Barbara Melvin will succeed Jim Newsome at the helm of South Carolina Ports next summer and will become the first woman to lead a top-10 U.S. container port.
“The major thing that a port can do to positively influence its emissions is to make sure trucks get in and out fast,” said Newsome.
A National Labor Relations Board judge ruled the International Longshoremen’s Association cannot force the use of union labor at the Port of Charleston’s new Leatherman Terminal.
Containers, vehicles and rail moves contribute to a record April for the South Carolina Ports Authority.
In the next two weeks, only two container ships are slated to berth at the new Leatherman Terminal. Forty are scheduled at the Port of Charleston’s neighboring Wando Welch Terminal.
“We have invested in the right infrastructure at the right time to handle growing cargo volumes and bigger ships,” says South Carolina Ports’ Jim Newsome.
Inland Port Greer records its best January and ocean-carried container moves increase year-over-year.
The opening of the Hugh K. Leatherman Terminal and deepening of Charleston Harbor are expected to make for an even brighter 2021.
Drugs valued at more than $411 million are offloaded at Port Everglades, and the new Long Beach bridge shines bright.
CEO Jim Newsome calls Walmart’s $220 million investment a signal that SCPA is “prepared to be a force in retail distribution.”
