South Carolina Ports (SC Ports) achieved the best year of container volume growth in its history in 2021, by handling 2.75 million TEU at Wando Welch Terminal, North Charleston Terminal and Hugh K. Leatherman Terminal, representing an increase of 19% from 2020 and 13% over 2019.
SC Ports has also set monthly year-over-year container records for ten consecutive months in 2021, from March through December. Much of the cargo growth is driven by consumers buying more retail goods during the...
South Carolina Ports (SC Ports) has announced an all-time monthly record in November for container volumes, surpassing March’s box traffic, which was the highest in a single month so far.
November constitutes the ninth consecutive month of year-on-year monthly record cargo volumes in the SC Ports, with a record number of retail imports continuing to flow into the Port of Charleston.
In particular, SC Ports moved 250,711TEU at Wando Welch Terminal, North Charleston Terminal and Hugh K. Leatherman...
https://container-news.com/south-carolina-ports-marks-busiest-month-in-november/
South Carolina Ports (SC Ports) had a record October for containers, marking the eighth consecutive month of record volumes at the Port of Charleston.
SC Ports moved 234,923 TEU at Wando Welch Terminal, North Charleston Terminal and Hugh K. Leatherman Terminal in October, a 9% increase year-over-year. Fiscal-year-to-date, SC Ports has handled 919,440 TEU at container terminals, up 15% from the same time a year ago.
Additionally, SC Ports handled 130,417 pier containers, which account for boxes of...
https://container-news.com/sc-ports-keeps-record-container-pace/
South Carolina Ports (SC Ports) has achieved a monthly record for September by moving more than 205,000TEU at its container terminals Wando Welch, North Charleston and Hugh K. Leatherman.
SC Ports believes that this number, which translates to an increase of 5% over the same month of 2021, is mainly driven by retail imports.
During September, SC Ports has also achieved a record for import volumes, handling loaded boxes of 98,208TEU, an increase of 9% compared to last September, while exports saw...
https://container-news.com/sc-ports-sets-monthly-container-volumes-record-for-september/
South Carolina Ports (SC Ports) has reported double-digit growth in container volumes during August, mainly driven by retail imports.
In particular, SC Ports handled 234,688TEU in total during August at Wando Welch Terminal, North Charleston Terminal and Hugh K. Leatherman Terminal, representing an increase of 12% over the same period of 2020, achieving a new record for the month.
“The United States continues to see record import volumes as consumers spend more on retail goods than services...
The South Carolina Ports (SC Ports) Authority has announced it will be closed on Monday, 6 September in observance of Labor Day and will restart operations the next day.
In particular, the terminals Wando Welch, North Charleston and Hugh Leatherman will close on Monday and will resume normal operations on Tuesday from 5:00 am.
In addition, Columbus Street and Union Pier Terminals will also pause operations on 6 September and will come back to normal operations on the next day, from 7:30 am.
Regardi...
https://container-news.com/sc-ports-to-halt-operations-on-6-september/
The United States Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) has awarded the Diesel Emissions Reduction Act (DERA) grant of US$1.3 million to South Carolina Ports (SC Ports) aiming to support project partners replacing diesel trucks with more sustainable vehicles.
In particular, SC Ports will facilitate the grant to the project partners A&R Logistics and Benore Logistic Systems, Inc. with the goal of deploying all-electric, energy-efficient and zero-emission tractor trucks in place of diesel trucks.
“T...
https://container-news.com/sc-ports-receives-us1-3-million-grant-for-electric-trucks/
South Carolina (SC) Ports has begun its fiscal year 2022 with the busiest July in container volumes at the Port of Charleston.
Particularly, SC Ports handled a record of 244,821TEU in July at the box terminals Wando Welch, North Charleston and Hugh K. Leatherman, which translates to a 38% increase from a year ago.
SC Ports moved 137,158 pier containers, which accounts for boxes of any size, in July, representing year-on-year growth of 38%. These volumes mark the second highest all-time monthly...
https://container-news.com/south-carolina-ports-handles-record-containers-in-july/
Konecranes has signed a contract with South Carolina Ports (SC Ports) for 12 Rubber Tire Gantry (RTG) retrofit hybrid power packs.
After the conduction of a comprehensive testing protocol by West Virginia University (WVU) at SC Ports’ Wando Welch Terminal in April, the US Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) approved Konecranes’ new hybrid technology.
Konecranes partnered with WVU to measure new packs’ RTG exhaust emissions. WVU noted that “carbon monoxide emissions were observed to reduce by...
https://container-news.com/konecranes-to-supply-sc-ports-with-new-hybrid-technology/
South Carolina Ports (SC Ports) has reached a new record for container handling during its fiscal year (FY) 2021 that started on 1 July 2020 and ended on 30 June 2021.
In particular, SC Ports saw a growth of 9.6% compared to the FY 2020, with 2.55 million TEU having been transferred through Wando Welch Terminal, North Charleston Terminal, and Hugh K. Leatherman Terminal.
Another record for the SC Ports during the FY 2021 was set at the two rail-served ports Inland Port Greer and Inland Port...
https://container-news.com/sc-ports-handles-more-containers-than-ever/