Barbara Melvin

Port of Charleston capacity set to expand

South Carolina Ports plans to purchase the former WestRock paper mill site in North Charleston, S.C., to expand port capacity at the Port of Charleston. The roughly 280-acre industrial waterfront property sits adjacent to the port’s North Charleston Terminal, offering a natural extension of the container terminal that will enable SC Ports to handle more cargo for port-dependent businesses.

The additional land will expand the terminal’s capacity to handle 5 million containers in the future, and...

https://www.marinelog.com/inland-coastal/ports-terminals/port-of-charleston-capacity-set-to-expand/

SC Ports announces new president and CEO

Barbara Melvin is the new president and CEO of South Carolina Ports (SC Ports), becoming the first woman to lead a top 10 US container port.

Over the past 24 years, Melvin has held various roles at SC Ports and led major infrastructure projects.

In fact, Melvin has served as the port’s chief operating officer since 2018.

She will now lead the nearly 1,000-person SC Ports team, which is responsible for maintaining cargo traffic through the Port of Charleston, Inland Port Greer and Inland Port...

https://container-news.com/sc-ports-announces-new-president-and-ceo/

First woman tapped to lead South Carolina Ports

Barbara Melvin, South Carolina Ports’ chief operating officer, will be promoted to president and CEO effective July 1, 2022, succeeding Jim Newsome, who announced he is retiring after 13 years at the helm. 

Melvin will be the first woman to lead a top-10 U.S. container port. She joined the South Carolina Ports Authority in 1998 and was named vice president of operations and terminals in 2015 and COO in 2018. As COO, Melvin oversees daily port operations and leads major infrastructure projects,...

https://www.freightwaves.com/news/first-woman-tapped-to-lead-south-carolina-ports