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LAYING THE FOUNDATION PART II Port engineering feature continued

POWER PORT Increase in energy-related breakbulk cargo

JUMPING SHIP Mike Westerfield retires

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South Carolina State Ports Authority AUTHORITY BOARD OF DIRECTORS David J. Posek – Chairman Bill H. Stern – Vice Chairman Whitemarsh S. Smith III – Treasurer John F. Hassell III – Secretary Harry J. Butler Jr. Colden R. Battey Jr. Karen K. Floyd S. Richard Hagins Douglas M. Robertson SENIOR MANAGEMENT John F. Hassell III Interim President & CEO Paul McClintock Senior Vice President & COO Joe T. Bryant Vice President, Terminal Development Stephen E. Connor Vice President, Security, Risk Mgmt.& Human Resources Pamela A. Everitt Chief Information Officer Peter N. Hughes Chief Financial Officer Philip Lawrence Chief Legal Counsel Peter O. Lehman Director, Planning & Business Development William A. McLean Vice President, Operations Barbara L. Melvin Director, Government Relations Byron D. Miller Director, Public Relations L. David Schronce Director, Port of Georgetown & Veterans Terminal Fred N. Stribling Vice President, Marketing & Sales MARKETING & SALES Fred Stribling, Vice President, Marketing & Sales Arthur J. Pruett, General Manager, Cargo Sales Victor DiPaolo, Manager, International Carrier Sales S. Craig Lund, Manager, National Accounts Jo Douglas, Manager, Regional Sales and Tariffs Shelia Cox, Regional Sales Manager, Charlotte Matt Pesavento, Regional Sales Manager, Atlanta Andy Sallans, Regional Sales Manager, New Jersey Marion Bull, Marketing Manager Ingrid Torlay, Senior Market Analyst April Fletcher, Market Analyst Marvin Preston, Port Photographer Catherine Lobb, Executive Assistant, Charleston Winifred Diomede, Executive Assistant, New Jersey SALES OFFICES CHARLESTON Toll-Free: 1-800-382-1721. Mailing address: P.O. Box 22287, Charleston, SC 29413. Street address: 176 Concord St., Charleston, SC 29401 ATLANTA Phone: 678-775-6731. Address: 6340 Sugarloaf Parkway, Suite 200, Duluth, GA 30097 CHARLOTTE Phone: 704-643-7777. Address: P.O. Box 241174, Charlotte, NC 28224-1174 NEW JERSEY Phone: 908-757-6669. Address: Hadley Plaza, 3000 Hadley Road, South Plainfield, NJ 07080 EUROPE AGENT Managing Dir.: Bram van der Velden of Eurolist International Ltd. Phone: 44 20 7387-7300. Address: Evergreen House, 160 Euston Road, London NW1 2DT UK JAPAN AGENT Director: Yogi Doi; Phone: 5642-6317.

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Feature: Part II: Laying the Foundation With a hand in nearly every port project, the South Carolina State Ports Authority’s engineering department is paving the way for the Port of Charleston’s future. A two-part series.

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It is well known that South Carolina is a terrific place to visit. Our tourism brand is strong and our image as a quality destination with a wide diversity of offerings is excellent. As a key component of that brand, the Charleston area attracts approximately 4 million tourists each year. They come to the area to visit historic homes and sites. They come to experience fine dining and stay in beautiful hotels. They visit beaches, play golf, go sailing and fishing. They attend artistic performances and festivals. They come for many and varied reasons.

One of those reasons is closely associated with the South Carolina State Ports Authority; tourists travel here to take cruises out of the SCSPA Passenger Terminal. We’d like more of them to do so.

In June, the Authority released a Request for Proposal to update the 1996 Union Pier Redevelopment Plan as it relates to the southern portions of the property, including the Passenger Terminal. Our aim is to engage the private sector to assist in creating a new and exciting cruise experience for our passengers. The request calls for: a new cruise terminal, complete with all support service capabilities; on-site parking that can be used for cruises, the general public and potential cargo needs for the Authority; and a mixture of commercial development that will complement the cruise experience for our guests.

Many factors beyond simple supply and demand will have to be considered in this development.

Clearly, the financial impact of an increase in tourism is desirable, but we have to be cognizant of the potential impact to our city streets in Charleston. One of our great advantages is that our cruise facility is located in the heart of our historic district, where tourist activity is already concentrated.

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Another factor will be the need to marry the aesthetics and theme of the development to that of the surrounding Charleston area. As an extension of the atmosphere and feel of what makes Charleston special and a multi-use facility available for community events, this development will be a tremendous asset to the entire area.

The fact is we are at a decisive moment in regards to our cruise business sector. Our business development director, Peter Lehman and his team have done a fine job of building our stable of cruise lines and building the passenger base. In 2008, we attracted 116,000 cruise guests. We have done well in this niche sector.

However, if we are to seize the opportunities that lie before us, we must upgrade our facilities. We need more space and we need enhanced Customs and Border Protection security capabilities sooner, not later.

We believe that the potential exists for our port to attract more cruise passengers and create more cruise-related jobs.

The prospect of taking a luxury cruise to the Caribbean or Bermuda without having to drive all the way to South Florida, or spend lots of money flying there, is very attractive. Charleston is beautifully positioned to offer high-demand itineraries for the cruise lines with greatly improved drive access for their passengers; a winning combination. But we need to enhance the connector‌our facilities.

In this process we will see public and private-sector involvement. The Authority cannot do this alone. We are not seeking to do it alone. The RFP invites ideas on how best to structure and develop this opportunity. We are eager to see it move forward and hope all of those with a stake in cruise operations in South Carolina share our enthusiasm.

