WILMINGTON, Delaware – Enstructure, a privately-owned marine terminal and logistics infrastructure company, and the Diamond State Port Corporation (DSPC) today celebrated the groundbreaking of the Delaware Container Terminal (DCT), the upcoming state-of-the-art container marine terminal in Wilmington. The milestone was celebrated alongside critical partners and collaborators including the State of Delaware, International Longshoremen’s Association, Delaware Building and Construction Trades Council, community stakeholders, and Delaware’s congressional delegation. Following a successful multi-year collaboration and planning phase, DCT is on track to open in early 2029.
“Today marks an exciting new chapter for Delaware. This groundbreaking is about more than building a container terminal – it’s about building opportunity for Delaware workers and families,” said Charuni Patibanda-Sanchez, Delaware Secretary of State and Diamond State Port Corporation Board Chair. “This project will expand the capacity of our port, create thousands of good paying jobs, boost Delaware’s role in global trade, and generate opportunities well into the future. After years of planning and hard work, I am excited to see this project get underway.”
“This groundbreaking represents the transition from vision to execution,” said Matthew Satnick and Philippe De Montigny, Co-CEOs of Enstructure. “Together with the Diamond State Port Corporation, the International Longshoremen’s Association, and the Delaware Building Trades, we are delivering transformative infrastructure that will strengthen supply chains, expand capacity, and create new opportunities for customers across North America.”
New Terminal Capacity
Located at the former Edgemoor industrial site, DCT will significantly expand Delaware’s container handling capacity and will serve as a vital link for containers, retail goods, and perishable commodities. DCT will improve access to regional, national and international supply chains while nearly doubling capacity along the Delaware River port complex. DCT will provide ocean carriers and cargo owners with a strategic location accessible by Class I rail service and major highways, including I-495, I-95, I-295, New Jersey Turnpike, and Pennsylvania Turnpike.
At full-scale, the terminal development will increase the physical capacity of the facility to accommodate larger vessels with a quay length of 2,700 feet and a depth of 45 feet. DCT is designed to accommodate container vessels with capacities of up to 16,000 TEUs, allowing 1.2 million TEUs to move through the terminal each year. DCT will have seven electric ship-to-shore gantry cranes and 24 electric rubber-tired gantry cranes to move container cargo, strengthening the region’s broader transportation network and improving access to goods.
DCT’s location in Wilmington and proximity to Philadelphia, Baltimore, Washington, D.C., and New York makes it an accessible, efficient gateway to the global shipping industry along the Northeast Corridor within a less congested section of the region, offering better service to customers. With 50 million consumers located within a 250-mile radius and 120 million consumers within a 500-mile radius, DCT will increase global access and provide cost-advantaged logistics to the Mid-Atlantic and Northeast industrial markets.
(Rendering of Delaware Container Terminal by Enstructure/Diamond State Port Corporation)