THE head of the South Carolina Ports Authority (SCPA) has called on the
federal government to use a priority system in allocated funds for port
infrastructure
CONTAINER throughput at the Port of Charleston increased by 7.4 per cent in the first six months of the year to become the fastest-growing of the top 10 US container ports, edging out the other ports on both the US east and west coasts.
THE South Carolina Ports Authority (SCPA) board has approved port spending of US$147 million to upgrade facilities, coming after posting a 10 per cent year-on-year container volume increase in May to 132,498 TEU.
THE South Carolina Ports Authority announced that the New World Alliance consortium of ocean carriers and Evergreen are launching a new Far East weekly container service in June, marking the third new container service announced this year for Charleston and the first service for the port with a direct call in Vietnam.
THE CKYH Alliance, made up of Cosco, "K" Line, Yang Ming and Hanjin, has picked the Port of Charleston for a new, weekly container service with coverage across northeast Asia via the Panama Canal.
CONTAINER volume in the Port of Charleston, South Carolina, increased 12 per cent to 134,857 TEU in March year on year and 13 per cent from February, making it the strongest month since October 2008, declared the South Carolina Ports Authority (SCPA).