John F. Hassell III Interim President and CEO South Carolina State Ports Authority

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HEAVY AND OUT-OF-GAUGE PROJECT CARGO IS LINED UP ON THE DOCK AT COLUMBUS STREET TERMINAL IN PREPARATION TO BOARD A SHIP.

Power Port Leading Energy Component Manufacturers Choose Charleston to Handle Heavy Breakbulk Cargo

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Due to a recent increase in energy-related breakbulk cargo at the Port of Charleston’s Columbus Street Terminal and Veterans Terminal, the South Carolina State Ports Authority is developing and growing a community of service providers that are willing and able to handle these overweight and oversized pieces.

Known as the “energy team,” these local service providers are experts at everything from handling heavy-lift cargo with specialized cranes, to transporting oversized pieces via truck, barge and rail.

“Historically, the Port of Charleston has always welcomed breakbulk pieces, but recently, we have made focused investments in services to accommodate our growing business in energy-related breakbulk cargo,” said Craig Lund, SCSPA manager of national accounts. “To date, we have successfully worked with several world-renowned brand-name energy component manufacturers that supply many of the powergenerating companies in the Southeast and beyond.”

Lately, a trend has developed among U.S. power companies to make their plants as environmentally friendly as possible while maximizing energy efficiency. Some power companies are doing so by completely replacing aging equipment with new technology, while others are building new plants. Both methods require everything from new turbines and generators to ancillary support cargo such as piping, structural steel and transformers.

“These enormous pieces require a port that is not only equipped to handle this overweight cargo, but also has expert service providers

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standing ready to assist,” Lund said.

The SCSPA has committed a major portion of the Columbus Street Terminal to handle breakbulk cargo related to wind, solar, steam, nuclear and alternative energies, as well as traditional fossil fuel energies.

This terminal services container, breakbulk, RO/RO and project cargo through amenities such as dual-service railroad, ample yard marshalling areas, warehouses, heavy-lift cranes and other equipment designed to handle overweight and oversized cargo. The port has also handled these types of cargo at its Veterans Terminal, a facility located at the former Charleston Navy Base, which offers excellent lay down areas for these power projects.

Charleston’s port community has a multitude of local service providers that focus specifically on handling overweight and oversized cargo by crane, truck, rail and barge. Some offer floating cranes that are certified to lift as much as 600 tons. Other service providers include trucking companies that have special permits to handle more than 90,000 pounds on multi-axle trucks on South Carolina’s highways.

Also, several steamship lines that specialize in heavy-lift cargo call on the Columbus Street and Veterans terminals including BBC, Beluga, Big Lift, Jumbo, Mammoet, National Shipping Company of Saudi Arabia, Rickmers-Linie, Wallenius Wilhelmsen and others.

Moreover, end customers rate the rail clearance from the Port of Charleston to their final destination as superior to that of other ports, as they have fewer obstacles to navigate when transporting their cargo across South Carolina and the southeastern United States.

“We are seeing great success with our current energy supplier customers, and we are continuing dialogue with other energy components manufacturers for future opportunities,” Lund said. “These power companies are pleased with the Port of Charleston’s significant investments in the assets required to handle overweight and oversized cargo.”

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MIKE WESTERFIELD, PICTURED HERE WITH HIS WIFE BARBARA, RETIRED AFTER 40 YEARS IN THE SHIPPING INDUSTRY, INCLUDING 17 YEARS AT THE SCSPA.

SCSPA’s Westerfield Retires You enter the doors of the SCSPA offices and the building is unusually dismal. At that moment, you know the rumors are true … Mike Westerfield has left the building.

Gone are the resplendent yellow sport coats, the splashy madras shirts, the vivid peach jackets, the psychedelic slacks. The longtime general manager of cargo

sales has officially retired and the Charleston waterfront will never be the same.

Westerfield retired June 30 with 40 years of experience in the shipping industry. He began his career in 1969 with Southeastern Maritime, a Savannah-based steamship agent and stevedoring company. In the early 1980s, Westerfield joined Strachan Shipping, where he re-

mained until 1992. At that point, he joined the SCSPA as general manager of cargo sales and has held that position ever since. When he arrived at the SCSPA, Westerfield was already quite familiar with the Port of Charleston, mainly because he had spent so much time sneaking around the terminals at night during his previous days as a shipping agent.

“In the old breakbulk days, we would see cargo at the port, sneak onto terminals and write down the shipper and the consignee,” Westerfield said. “It was a game between the Ports Authority and the agents … they’d catch us and throw us off the terminals. That’s probably why they hired me … I knew all kinds of things!”

When Westerfield interviewed with the SCSPA, the management said they would be glad to hire him, but they wouldn’t hire his wardrobe.

“I had to buy a suit that matched,” Westerfield complained. “Over the years, I have slowly snuck my favorite articles of clothing back in.”

Everyone who knows Westerfield has a favorite funny story about him.

The problem is that most of them are not fit to print.

“I would only be implicating myself,” laughed one colleague.

There are some stories that capture Mike’s very essence. Like the time East German guards harassed him the weekend the Berlin Wall

fell, and how he harassed them right back with some very salty language. Or the numerous times he changed his clothes for business meetings in a shipping container — a makeshift closet with a rope across the back where his fancier clothes hung.

Westerfield has etched an indelible mark on the memory of SCSPA Vice President of Marketing and Sales Fred Stribling, who has worked with Westerfield for the last eight years. The SCSPA currently has a health awareness campaign that includes posters offering advice on how to avoid illness. One poster (see photo) features a young boy kissing a pig through a farmyard fence.

“The first day Mike saw the poster, he commented, ‘Where in the world did they find that picture of me as a youngster?’” Stribling chuckled.

