Port of Wilmington

The Edgemoor Port expansion, a project backed by hundreds of millions of dollars in funding, faces another legal challenge – this time targeting the Diamond State Port Corporation and its private partner Enstructure.

The Diamond State Port Corporation Board approved its operation budget for fiscal year 2027, as the group repeats that the start of phase one construction on its Ports of Wilmington Edgemoor expansion is imminent.

Delaware's governor and General Assembly allocated $110 million more for the Port of Wilmington Edgemoor expansion in the FY 2027 bond bill. But echoes of past legal troubles resurfaced this month as a Philadelphia port terminal operator filed a new complaint.

Officials in charge of planning the build out of Port of Wilmington expansion at Edgemoor say “minor” activity is underway and construction for the project is nearing.

Construction for the Port of Wilmington’s Edgemoor expansion is expected to start this summer, with added money from the state to close an $185 million funding gap.

Construction on the Port of Wilmington expansion is set to start this summer, and a groundbreaking date expected in the next few weeks.

Cost estimates for Phase 1 of the Port of Wilmington Edgemoor expansion are up about five percent since projections the Diamond State Port Corporation board cited previously.

DSPC received about $200 million in state funding at the start of the year.

Port of Wilmington operator Enstructure and state lawmakers host a job fair while the new Edgemoor Port expansion project remains in limbo.

The Diamond State Port Corporation Board remains committed to securing previously revoked federal permits for the proposed Port of Wilmington Edgemoor expansion project, but frustration from some lawmakers, local labor union leaders and members of the community is on the rise.