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While Nov. 8 is a paid holiday for dockworkers at the Port of Virginia, that doesn’t mean everybody will have a day off.

NORFOLK, Va. — Container volume at the Port of Virginia last month edged up 2% from its record-breaking gain in the same month a year ago.

The Port of Virginia signed a new long-term lease for the Virginia International Gateway terminal, which paves the way to expand capacity at the nation’s sixth-largest port by volume.

Two top ports on the East Coast reported that August was a record month for containers, although the data reflects the period before Hanjin Shipping Co. filed for bankruptcy on Aug. 31.

The Port of Virginia reported $4.76 million in profits for fiscal year 2016, which ran from July 1 to June 30.

There’s light at the end of the tunnel — the Virginia Avenue Tunnel in Washington, D.C., specifically.

Container volume at the Port of Virginia in July dropped 3.6% year-over-year, while it's up 1.1% for the first seven months of the calendar year, port officials announced Aug. 17.

Virginia Transportation Secretary Aubrey Layne has proposed allowing Class 8 vehicles to use two high occupancy travel lanes on a 22-mile stretch of Interstate 66 starting just outside the Capital Beltway.

The Port of Virginia saw a small gain in container volume last month and a smidge more than that for the fiscal year that ended June 30, port officials announced July 12.

Flood-ravaged West Virginia will receive $5.7 million in emergency relief funds for road repair from the Federal Highway Administration, Transportation Secretary Anthony Foxx announced June 30.