Stribling also recounted an evening when Westerfield met with customers at Meritage, a restaurant on East Bay Street.

“As we stood toward the back of the lounge enjoying some adult beverages, Mike announces by raising his glass, ‘This is where my office used to be.’ Most of us thought he merely meant that the old shipping industry worked out of bars, but in fact the building had formerly been an office building!”

Stribling said.

Westerfield got to know most of

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news his longtime friends in the industry by spending lots of time after hours in those “offices.” ”What I always found so interesting in Charleston is that everyone is very competitive up until about 6 p.m., and then everyone is friends with one another,” Westerfield said.

“We are such a small community that if you are going to steal business from someone, at least you can buy that guy a beer.”

Some of Westerfield’s best friends are former competitors, including MSC’s Jerry Baldwin and ACO’s Tommy Alexander.

“If one of those guys called during the day and offered to buy me a beer after work, I knew that guy just stole some business from me,” Westerfield said. “The old dreaded call, ‘Let me buy you a beer.’”

Baldwin, who bought Westerfield quite a few beers in his time, got to know Westerfield because the two were always calling on the same customers when Baldwin worked at Street

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Brothers and Westerfield worked for Strachan.

“We chased each other all over North Carolina, South Carolina and Georgia. Wherever I was, he had just been there, and vice versa,” Baldwin said. “Sometimes he’d beat me, sometimes I’d beat him, but I learned to respect him as a person, the way he handled himself.”

It is Westerfield’s knack for combining humor with honesty and hard work that has earned him so much respect from his peers.

“Mike is such just a stand-up person — if he tells you something, you can bank on it,” Baldwin said.

Stribling noted that he has always admired Westerfield’s ability to find common ground. Not only was he proficient at uniting the SCSPA’s operations and marketing/sales departments, he also drew the waterfront community together to solve conflicts. In fact, Westerfield was one of the people responsible for gathering the com-

munity together to entice Mercedes to the area.

“What always I liked about Charleston is the cooperation you get from the entire shipping community — the SCSPA, ocean carriers, draymen, railroads — to bring business to Charleston,” Westerfield said.

So what does the future hold for the SCSPA’s most recent retiree?

“Maybe take a cruise and go down through the Panama Canal with (my wife) Barbara … before she kills me,” he said thoughtfully. “Maybe go back and learn a foreign language so I can learn to call someone a dirty name and no one will know what I am saying.”

Mike, we miss you already!

American LaFrance Consolidates Production American LaFrance, one of

the nation’s largest and oldest manufacturers of fire trucks and emergency vehicles, recently announced that it has consolidated all production to its headquarters in Summerville, S.C. The company will shut down facilities in Pennsylvania and New York, but spokesperson Richard Ball said business would continue as usual.

“The Summerville facility can more than hold everything we need to do,” he said.

American LaFrance first announced its intent for a new corporate headquarters in Summerville in 2006. The company held its grand opening for the 440,000-squarefoot state-of-the-art manufacturing facility in October 2007. The plant includes production and assembly space dedicated to fire apparatus and vocational chassis. The 57,000-square-foot corporate office houses a display area for antique apparatus owned by American LaFrance.

HAMBURG SUD JOINS THE GRAND ALLIANCE AND ZIM’S ATX SERVICE OFFERING CALLS BETWEEN NORTH EUROPE AND CHARLESTON. HAMBURG SUD MAY EVENTUALLY PROVIDE A VESSEL TO THE SERVICE, ALTHOUGH INITIALLY THE CARRIER IS CHARTERING SLOTS.

Hamburg Sud Joins Grand Alliance Service Grand Alliance members Hapag-Lloyd, NYK and OOCL, together with ZIM Integrated Shipping Services, announced that the group would cooperate with Hamburg Süd on the Atlantic Express Service (ATX).

The ATX service is currently operated by the Grand Alliance and ZIM. Port rotation will remain the same — Rotterdam, Hamburg, Le Havre, Southampton, New York, Norfolk, Charleston and Rotterdam. Initially chartering slots, Hamburg Süd may later

provide a vessel to the service.

The cooperation will allow the Grand Alliance and Zim to continue offering their customers the competitive and high-quality service to which they are accustomed.

Zim has been operating on this service with the Grand Alliance since 2008.

In the meantime, Hamburg Süd has decided to indefinitely suspend its announced standalone service and replace it by participating in the ATX service.

“The cooperation with the Grand Alliance provides Hamburg Süd’s customer base with a costcompetitive, proven high-quality product,” the company said.

MSC Extends Commitment to Charleston The SCSPA and Mediterranean Shipping Company (MSC), the world’s second-largest container carrier, have signed a five-year extension to the carrier’s current contract, lengthening its commitment in Charleston to 2017.

The extended agreement solidifies MSC’s place as one of the port’s largest customers and supports hundreds of high-paying jobs across the Charleston maritime community.

“This agreement signals MSC’s confidence in Charleston’s ability

to handle their needs now and well into the future,” said Fred Stribling, SCSPA vice president of marketing and sales. “We enjoy a strong, productive relationship with MSC, and we anticipate a growing MSC presence in the Port of Charleston.”

The Port of Charleston, which boasts the deepest water on the South Atlantic coast, routinely handles MSC vessels with design drafts of up to 47 feet and the capacity for 6,700 20-foot equivalent units (TEUs). The first phase of a new, 280-acre container terminal is slated to open in 2014.

Stribling highlighted the port’s navigational and operational advantages in light of the extended agreement and expansion of the Panama Canal that is under way.

“The Port of Charleston offers a world-class maritime community, deep water, unrivaled productivity and excellent inland access to a growing cargo base. That translates to cost-effective, high-value service for Charleston’s customers,” he said.

