robert McCabe )〕 and is headquarterd in downtown Norfolk, Virginia. The agency also employs regional managers throughout the United States and in Belgium, Brazil, Japan, Hong Kong, India, and South Korea. In May, 2012 global port operator APM Terminals submitted a conceptual proposal under Virginia’s PPTA guidelines to give the Commonwealth of Virginia its $540 million Portsmouth container terminal and additional cash payments in exchange for running Hampton Roads’ port operations.〔(【引用サイトリンク】title= Unsolicited Conceptual PPTA Proposal to Operate Port of Virginia )〕 APM Terminals has operated in the port for more than 30 years. The $540 million investment in the Portsmouth facility is one of the largest private investments ever made in Virginia. The Commonwealth of Virginia is currently considering the proposal. ==Governance== As an agency of the Commonwealth, the Virginia Port Authority reports to the Virginia Secretary of Transportation. The Governor of Virginia appoints 11 citizens to form the Virginia Port Authority Board of Commissioners, and the state treasurer is an ''ex officio'' member of the Board. Commissioners serve staggered five year terms at the pleasure of the Governor, and no commissioner may serve more than two consecutive terms. Law dictates that there must be one, but no more than one, commissioner from Norfolk or Virginia Beach; one, but no more than one, commissioner from Portsmouth or Chesapeake; and one, but no more than one, commissioner from Hampton or Newport News.〔(Code of Virginia 1950 §62.1-129 ). Retrieved 30 July 2008.〕 Traditionally, an active or retired senior executive from Norfolk Southern Railway and an individual with ties to the coal industry have also served as members of the Board.〔“Virginia Port Authority Board Structure.” Feb 2002.〕 The Board elects a chairman and vice chairman from within its membership.〔 The Board of Commissioners appoints the executive director of the Virginia Port Authority, who is responsible for overseeing the daily execution of the agency’s policies, and serving as an ''ex officio'' member of VIT’s Board of Directors.〔 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「The Port of Virginia」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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