US Corps Of Engineers Green Lights Charleston Deepening Study

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
May 17, 2011
Corps Green Lights Charleston Deepening
Charleston, SC – The deepening of the Port of Charleston took a huge leap forward today when the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers released its Work Plan for the rest of Fiscal Year 2011.  The Corps included funds to kick-off the next phase of the Charleston [...]

What Haley Should Say

All eyes (and ears) will be on S.C. Gov. Nikki Haley Wednesday night as she addresses a joint session of the S.C. General Assembly and a statewide television audience for the first time in her career.
Haley’s first “State of the State” address gives her an(other) opportunity to lay out a comprehensive reform agenda for the [...]

Now Everybody Cares About The Ports

In case you’re unfamiliar with the way things operate in South Carolina, nothing is ever done proactively.
Public policy is almost always a knee-jerk reaction geared exclusively toward mitigating short-term PR problems, as opposed to creating the conditions for sustained success.
As a result, our state continues to be consistently unsuccessful at pretty much everything it does.
The [...]

Finally

SOUTH CAROLINA’S PORTS SYSTEM GETS SOMETHING RIGHT
FITSNews – July 27, 2008 – It’s been a decade of missed opportunities for the feeble-minded, status quo Stalinites who run South Carolina’s State Ports Authority.
While other states have opened gleaming new terminals using innovative public-private partnerships, South Carolina has repeatedly said “no thanks” to billions of dollars worth [...]

Port Of Charleston’s Competitive Position Slips Further

ANOTHER YEAR, ANOTHER DROPOFF
FITSNews – January 30, 2008 – Since we were kicking around former S.C. Ports Authority board member Tumpy Campbell a good bit yesterday, we figured we ought to give you a reason why. And here it is – according to this morning’s edition of the Charleston Post and Courier, the once-proud Port [...]