Portwide expansion and upgrades for ship, rail and truck have Charleston, South Carolina, officials eyeing annual capacity of 10 million TEUs for the fast-growing Southeastern maritime hub.
A potential longshoremen strike could severely hamper operations at ports in Savannah, Georgia, and Wilmington, North Carolina, that have nonunion as well as union workers, experts say.
RoadOne has started construction on a 100-acre distribution project near the Port of Charleston.
The union representing East and Gulf Coast dockworkers warned members to prepare for a possible strike starting Oct. 1, 2024.
Although container volumes were down at the Port of Charleston year over year, South Carolina Ports’ Inland Port Greer saw record volumes in August.
July volumes at the Port of Charleston and South Carolina Ports rose 12% from June and 3% year over year.
Fiscal year 2023 volumes tracked more with 2021 volumes than with 2022, which had experienced an unprecedented cargo boom, according to South Carolina Ports.
Although February volumes at SC Ports were down 13% year over year, they still represented the second-highest total for the month in port history.
American imports remain a tale of two coasts, with continued strength in container volumes headed to Atlantic ports.
South Carolina Ports moved nearly 2.8 million TEUs in 2022, the most in the state’s history.
NOVA Infrastructure has announced it added another port drayage provider serving the Port of Charleston to its portfolio.
The head of Los Angeles’ port is on a worldwide sales blitz, trying to convince shippers and carriers to come back.
Container volumes were up year over year in Savannah and Charleston, while crude oil exports set a record in Corpus Christi.
Nicole is forecast to move through Florida to Georgia on Thursday and then to the Carolinas on Friday.
The South Carolina Ports Authority will join other major East Coast ports in providing near-dock rail via the planned Navy Base Intermodal Facility at the Port of Charleston.
Despite reports that U.S. imports are slowing down, South Carolina Ports reported a nearly 11% increase in overall volumes in September year over year.
Here’s the latest on Ian’s supply chain impact from FreightWaves’ team of reporters and market experts.
July was a record month at the Port of Virginia. At SC Ports, July’s volumes were up from June as the Port of Charleston sought to improve port flows.
The South Carolina cold chain facility opening next year will handle Port of Charleston imports and exports of proteins, fruits and vegetables.
May was one of the busiest months in history for the container ports of Long Beach and Charleston.
A 34% increase in retail imports is driving cargo volumes higher, SC Ports said.
SC Ports handled 264,334 TEUs in March, up 6% year-over-year.
Congestion could go from bad to worse as liners steer a record number of container ships toward East Coast ports.
SC Ports has seen record container volumes for 12 months straight.
The railroad says it is taking steps to grow capacity, both on its network and in places where more volumes need to push through, such as Charleston, South Carolina.
There are now more container ships waiting off East and Gulf Coast ports than there are off Los Angeles/Long Beach.
January marks the 11th consecutive month of year-over-year container records, according to SC Ports.
The number of ships waiting off Los Angeles/Long Beach fell 23% over the past week.
2021 was a banner year for The Port of Virginia, SC Ports and Alabama Port Authority.
Popular interest in the supply chain may have faded, but the pileup of ships waiting offshore keeps growing.
Carriers and shippers are turning to East Coast ports as Los Angeles/Long Beach remains mired in congestion.
SC Ports and the Virginia Port Authority are benefiting from customers seeking less congested ports, they said.
Upward of 2,000 empty containers are being sent to LA, potentially creating more burden on the congested port.
Barbara Melvin will succeed Jim Newsome at the helm of South Carolina Ports next summer and will become the first woman to lead a top-10 U.S. container port.
For the time being, two ocean services will not call Georgia’s busy Port of Savannah.
“By investing more than $2 billion in port infrastructure in recent years, we have the capacity to handle the influx of imports we are seeing today,” says SCPA CEO Jim Newsome.
A National Labor Relations Board judge ruled the International Longshoremen’s Association cannot force the use of union labor at the Port of Charleston’s new Leatherman Terminal.
Container volumes were “strong” in August amid continued retail import volume growth at the Port of Charleston, the South Carolina Ports Authority said.
South Carolina ports started the fiscal year off with a bang, moving a record volume of containers in July.
Fiscal year 2021 was not only a banner year for South Carolina Ports but also a roller coaster one as volume lows in July 2020 transitioned quickly to record number of TEUs handled.
South Carolina Ports is touting two new export facilities projects that will have access to the Port of Charleston: a production facility and distribution center for winemaker Gallo and an agricultural transload facility run by Northwest Grains.
The “unprecedented” influx of imports continues on the West and East coasts.
Get your cameras ready along the coasts of Georgia and South Carolina.
Containers, vehicles and rail moves contribute to a record April for the South Carolina Ports Authority.
