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Port of Charleston: Deeper is No. 1 priority

· Tuesday, September 10, 2013

This year the port has seen 300 post-Panamax ships call and port CEO Jim Newsome said once the Panama Canal opens up, he expects the size of “work horse” ships calling the U.S. East Coast to be in the 8,000-10,000 TEU range.

Chris Dupin

Chris Dupin has written about trade and transportation and other business subjects for a variety of publications before joining American Shipper and Freightwaves.