S.C. Ports Authority Announces Record Container Volume Through February
South Carolina Ports Authority posted record fiscal year-to-date container volume through February with more than 1.4 million 20-foot equivalent container units handled since July.
SCPA moved 168,480 TEUs during February, which drove a fiscal year-over-year container volume increase of 1.07%.
“Our container volumes are on track leading into spring, which is generally a strong season for the port,” CEO Jim Newsome said. “It is an exciting and busy time for the port, having just received two Neopanamax cranes abnd celebrated the beginning of construction on the Charleston Harbor Deepening Project."
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— South Carolina Ports (@SCPorts) March 21, 2018
In noncontainerized cargo, SCPA’s Charleston breakbulk facilities handled 67,173 pier tons in February for a total of 476,219 tons since the fiscal year began. More than 22,000 finished vehicles crossed the docks in February, an increase of 1% over the same month last year, and 140,275 vehicles have been handled by SCPA fiscal year-to-date.
As measured by total number of boxes handled, SCPA moved 95,280 pier containers last month for a total of 795,951 containers fiscal year to date.
Earlier in March SCPA celebrated the beginning of constructionon the Charleston Harbor dredging project, which will make it the deepest on the is expected to be completed in 2020.
The project calls for deepening to 54 feet a 20-mile stretch that makes up the entrance to the port. It also includes the dredging of the upper and lower harbors to 52 feet.