In the next two weeks, only two container ships are slated to berth at the new Leatherman Terminal. Forty are scheduled at the Port of Charleston’s neighboring Wando Welch Terminal.
“Both Hapag-Lloyd and USMX were well aware that the work in question would have been handled by ILA members” if the vessel had gone to another port, the International Longshoremen’s Association lawsuit asserts.
“We have invested in the right infrastructure at the right time to handle growing cargo volumes and bigger ships,” says South Carolina Ports’ Jim Newsome.
“Our all-time container record reinforces that we are adding more capacity to the Port of Charleston at the right time,” says South Carolina Ports CEO Jim Newsome.
Maersk and ZIM ships are being deployed in response to “customers’ increased cargo demands.”
Suez Canal accident aftermath: Extensive disruptions are ahead for key Asia-East Coast container shipping services.
“As retail imports continue to boom during the pandemic, the ability to quickly move goods from ships to the hinterland via rail is paramount,” says CEO Jim Newsome.
“As we continue to recover from the COVID-19 pandemic, now is the time to accelerate our throughput and growth,” says Pennsylvania Gov. Tom Wolf.
Drugs valued at more than $411 million are offloaded at Port Everglades, and the new Long Beach bridge shines bright.
Shippers are looking to speed up delivery and avoid long wait times by utilizing space on the East Coast. As a result, import volumes at eastern ports are on the rise.
CEO Jim Newsome calls Walmart’s $220 million investment a signal that SCPA is “prepared to be a force in retail distribution.”
Port communities in LA, Charleston and Philadelphia already at risk, officials assert.
The facility aims to provide plastics producers with an alternative to the Gulf Coast.
‘Significant accomplishments’ in 2020 will be followed by game changers next year.
1971: Jacksonville, Savannah and Charleston duke it out for Southeastern port crown.
“Our August volumes surpassed expectations, reflecting the best year-over-year month since the pandemic began impacting global supply chains in March,” says SCPA President and CEO Jim Newsome.
The 15,072-TEU CMA CGM Brazil earns the honor as the biggest container ship to call the East Coast.
The Port of Charleston reports its busiest July for vehicles handled.
State-of-the-art rubber-tired gantry cranes will have 169 feet of lift height.
Restrictions on commercial vessel movement could get tighter today.
U.K.-based Arkonik Ltd., which restores and improves vintage Land Rover Defenders, has a new facility near the Port of Charleston.
Supply chain strategy set “to seamlessly and efficiently import materials and export tires to global markets.”
Ridgeville, South Carolina, facility will create more than 1,000 jobs.
CEO Jim Newsome optimistic about economic recovery in 2021.
Analysis concludes West Coast ports have lost 19.4% of market share since 2006.
South Carolina Ports Authority adopts financial plan for fiscal year 2021.
Dredging efforts and rail capacity expansions at the Southeastern U.S. ports are part of a broader regional strategy to capture more Midwest-bound container traffic on the East Coast.
Three former competitors’ collaboration had drawn criticism from the World Shipping Council and International Longshoremen’s Association.
New data from eeSea reveals that U.S. ports will see capacity plunge by up to 20% this month.
Some reports say crew killed Spirit of Hamburg mariner, while others point to an intruder.
Ports of Seattle, Tacoma, Los Angeles, Long Beach, Oakland, Houston, Jacksonville and Charleston all report drops in March.
Fifteen projects net funding from the U.S. Department of Transportation’s Maritime Administration.
More and bigger ships are calling on the East and Gulf Coast, setting the stage for regional logistics development.
The Port of Long Beach saw a slide in container volumes arrested in September and hopes to attract more cargo with incentives.
Off-site facility aims to give terminal more room to operate and make chassis moves more fluid.d
Three marine terminal operators had approached the U.S. Federal Maritime Commission about forming a joint terminal services and stevedoring operation in the ports of Savannah and Charleston.
Funding plan keeps Charleston and Savannah on course to handle larger container ships.
Ports of Virgiana and Charleston put up strong numbers to start 2019, but regional Fed warns that slowdwon could be approaching.
Port’s growing base of automotive and other shippers needs better way to move freight as traffic woes mean Charleston is ‘not as quaint.‘
Port plans new wharf for container-on-barge service that has been slow to take off elsewhere; container imports show big December jump.
The ports at Norfolk and Charleston have reopened after determining that the damage caused to the ports by Hurricane Florence is minimal
Fourth largest container port on U.S. East Coast will assess conditions on Sunday for restart.
As the residents on the East Coast prepare for the potential of the largest storm to hit the coast in two decades, logistics professionals should prepare for the disruption it will mean to their networks
As the residents on the East Coast prepare for the potential of the largest storm to hit the coast in two decades, logistics professionals should prepare for the disruption it will mean to their networks
