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August port volumes remain strong
As the country continues to see record import volumes, the S.C. Ports Authority handled 114,671 import containers in the month of August, an 18% year-over-year increase. The ports set an August record, moving 234,688 TEUs — an industry measurement equivalent to a 20-foot container — at Wando Welch Terminal, North Charleston Terminal and Hugh K. […]
Logistics companies to deploy all-electric cargo haulers
The Environmental Protection Agency has awarded a $1.3 million grant to the S.C. Ports Authority to help support efforts to use electricy and energy-efficient trucks to replace diesel-powered vehicles. The EPA’s Diesel Emissions Reduction Act will support partners A&R Logistics and Benore Logis[...]
SCPA sets all-time container volume record with 47% year-over-year increase
Wando Welch Terminal’s 15 ship-to-shore cranes are getting a summer workout. S.C. Ports Authority reported another record-setting month with the highest July container volumes in history. In total for the month, SCPA handled 244,821 TEUs — an industry measurement equivalent to a 20-foot container — at Wando Welch Terminal, North Charleston Terminal and Hugh K. Leatherman […][...]
S.C. Ports records highest fiscal year for containers handled
The S.C. Ports Authority has reported its strongest fiscal year for containers handled at the Port of Charleston, with a 9.6% increase from fiscal year 2020. During fiscal year 2021, which ended June 30, S.C. Ports handled 2.55 million 20-foot units, or TEUs, across Wando Welch, North Charleston and Hugh K. Leatherman terminals. This growth […]
Meet Nifty Lifty, Sir Lift-A-Lot, No Crane No Gain
Naming the new S.C. Ports Authority terminal after Sen. Hugh K. Leatherman was a no-brainer for the state agency. But naming the wharf’s new cranes requires outsourcing to the professionals. The SCPA reached out to third- through fifth-grade students in Berkeley, Charleston and Dorchester counties who competed to name the [...]
Port volumes reflect automotive bounce back
Third time’s a charm for the S.C. Ports Authority as the state agency recorded its third consecutive month of record volumes. The SCPA reported the strongest May container volume ever with a 36% increase year-over year and an 818% growth in port vehicles handled. While May 2020 in comparison had low volumes as a result [&h[...]
Marco Polo sets East Coast containership record
Marco Polo has made another epic voyage. The CMA CGM Marco Polo has set an East Coast and Canadian big ship record as the largest containership to traverse the coast. The S.C. Ports Authority welcomed the vessel Friday morning at the Wando Welch Terminal. The record-breaking ship measures 1,300 feet long and has the [&hel[...]
Watch the record-breaking containership calling on Port of Charleston this week
The largest vessel to call on the East Coast will make a stop at the Wando Welch Terminal this Friday. The CMA CGM Marco Polo is carrying 16,022 TEUs — an industry measurement equivalent to a 20-foot container. That’s nearly 1,000 more than the CMA CGM Brazil, which carried 15,128 TEUs when it docked at […]
S.C. Ports Authority continues recovery with strongest April on record
It’s almost a broken record hearing about the S.C. Ports Authority’s broken records, but the numbers are positive signs of continued recovery coming out of the pandemic. Following an all-time cargo record in March, the SPA reported the strongest April ever for containers handled, with a 27.8% increase at the Port of Charleston compared to […]
Port restores island habitat under Clean Water Act
Two years ago, the island lying beneath Charleston’s Arthur Ravenel Jr. Bridge would have looked almost unrecognizable to today’s visitors. A slurry of sediment and water oozed across the island’s southern tip as millions of cubic tons of silt from the latest ports project rushed in from a pipeline, held i[...]
Leatherman Terminal forced to divert 2 lines back to Wando Welch
The S.C. Ports Authority has shifted two containerships intended to call on the Hugh K. Leatherman Terminal back to Wando Welch Terminal as shipping companies look to stay out of the fray cause by a union lawsuit, the Port of Charleston said yesterday in a statement. In a months-long battle to ascertain HLT jobs t[...]
