by: South Carolina Ports Authority
South Carolina Ports reported an all-time container doc in March, marking the thirteenth consecutive month of cargo info on the Port of Charleston.
“As we proceed to take care of doc volumes on our terminals, SC Ports is working alongside our maritime neighborhood and logistics companions to navigate the assorted challenges felt all through the whole present chain,” SC Ports CEO Jim Newsome said. “We’re responding to prospects’ desires as we make progress on decreasing the backlog.”
Sturdy U.S. shopper urge for meals for retail objects continues to drive doc cargo ranges, with imports up 16% year-over-year in March 2022.
SC Ports handled 264,334 twenty-foot equal container fashions (TEUs) at Wando Welch Terminal, North Charleston Terminal and Hugh Okay. Leatherman Terminal in March, up 6% from closing 12 months. SC Ports has moved 2.14 million TEUs up to now in fiscal 12 months 2022, from July by March, up 15% fiscal year-over-year.
SC Ports handled 145,415 pier containers — which accounts for containers of any measurement — in March, up 5% from closing 12 months. To this point in fiscal 12 months 2022, SC Ports has moved 1.19 million pier containers, up nearly 15% from the similar interval the 12 months prior.
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SC Ports is responding to the doc volumes and ongoing present chain challenges in real-time with numerous efforts, resembling providing Sunday hours for motor carriers and selective time interval leasing of the port’s new chassis.
Strategic investments are moreover key. SC Ports has employed larger than 150 people in operations and invested larger than $2 billion into port infrastructure. The model new Hugh Okay. Leatherman Terminal offers a much-needed berth to the East Coast port market.
At a time when the supply chain is seeing unprecedented cargo volumes, Leatherman Terminal’s functionality is not being completely utilized by USMX member ocean carriers, pending choice of the continued case in entrance of the NLRB.
“We’ll proceed investing in strategic port infrastructure and deploying creative choices to ensure fluidity for our prospects,” Newsome said. “We’re very grateful to our devoted SC Ports group and the whole maritime and logistics neighborhood. Because of the men and women working so laborious to take care of freight shifting for the Southeast present chain.”
SC Ports moreover handled 21,809 cars at Columbus Avenue Terminal and recorded 17,413 rail strikes at Inland Ports Greer and Dillon in March.
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SC Ports reported 18,409 cruise passengers in March, which is one of the best month up to now on this fiscal 12 months. Cruise operations resumed in late December after a nearly two-year hiatus.