Over the past decade, MSC has exploded onto the Charleston shipping scene. The company’s existing presence in the port includes services to the west Mediterranean, South America, the Caribbean, Africa and Europe. MSC’s Charleston business totals more than 200 vessel calls annually, which support hundreds of local jobs for those working on the waterfront, including truckers, brokers, longshoremen and others.

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LOCAL TRUCK OWNERS AND OPERATORS HAVE THE OPPORTUNITY TO RECEIVE REBATES FOR THEIR EFFORTS TO REDUCE EMISSIONS UNDER A NEW PUBLIC-PRIVATE PROJECT.

S.C. Ports, Trucking Community Launch Partnership to Reduce Emissions Eight trucking companies and nine owner-operators that serve the Port of Charleston will receive rebates for their efforts to reduce truck emissions under a new public-private project.

Fu n d e d i n p ar t by an Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) grant received by the SCSPA, these truck owners are receiving rebates to help cover part of the cost for technologies such as auxiliary power units (APUs) that reduce truck idling or other equipment that cuts fuel use.

The SCSPA announced the rebate program as part of its “Pledge for Growth” initiative in February.

By the application deadline a month later, truck owners from across the state had applied to up-

grade hundreds of trucks with the new technology.

The SCSPA’s project partners include the Charleston Motor Carriers Association, South Carolina Trucking Association, Charleston Metro Chamber of Commerce, S.C. Department of Health and Environmental Control and the American Lung Association. A committee comprised of project partners evaluated the applications and selected the rebate recipients.

Receiving the rebates are Bulldog Hiway Express, Superior Transportation, B.W. Mitchum, Rich Mountain Transport, Osprey Leasing Corp., T&M Transfer, The Maine Team and McKenzie Trucking, as well as nine owneroperators. Work on the rigs will be completed by this fall.

“This positive collaboration between the public and private sectors has made it much more affordable and accessible for truckers to upgrade their equipment,”

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CHAIRMAN OF THE BOARD R.D. Moseley 50 Years!

President and CEO Philip L. Byrd, Sr. 27 Years Vice-Chairman and CFO Rod D. Moseley 35 Years

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said John F. Hassell III, interim president and CEO of the South Carolina State Ports Authority.

“The program shows that what’s good for business can also be good for the environment.”

The rebate program covers upgrades in two areas: idle-reduction projects and retrofit projects. Idlereduction projects incorporate APUs and devices such as battery air conditioning systems, thermal storage systems and fuel-operated heaters. According to EPA estimations, an average truck with an

APU or similar device uses 8% less fuel each year. Truck owners will receive a rebate to recoup half of the cost to upgrade this equipment.

Truck owners also are receiving rebates to retrofit their trucks with EPA Smart Way-approved technologies, such as single-wide tires and aerodynamic kits. Singlewide tires generate an estimated 4% fuel savings, and aerodynamic kits provide a 5% reduction. These projects are eligible for a 75% cost rebate to the truck owner.

New General Manager for SCSPA Sales Department Arthur J. Pruett in May joined the SCSPA’s Marketing and Sales Team as General Sales Manager for cargo sales. This Charlestonbased position combines the sales management of the U.S. cargo sales team along with the administration of the port’s customer relationship management program.

Pruett will join the sales team in meeting with beneficial cargo owners as well as service providers of ocean, rail, truck, warehouse, freight forwarding, customs house brokers and other associated firms seeking to match their shipping needs with the many service providers doing business through the South Carolina ports.

Pruett’s experience includes 26 years in sales and operations management with the Evergreen Shipping Agency representing Evergreen Line. Evergreen Line is among the top five largest steamship line customers using the Port of Charleston.

Most recently, Pruett was responsible for the overall supervision of customer service and operations personnel in Evergreen’s South Atlantic region,which includes North Carolina, South Carolina,

ART PRUETT JOINS THE SCSPA AS GENERAL SALES MANAGER.

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Carnival Cruise Lines: Bringing ‘Floating Fun’ to Charleston for 10 Years

BY BETSY HARTER

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Vacation is a sacred time for most of us.

and other luxurious treatments. Follow it up with a cup of coffee at We spend months, sometimes years, planning where and how we will Creams Café, the Carnival Glory’s coffee bar, or a few hours of reading unwind during those few precious days off from work each year. Some at the Black and White Library. of us envision relaxing on the beach with a book, while others picture The Port of Charleston is one of 19 homeports for Carnival Cruise action-packed adventures in exotic places. Whatever your vision of Lines. fun, you can find it on a Carnival cruise.

“Offering such a variety of departure points provides consumers Carrying 3.8 million passengers annually, Carnival Cruise Lines’ with a convenient, cost-effective means for embarking on a ‘Fun Ship’ “Fun Ships” have regularly departed from Charleston for the last decade. cruise, right from their own backyard,” said Carnival’s Gulliksen.

In May, the Carnival Triumph docked at the Port of Charleston; and it He added that being within driving distance of a large segment will return Nov. 2, as Charleston is the embarkation/debarkation point of the population has been a great way to attract first-time cruisers. for one of the company’s five-day Bahamas cruises.

Cruising offers a high degree of satisfaction, In 2010, Charleston again will serve as a homeport and once someone cruises for the first time and Studies show for the Carnival Glory, which will operate two fiveexperiences the fun, they will most likely return for day departures: May 24-29 and Nov. 1-6. another cruise. that we carry the “We have been very pleased with our ‘Fun Charleston itself is within 5 ½ hours, or 350 most seniors Ship’ sailings from Charleston, which began in driving miles, of 33 major metropolitan areas.

