South Carolina Ports Authority has record May

· Tuesday, June 11, 2019

Fiscal year-to-date TEU volume at the two container terminals is up 9.7%.

The South Carolina Ports Authority (SCPA) reported its “strongest May on record,” with 204,457 TEUs handled.
Fiscal year-to-date TEU volume is up 9.7%, with 2,192,689 TEUs handled since the port’s fiscal year began last July, SCPA said.
As measured in pier containers, or boxes handled, SCPA moved a record 118,048 containers across the docks of its two container terminals in May, surpassing the previous May record of 113,531 pier containers in 2018. Fiscal year-to-date, pier container volume is up 10.2% with 1,251,247 boxes handled July through May, SCPA said.
Inland Port Greer handled its highest monthly container volume in May, with 15,563 rail moves. The facility has handled 128,515 rail moves since July.

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Senior Editor Kim Link-Wills has written about everything from agriculture as a reporter for Illinois Agri-News to zoology as editor of the Georgia Tech Alumni Magazine. Her work has garnered awards from the Council for the Advancement and Support of Education, the Georgia Institute of Technology and the Magazine Association of the Southeast. Prior to serving as managing editor of American Shipper, Kim spent more than four years with XPO Logistics.