SC Port Container Traffic Up Ten Percent

Charleston, SC – The South Carolina Ports Authority (SCPA) grew volume across business segments in calendar year 2012, closing a year marked by new carrier services, progress on the inland port in Greer and major advancements on Charleston’s harbor deepening project.
In results announced today at the SCPA’s regular meeting, container volume in Charleston was up [...]

Charleston Container Traffic Up 12 Percent

Charleston, SC – Container traffic at the Port of Charleston was up nearly 12 percent in November, in results announced at today’s regular South Carolina Ports Authority (SCPA) Board meeting.
Last month, the Port of Charleston handled 125,780 20-foot-equivalent units (TEUs), an 11.9 percent increase from the same month last year. Gains for containers handled at [...]

Ralph Norman: Anti-Semite?

DID LAWMAKER CALL POLITICAL ANTAGONIST A “GREEDY JEW?”
This website has written extensively on the crusade of S.C. Rep. Ralph Norman (R-Rock Hill) against a “corrupt deal” involving a piece of land at the S.C. Farmers Market.
As we noted in our story, Norman is making waves over this deal because it involves S.C. State Ports Authority [...]

Port Of Charleston Box Volume Up 19 Percent In August

Port of Charleston Tops List of East and Gulf Ports in Magazine Survey
Charleston, SC - Container volume in the Port of Charleston saw another double-digit increase in August, with a 19.3 percent gain in box volume for the month compared to last year.
After posting a 16 percent jump year-over-year in July, the port handled 137,039 20-foot equivalent [...]

Huckabee Has Early Lead In SC

Former Arkansas Gov. Mike Huckabee leads the prospective Republican presidential field in South Carolina – where the nation’s “First in the South” primary has never failed to correctly pick the GOP nominee.
Well … Huckabee leads the field so long as U.S. Sen. Jim DeMint (R-South Carolina) stays out of the race.
According to a poll released [...]

Tumpy Gets Dumped From Port Board

ARCH-DEFENDER OF STATUS QUO, OPPONENT OF FREE MARKET REFORMS IS (FINALLY) SHOWN THE DOOR
FITSNews – January 8, 2008 – It sure as hell took him long enough to do it, but Gov. Mark Sanford finally removed Carroll A. “Tumpy” Campbell III from the S.C. State Ports Authority board today, a huge victory for supporters of [...]