(1 million) annu1999,” said Vance Gulliksen, Carnival Cruise Lines “Charleston is perfectly situated midway between ally, as well as spokesman. “Charleston is a wonderful homeport New York and Miami, making it a convenient port with lots to see and do, and we are happy to offer to reach by car. In addition, the many direct flights the most children our guests the opportunity to embark on a cruise into our city broaden our reach,” said John F. Hassell, (625,000), so we from this charming city.”

SCSPA interim president and CEO. “Our accessible appeal to a broad While some cruise lines cater to specific location makes it easy for people from all over the demographic. demographics, such as couples or seniors, Carnival’s Southeast, and beyond, to experience a unique market is divided pretty evenly. About 30% of vacation on one of Carnival Cruise Lines’ Fun - Vance Gulliksen, Carnival passengers are under age 35, 40% are between 35Ships.”

Cruise Lines spokesman 55, and 30% are over 55 years old.

Besides being situated well geographically, “Studies show that we carry the most seniors Charleston also offers passengers plenty to do in (1 million) annually, as well as the most children and around the city, either before or after their (625,000), so we appeal to a broad demographic,” cruise. Suzanne Wallace of the Charleston Area Gulliksen said. “Basically, our target market is anyone who takes a Convention & Visitors Bureau said passengers often schedule a minivacation!” vacation in Charleston so they can experience the area’s natural beauty, Satisfying such a wide range of age groups may seem like a historic sites and unparalleled dining. tremendous undertaking. However, Carnival’s Fun Ships provide “It has been our pleasure to share Charleston’s genuine Southern a wide range of activities. Some appeal to specific age groups, while hospitality with thousands of Carnival cruisers over the last decade,” others — such as the on-board performances — are fun for all ages. she said. “Carnival, which was built on the four cornerstones of quality, For example, the Carnival Glory’s Camp Carnival is designed for service, hospitality and friendliness, is the perfect fit for Charleston, children ages 2-11 and includes five different age-specific programs that which is known around the world for its Southern grace and charm.” offer everything from arts and crafts to dance classes and swimming activities. There’s also Circle “C” for 12- to 14-year-olds. Older kids ages 15-17 can participate in Club O2, which offers parties, movies and other activities. Passengers older than 21 can enjoy any of the 22 onboard bars and lounges.

As for on-board activities, guests can be as active as they desire.

Some may choose to play nine holes on the ship’s mini golf course, get in a workout at the gymnasium, try to waterslide, or take on friends and family in a game of ping pong, volleyball, shuffleboard or basketball. Or, if total relaxation is the goal, Spa Carnival serves up soothing massages

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Meet The Glory Cruise Line: Carnival Cruise Lines Inaugural Cruise: July 14, 2003 Homeport: Port Canaveral, Fla. Country of Registry: Panama Tonnage: 110,000 Ship Length: 953 feet Speed: 22.5 knots Crew Size: 1,160 Passenger Capacity: 2,974 Bars and Lounges: 22 Swimming Pools: 4 Decks: 13 J+A

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David Barber: Local Agent Honored by Cruise Industry

BY BETSY HARTER

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Carolina Shipping has handled thousands of

unnoticed. He recently was named one the world’s “Top Ten Port vessels at the Port of Charleston throughout its nearly 90-year history. Agents of 2008” by ResidenSea, the company that runs The World, Containerships, cargo vessels and breakbulk carriers have all used the only residential community at sea. ResidenSea recognized the steamship agency’s services over the years. One particular agent, agents from ports around the world who demonstrate outstanding however, has helped the company expand its niche in the cruise dedication, personalized service and the attention to detail required industry over the last several years. to help the company provide “six-star” service to 165 permanent David Barber joined Carolina Shipping’s operations department in residents of The World. Out of the hundreds of operators and agents May 2005 and immediately was assigned to coordinating the return of a year who ensure that the yacht’s port visits are unique, safe and The Norwegian Majesty, a cruise vessel owned by Norwegian Cruise enjoyable for all residents and guests, only 10 port agents and tour Line. Since then, Barber and Carolina Shipping have added Celebrity operators were the proud recipients of this year’s award. In March, Cruise Lines, Hapag Lloyd and Royal Caribbean to their portfolio.

Barber joined other port agents from around the world at a private Barber and the rest of the Carolina Shipping team perform a reception in Miami, where he gratefully accepted the award. long list of important services for cruise lines and “The services provided by you and your team their crewmembers while they are in port. Tasks of professionals were excellent and truly helped include entering and clearing the vessels through U.S. in the delivery of a successful visit,” the company Everybody’s reCustoms, handling all husbandry items, arranging said in a personal letter to Barber. “Keep up the ward is the ship good work and high standard of efficient service crew transportation, scheduling medical evaluations sailing on time, for crewmembers, and coordinating storage and and professionalism.” the ultimate goal supply replenishment.

Barber was the only U.S. port agent to receive For example, while The Norwegian Majesty was the distinguished award. In fact, of the 38 countries for the cruise in port, as many as 30 of its 660 crewmembers were that The World visits each year, only a few select lines. Time is U.S. ports make the itinerary. However, the 2008 rotating on and off of vacation. Barber and his team money. coordinated transportation and hotel arrangements Charleston port call went so well that ResidenSea for the crew, and they do the same for other cruise already has booked another Charleston visit for lines.

November 2010.

