The Port of Virginia in Norfolk has set a goal to ship 40% of its volumes to the U.S. midwest, and is about to finish a rail expansion that should help that mission. The midwest region accounted for 19.3% of outbound volumes from Norfolk in the 12 months to Apr. 30, following an 11.7% increase in the three months to Apr. 30. The main competing ports for supplying the midwest were LA/Long Beach with 37.4% of inbound shipments to the region, followed by Newark with 15.3% while Norfolk itself handled 8.6%. Key growth markets in the midwest region include Kentucky which saw a 24.9% growth ra...