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Shippers benefit from South Carolina Ports' new 2025 lineup
New service coverage supports importers, exporters, retailers New ocean carrier deployments will increase the Port of Charleston’s coverage from 25 to 29 weekly services, with SC Ports offering more options than ever within the thriving U.S. …
Mar 20, 2025 / Curious
SC Ports: Container volumes steady as rail infrastructure expands
With highly productive port service and expanding rail capabilities, South Carolina Ports is well-positioned to speed goods to market and support growth in the Southeast. SC Ports has three big-ship capable terminals and a total of 10 million …
Nov 19, 2024 / Curious
SC Ports’ Leatherman Terminal reopening with major weekly Asia service
South Carolina Ports celebrated today the reopening of Leatherman Terminal, working a vessel with our ILA partners and the support of the maritime community. SC Ports will resume Leatherman Terminal gates for receiving containers on Thursday, …
Sep 26, 2024 / Curious
SC Ports makes significant progress on fluidity, vessel queue
With the support of the maritime community, South Carolina Ports is quickly working ships and reducing its vessel queue by implementing creative operational solutions and temporarily pausing toe wall construction for ocean carrier and cargo owner …
Jul 2, 2024 / Curious
ONE launches new service connecting Charleston, India
A new weekly ship service from Ocean Network Express (ONE) establishes a direct connection between India and South Carolina Ports, further reaffirming the strength of the Charleston port market. Caption: ONE launched its new West India North …
Jun 27, 2024 / Curious
SC Ports efficiently works big ships as imports increase
South Carolina Ports seamlessly handled big ships and big move counts at Wando Welch Terminal as imports trend back up. The SC Ports team and maritime community recently moved 4,474 containers on and off the ZIM Integrated Shipping Services Mount …
Mar 26, 2024 / Curious
SC Ports offers access to booming Southeast market
South Carolina Ports sees stronger-than-typical February for container volumes at the Port of Charleston as South Carolina continues to attract new business. Thus far in fiscal year 2023, SC Ports has handled nearly 1.8 million TEUs (twenty-foot …
Mar 20, 2023 / Curious
SC Ports handles nearly 3 million TEUs in 2022
South Carolina Ports had a record 2022 with the most containers ever handled at the Port of Charleston. SC Ports moved nearly 2.8 million TEUs (twenty-foot equivalent units) in 2022, a 1.5% increase over 2021. When accounting for containers of any …
Jan 19, 2023 / Vessels
SC Ports offers deep harbor, berth availability
South Carolina Ports efficiently handled a container ship at the deepest draft to-date, reinforcing the importance of Charleston Harbor’s new 52-foot depth. The MSC Rayshmi recently set a record for deepest draft at SC Ports, arriving at 48 feet and …
Sep 26, 2022 / Curious
SC Ports reports all-time container record in March
SC Ports deploying creative supply chain solutionsSouth Carolina Ports reported an all-time container record in March, marking the 13th consecutive month of cargo records at the Port of Charleston.“As we continue to handle record volumes on our …
Apr 12, 2022 / Curious