Transportation
SC Ports expands direct leasing from its chassis pool
Truckers and shippers can now lease from a fleet of nearly 10,000 port-owned, GPS-equipped chassis for a set period. Chassis use rose in September even as container volume fell.
Transportation
Transportation
Charleston County voters weigh a $4.25 billion road, transit and greenbelt tax
A Nov. 3 ballot question asks voters to approve a half-cent sales tax for up to 25 years, which the county describes as an extension of its 2004 transportation tax. The project list includes U.S. 17 widenings and a Rivers Avenue rail overpass.
Transportation
From stevedore to chief operating officer at SC Ports
Patrick McCrory started his career loading ships at Wando Welch Terminal. After more than a decade at state-owned Palmetto Railways, he now runs SC Ports’ 500-person operations team.
Transportation
Charleston airport drops private screening plan, seeks up to $150 million in credit
The operator of Charleston International backed out of a TSA privatization program after the agency scrapped it. It also sought public comment on a tax-exempt credit line and landed a Buffalo route for 2027.
Transportation
SC Ports’ Navy base rail yard waits on railroad deals
The North Charleston rail yard is about 80% built and has no opening date. A $6.8 million wellness center the port built for neighbors as part of the project opened in February.
Transportation
Norfolk Southern restores daily rail service between Charleston and Huntsville
The intermodal link returned Sept. 11, about 16 months after the railroad dropped it. SC Ports says it extends the port’s reach into North Alabama and Middle Tennessee.
Transportation
CMA CGM adds Charleston to a weekly South America service
The AMERXL rotation links the Port of Charleston with Colombia, Ecuador, Peru and Chile. SC Ports is pitching it to importers of refrigerated food and exporters of U.S. protein such as poultry.
Transportation
SC Ports’ cargo slide carries into a new fiscal year
Container volume at the Port of Charleston fell 4.6% in fiscal 2026 and kept falling through September. The state ports authority has cut costs, idled its newest terminal and is weighing private bids to run it.
Transportation
North Charleston studies fixes for a Rivers Avenue rail crossing in the path of rapid transit
A study paid for mostly with a federal grant is weighing options, including an overpass, at Durant Avenue. A virtual public meeting is online through Nov. 11.
Transportation
Charleston Harbor’s yearly dredging job goes to a California contractor
The Army Corps of Engineers is paying The Dutra Group $28.2 million to clear about 19 miles of the lower harbor’s shipping channel. Separately, the Corps is studying when that work can be done.
Transportation
What a deeper channel could mean for North Charleston Terminal
SC Ports and the Army Corps of Engineers have started studying the last 48-foot stretch of Charleston Harbor. Neither has said what the study will cost or when it will finish.