“We also help the crew get items that they can’t Last year, Barber helped Carolina Shipping get while at sea,” Barber said. “For example, many other ports they handle 46 cruise vessel calls at the Port of call are underdeveloped, so when they come here, they may need Charleston in addition to his work with follow-up medical attention, eyeglasses, or general shipping and container ships and Wallenius car carrier store supplies.” vessels. Additionally, Barber assisted the Barber also oversees the arrival of each vessel’s provisions, which Irish Navy flagship, Le Eithne, while it was in arrive in as many as 10 tractor-trailers. He and other Carolina Charleston in 2008. Carolina Shipping hosted Shipping agents help clear drivers through security to enter the Port the Navy officers for several days, during of Charleston, and they ensure that all items are safely and efficiently which time the crew marched in Charleston’s delivered to the ship.

St. Patrick’s Day parade.

For Barber, coordinating crew changes and obtaining provisions Meeting foreign crewmembers and and fuel for cruise vessels provides a phenomenal insight into experiencing a variety of cultures certainly has everything that it takes for a cruise ship to run. its highlights. However, Barber’s favorite aspect “Most people think the ships show up, load up and then set sail; of his job is watching the entire “picture” come however in the case of The Norwegian Majesty, it docks at 7 a.m. together.

Saturday and empties out 1,500-1,600 passengers,” Barber explained.

“The ship, the Ports Authority, stevedores, “In that time, the crew completely cleans, re-linens and sanitizes the line handlers, local vendors, the Charleston cabins while totally refueling and restoring the supply of food and City Police and ground handlers all work provisions before it sails on time at 4 p.m. Most people can’t give their flawlessly as a team to make each cruise call a own home a thorough once-over in that amount of time!” success,” he said. “Everybody’s reward is the ship sailing on time, the Barber’s exceptional work in the cruise industry has not gone ultimate goal for the cruise lines. Time is money.”

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distribution

Jerich USA: Holistic Logistics in Hanahan

BY BETSY HARTER

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When Herbert Jerich Sr. founded Austria-based

paper company Sappi.

Jerich International in 1969, the word “holistic” was being used more Jerich International groups its services into four areas: classical often in the alternative medicine world than in the shipping industry. forwarding services, terminal logistics, information and communication However, Jerich envisioned a “holistic logistics” approach to freight technology, and value-added services. Although the company excels forwarding through global supply chain management. He theorized in each area, its constant innovation in technology is especially that by handling a company’s entire supply chain, from the time an impressive. Fifteen years ago, the company started its own computer end-customer placed the order until the shipment arrived safely at its software department. Jerich International’s software designers have destination, manufacturers could stop worrying about shipping and since created 4Warder, an in-house logistics management solution concentrate on their core competencies. that combines ordering, warehouse management and transportation As more and more customers embraced Jerich’s holistic logistics management into one easy-to-use system that is completely linkable concept, the company expanded throughout Europe. In 2000, Jerich to SAP. decided to establish a U.S. branch when one of his clients announced “We wanted to make it seamless for our customers’ computer it would be expanding to the northeastern United systems to interface with our system,” Herbert States and needed third-party logistics services there.

Jerich Jr. said. “The software makes it easy for Charleston is dispatchers to see the status of any order, at any Jerich tasked his 20-year-old son, Herbert Jerich Jr., with leading the U.S. operation. Fresh out of business centrally located time, therefore minimizing errors.” school, the young Jerich proved that he shared his Earlier this year, Jerich International rolled out among all the Jerich Tracking, software that provides real-time father’s knack for holistic logistics.

“After our client’s U.S. operations became a major metropoli- tracking updates as cargo moves from origin to success, that same customer requested that we also tan areas of the destination. provide 3PL services for it in the South,” said Herbert “This service works with all modes of Southeast. transportation, from local box truck deliveries Jerich Jr., CEO of Jerich USA. “We looked at the various Southern ports and we tried to pick the best to over-the-road, long-haul moves and even location.” intermodal and rail,” the younger Jerich explained.

Jerich International considered three port cities for its Southeastern Customers can log on to Jerich’s Web site and enter their tracking distribution center — Charleston, Jacksonville and Savannah. Ultimately, number in the Track & Trace prompt. A new window displays a the company chose Charleston because of its deepwater port, extensive Google map of the cargo’s current position, as well as a history of its delivery radius and quick transit times to European ports such as last 50 known whereabouts.

Rotterdam, Hamburg and Antwerp.

“We attach a chip to every product, in every “Charleston was the clear favorite for us,” said the younger Jerich. shipment, as soon as it hits one of our terminals “Charleston is centrally located among all the major metropolitan in the United States,” he said. “Every customer areas of the Southeast and offers next-day service to Atlanta, Charlotte, gets a tracking number with their order and Nashville, Birmingham, Richmond, Raleigh, Tampa and Orlando — they can follow the actual movement of their and everywhere in between.” shipment on the truck, which eliminates the In 2002, Jerich USA signed a long-term lease on a 175,000-square- hassle of calling our office to check shipment foot facility in Hanahan, just a few miles from the Port of Charleston’s status.” terminals. There, a two-shift staff of 15 people handles import and export Although Jerich USA recently opened freight forwarding and brokerage in all forms — ocean container, FTL, Southeastern facilities in Atlanta and Houston, LTL, intermodal, air freight and parcel. the company plans to grow its Hanahan facility “Our services allow our customers to concentrate on production, rather than move all Southeastern operations. while we synchronize chain activities tailored to the needs of both the “We have between eight and 10 customers manufacturer and its customers,” said Herbert Jerich Jr. who want to stay in Charleston, and we are glad Roughly 80% of Jerich International’s customers are fine print and because we have been very happy in Charleston copy paper manufacturers. The company manages logistics for 1.8 since 2002,” Herbert Jerich Jr. said. “We have grown our customer base million tons of paper and pulp through all modes of transport. One of here, and we are still very satisfied with the ongoing changes at the Jerich International’s more well-known customers is global pulp and South Carolina State Ports Authority.”

