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Scott Rhodes

Port of Virginia

Director of Breakbulk & Inland Terminals

Scott Rhodes currently holds the position of Director of Breakbulk & Inland Terminals for The Port of Virginia In this role, he is responsible for operations at three unique facilities: Newport News Marine Terminal is the primary breakbulk and RORO facility in the port’s network, Richmond Marine Terminal is a barge served container terminal that also hosts various warehousing and breakbulk customers, as well as the rail served Virginia Inland Port. In addition, Scott manages the tug and barge service offering provided to Port of Virginia customers between the mainline container terminals and RMT.

Prior to his tenure at the Port of Virginia, Scott started his career as an Assistant Operations Manager for APM Terminals before moving to a Port Captain role with Mediterranean Shipping Company. After this stop, he managed on dock warehousing operations for the Montreal-based Logistec Corporation, followed by four years at T. Parker Host’s terminal operating subsidiary, Host Terminals. In this role, he spent time traveling to multiple operations along the East and Gulf coasts both developing and managing bulk and breakbulk terminal operations.

Scott currently resides in Norfolk, Va with his wife Lindsay and their two daughters. A former collegiate swimmer at The College of William and Mary, he still enjoys participating and competing when time allows although a new found beach volleyball passion sometimes interferes.