Theovald Eric Moorehead Dock and Terminal
Enighed Pond, Cruz Bay, St. John
The Theovald Eric Moorehead Dock and Terminal at Enighed Pond, St. John was officially opened on April 21, 2006. The pond was developed into a cargo facility to accommodate the increase in cargo traffic at the Victor William Sewer Marine Facility, which previously handled cargo and foreign vessels in a limited space in Cruz Bay, St. John. VIPA shifted all cargo activity to Enighed Pond.
The Moorehead facility consists of 650 lineal feet of berthing space for cargo vessels, six acres for cargo handling and storage, and a channel and turn-around area for vessels up to 175 feet in length with a draft of up to 12 feet. VIPA added an administrative building at this cargo port, which houses the VIPA dock master's office and public restrooms.
Theovald Eric Moorehead
Theovald E. Moorehead – better known as “Mooie” – was a businessman, community leader, and senator whose activism stirred the racially segregated military and changed the future of St. John.
Moorehead was born on November 1, 1916, and attended school in St. John and St. Thomas. ​After graduating in 1936, he became St. John’s first Immigration and Customs inspector. During World War II, he worked for the Navy on St. Thomas as a civilian clerk.
Several months later, he was one of 540 Virgin Islanders drafted into the U.S. Army. Moorehead served as a stevedore at Sand Island near Diamond Head, Hawaii. At the end of the war, he decided to make the military his career despite the racial challenges he faced during that time. Throughout his 12 years of service, he was posted in locations in Europe, the United States, and the Caribbean.
​He was honorably discharged in 1955 and returned home to actively lobby Congress to preserve the residential towns in St. John. His efforts paid off and he became a local hero.
Moorehead served as a Senator in the VI Legislature for 16 years. His business enterprises included real estate management and appraisal, construction, and development. He is one of the founders of St. John’s first ferry company. Over the years, he had been involved with a dozen civic organizations and government agencies, including the Lions Club, the Boy Scouts, the Small Business Administration, the Port Authority, the Insurance Commission, and the Lutheran Church. He died on December 3, 1995.