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Jerich by the Numbers 500 Number of Jerich International employees 75

Number of Jerich USA employees

15

Number of employees at Hanahan distribution center

20

Age of Herbert Jerich Jr., when he became CEO of Jerich USA

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PORT CHARLESTON ENGINEERS

BY BETSY HARTER

With a hand in nearly every port project, the SCSPA’s engineering department is paving the way for the Port of Charleston’s future.

A two-part series.

THE SCALE OF ENGINEERING WORK DEMANDED BY MODERN PORT FACILITIES IS TRULY IMPRESSIVE AS THESE IMAGES FROM THE MOST RECENT EXPANSION OF THE WANDO WELCH TERMINAL INDICATE. THE AREA SHOWN IS THE NEW REFRIGERATED CONTAINER YARD, NOW COMPLETE.

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LAYING THE FOUNDATION This article is the second half of a two-part feature that introduces the South Carolina State Ports Authority’s engineering staff. In Part I, we discussed the SCSPA’s engineering process as well as its terminal expansion procedures.

New Terminal Development Just as expansion projects might take months or years to complete, developing a project, such as the brand new 280-acre container terminal at the former Charleston Navy Base, could potentially take decades. Each step in developing the terminal goes through its own approval process, and each separate project has its own lengthy timeline.

Because the Navy base terminal is the largest project that the SCSPA has ever taken on, the SCSPA has had to outsource many aspects.

“Historically, we have done the majority of our engineering work in-house, but for a job of this magnitude, we don’t have the resources to do it all in-house, so we engage consultants to supplement our staff,” said SCSPA senior project engineer David Smith. Smith also serves as the project manager for the entire Navy base terminal development project.

Although a portion of the design and construction management work has been outsourced, four SCSPA employees are working nearly

full time on the Navy base project. Reporting directly to vice president of terminal development Joe Bryant, Smith focuses on master planning and permitting, as well as managing the overall development plan.

SCSPA staff engineer Derrick Bellamy is serving as the assistant project manager of design, while Ben Morgan, also a staff engineer, is the assistant project manager of construction.

The SCSPA broke ground on the new terminal in May 2007 after spending four years and $5.3 million in a rigorous permitting process to receive state and federal environmental permits. The engineering department is completing the terminal in phases spanning 20 years to satisfy market demand. If everything stays on track, the $500 million Phase I would finish in 2014. At build-out of all phases, the terminal will accommodate three additional ships along its 3,510-foot dock, increasing Charleston’s total container capacity by 50%.

Phase I includes multiple steps: May 2007: Crews prepared a 2-acre test embankment to determine how best to prepare the land for the load of pavement, equipment and containers.

September 2007: The SCSPA began demolishing buildings and structures on the property.

March 2008: Upland site preparation began, which includes

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construction of a 25-acre retention pond along the southern portion of the terminal, relocation of utilities and road improvements on an adjoining piece of property.

“We are building a new access road to the Cooper River Marina, part of the Charleston County Parks and Recreation Commission, because we will be taking out the current access road — Juneau Avenue,” Morgan explained.

July 2008: Contractors began surcharging the area that will become Tidewater Road, the new access road to the marina. Surcharging consolidates the land and helps the site to settle. Crews installed 4 million feet (757 miles) of wick drains, which provide a channel for water to migrate vertically from sub-surface soils. The wick drains are pushed vertically deep into the silty clay soils. Once the wicks are in place, a thick layer of soil (surcharge) is placed over the area to provide weight. The surcharge presses down on the wet soil, causing water to migrate vertically up the wick drains into the horizontal drainage layer above.

Surcharging greatly reduces the destructive effects that long-term settlement would have on above-ground pavement and structures.

For the Tidewater Road area, the surcharge material must sit idle for six months to a year to reduce future settlement.

Morgan notes that the next surcharge effort, which will cover the bulk of the new terminal, will take 18 months to complete because the area will experience heavier loads than the access road.

Construction is under way on a 5,000-foot-long containment structure built out approximately 850 feet from the existing shoreline towards the main shipping channel.

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HEAVY GROUND COMPRESSION AND THICK CONCRETE SLABS ARE REQUIRED TO WITHSTAND THE INCREDIBLE WEIGHT OF LOADED SHIPPING CONTAINERS.

“Each one of these steps has drawings and specs that tell the contractors how to do each step along the way,” Morgan said.

The engineering department project staff conducts several design reviews for each contract that goes out.

“We try to make the specs very clear so that anyone can easily read and understand them,” Morgan said. “We look at the specs with a critical perspective to see if we can find any holes or if we can come up with a way they could be misinterpreted.”

Expecting the Unexpected The new Navy base terminal has taught the SCSPA a lesson in patience. Already, numerous challenges have impacted the construction.

“Many of the challenges are ones we have faced before at other terminals,” Bryant said. “However, there are some new challenges that we are experiencing for the first time.”

Bellamy, assistant project manager of design for the new terminal, pointed to the challenges involved in building over soft ground.

Bellamy’s background in geotechnical engineering has been especially helpful in considering the best course of action for stabilizing the site.

“We are trying to build over an area that was once part of a tributary to Shipyard Creek,” he said. “Over the years, some of these areas have been filled in. The underlying soil conditions are still present. We have run into some challenges trying to stabilize the site.”

Other challenges are ones that the SCSPA has never faced before.

For example, the Navy has reported that unexploded ordnance (two torpedoes) potentially exist on the site. The engineering department has worked extensively with the Department of Health and Environmental Control and the Navy to prepare safety plans and practices to protect SCSPA employees and contractors.

“The Navy cleaned up the site and DHEC has signed off on it; still, we are always aware that we might run into something that we did not anticipate,” Smith added. “We have procedures to protect people if we come across anything unusual, from a bomb to a contaminated area.”

