South Carolina Ports See Strong Growth in 2012
Container volume at the Port of Charleston was up 9.6 percent in calendar year 2012, reaching 1.5 million 20-foot equivalent units (TEUs), said the South Carolina Ports Authority. Volume was up 13 percent in December compared to the same month…
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last year, to 124,120 TEUs. Breakbulk pier tonnage in Charleston and Georgetown also was up in 2012. Charleston handled more than 1 million tons of non-containerized freight over the past 12 months, up nearly 26 percent from the previous year. In Georgetown, activity for the calendar year was up 17 percent, to 532,472 pier tons handled.