Port of Wilmington

Just last week, developers and state officials gathered for the long-awaited groundbreakinng for Port of Wilmington Edgemoor expansion.

Lawmakers put shovels in dirt Monday to mark the symbolic start to construction on the Port of Wilmington Edgemoor expansion.

State lawmaker Dave Wilson (R-Lincoln) seeks to join the taxpayer lawsuit filed in July against the Diamond State Port Corporation and Enstrucutre.

Lawmakers' Port of Wilmington Expansion task force learned at its Monday meeting that ground breaking is set for the Edgemoor expansion in September. That’s despite legal challenges filed against the project last month.

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.