A portion of the construction was stopped recently when contractors unearthed some suspicious looking liquid during an excavation. The SCSPA stopped the work, tested the material, and discovered that it was harmless and likely the result of decomposing wood buried on the site.

“The Navy base is not actually a Brownfield site, but we are treating it like a Brownfield area to be on the safe side,” Bryant said.

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Positive Impacts Besides the Navy Base Terminal’s obvious economic impact it will have by increasing the port’s capacity, the project brings with it many other positive effects.

The SCSPA’s design for the new terminal at the former Navy base includes more than $12 million in environmental and community mitigation measures. A lease allowing the SCSPA to bring in fill material from an ocean dredge disposal site by boat for construction of the new Navy Base Terminal will save an estimated $40 million in construction costs, while also offering reduced environmental impact compared to hauling material by truck.

The SCSPA also has partnered with Wildlife Trust to increase aerial surveys to ensure the safety of endangered North Atlantic right whales in the region that migrate to the southeastern U.S. coast to give birth to their calves.

Another partnership with the city of North Charleston involves a $4 million community mitigation program that will fund a host of programs in the area, including a housing trust, environmental monitoring, scholarships, business assistance, health care and fitness amenities, community center improvements, a maritime training institute and a community redevelopment master plan.

The SCSPA’s many capital improvement projects have a positive impact on the local economy, as well. Although a few projects have been outsourced to companies in other states, many of the construction projects employ local contractors, pumping money into the area. For example, North Charleston-based Gulf Stream Construction Co. Inc. was the low bidder for upland site preparation at the new Navy base terminal, while O. L. Thompson Construction Co. Inc., headquartered in Charleston, was chosen for a recent expansion at the Wando Terminal. Each of these contractors employs dozens of local workers.

“One of the best parts about this job is the seeing the projects that we work on for months or years finally come to fruition,” said Randy Bowers, SCSPA chief port engineer. “It is amazing to see the positive impact that our work has on the port, the local community and the state.”

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Direct Services by Terminal by Deployment Grouping This listing indicated direct service calls in/out of Charleston. Many of these carriers also offer transshipment options that will move your cargo anywhere in the world. Please contact to your ocean carrier about transshipment options.

Term

Service & Participating Carriers

Trade Route

Foreign Port Rotation

# Vessels

Avg TEU Size

Freq

CS

BBC - Andino European Service mpc

Transatlantic / WCSA

Hamburg / Antwerp / Bilbao / Charleston / Guayaquil / Puerto Bolivar / Callao / Antofagasta / Valparaiso

-

-

Monthly

CS

COSCO/”K” Line/Yang Ming/Hanjin - AWE-3

Asia

Kaohsiung / Hong Kong / Yantian / Busan / Charleston / Kaohsiung / Hong Kong / Yantian / Busan

8

4,516

Weekly

CS

COSCO/”K” Line/Yang Ming/Hanjin/ Zim - TAS-1

Transatlantic

Antwerp / Bremerhaven / Rotterdam / Le Havre / Charleston / Antwerp / Bremerhaven / Rotterdam / Le Havre

4

2,699

Weekly

CS

NSCSA - North America Service

MidE / ISC / Transatlantic

Charleston / Halifax / Port Said / Jeddah / Muscat / Dubai / Dammam / Karachi / Mumbai / Jeddah / Leghorn

4

2,310

20 days

CS

Star Shipping/Atlanticargo

Transatlantic

Bremen / Rotterdam / Charleston / Rotterdam

4

1,298

12 days

NC

CMA CGM/APL/Hapag-Lloyd/ANL/NYK/ OOCL - India-America Express

MidE/ISC

Charleston / Port Said / Jeddah / Karachi / Mumbai / Mundra / Damietta, Egypt

7

4,313

Weekly

NC

CMA CGM/CSCL/Evergreen/ANL - Victory Bridge/EAG

Transatlantic

Le Havre / Antwerp / Rotterdam / Bremerhaven / Charleston / Veracruz / Altamira / Le Havre / Antwerp / Rotterdam / Bremerhaven

5

2,797

Weekly

NC

Evergreen Line/New World Alliance - NUE

Transatlantic / Carib / C Am / Asia

Busan / Shanghai / Ningbo / Qingdao / Cristobal / Charleston / Antwerp / Bremerhaven / Rotterdam / Le Harve / Charleston / Cristobal / Tokyo / Busan / Shanghai / Ningbo / Qingdao

12

4,299

Weekly

NC

Hapag-Lloyd/OOCL - Gulf Mexico Express-GMX

Transatlantic

Thamesport / Antwerp / Bremerhaven / Le Havre / Veracruz / Altamira / Charleston / Thamesport / Antwerp / Bremerhaven / Le Havre

6

3,041

Weekly

NC

Grand Alliance/ACL - Gulf Atlantic Express-GAX

Transatlantic

Antwerp / Thamesport / Bremerhaven / Charleston / Antwerp / Thamesport / Bremerhaven

5

3,207

Weekly

NC

Grand Alliance/Zim/ACL - Atlantic Express-ATX

Transatlantic

Rotterdam / Hamburg / Le Havre / Southampton / Charleston / Rotterdam / Hamburg / Le Havre / Southampton

4

4,342

Weekly

UP

“K” Line - North Atlantic Shuttle Ro-Ro service

Transatlantic

Bremerhaven / Southampton / Charleston / Bremerhaven / Southampton

4

-

Weekly

UP

Mitsui O.S.K. 4 Continents Express Ro/ Ro Service

ECSA/South Africa / Europe

Charleston / Puerto Cabello / