The European Commission has given the plan to develop the outer harbour in Great Yarmouth the go-ahead.
Private sector investors are now sought to provide some of the £38m cost and put the Eastport project into action.
Meanwhile, the East of England Development Agency claims transport minister Derek Twigg is minded to approve proposals for a new container port at Bathside Bay, in Harwich.
References: Financial Times 09/01/06 page 22