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Third Sailing - The 64 Express service now calls the Port of Richmond Tuesday, Thursday and Saturday!
Read the Virginia Port Authority's press release here.

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64 Express was recently fetaured in the November 2012 issue of World Trade 100! Read the electronic version here.

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The Port of Richmond is Central Virginia’s domestic and international multi-modal freight and distribution gateway on the James River serving waterborne, rail and truck shippers throughout the mid-Atlantic states. Read more here

We're a Green Company

To remain on the leading edge and continue to differentiate ourselves in a growing market, we all must move from selling green products and services to becoming a green company. To learn about how our 64 Express barge saves fuel and benefits our economy, read more about why a barge line makes sense.

Welcome to 64 Express!

Barge Feb 2009 The James River Barge Line, 64 Express, offers a cost effective, environmentally friendly, congestion relieving, and reliable alternative to all truck freight shipments to and from Hampton Roads. We are - for all intents and purposes - a trucker on the water and provide seamless container service to and from your door. Our truck/barge service - offered via partnerships with high quality trucking companies throughout central Virginia, is competitive with all truck rates.

The 64 Express allows direct and convenient access to shipping lines calling PMT and NIT. We've brought the ports of Hampton Roads 100 miles west! Bookings can be made by email to 64express@norfolktug.com

About Our Company

James River Barge Line initiated tug/barge container service on December 1, 2008 with weekly calls between the Port of Richmond and the Port of Hampton Roads. Importers and Exporters across central Virginia may now leapfrog the many congested roadways around Hampton Roads that delay their international cargo. We are competitive, environmentally friendly and do our part to reduce this country's consumption of oil. We believe we offer the most environmentally sensitive transportation solution for your international cargo to/from the port. Read More about Us...

Schedule and Rates

Eastbound - The 64 Express sails every Tuesday and Thursday from Richmond to Hampton Roads. Cargo is discharged at VIT (APM and/or NIT) every Wednesday and Friday.

Westbound - we sail every Monday from Hampton Roads - VIT for cargo to discharge in Richmond every Tuesday and Thursday morning. Door delivery cargo may be seamlessly dispatched by our operations staff.

Barge/truck rates are comparable to all truck moves throughout Virginia, southern Maryland and northern North Carolina.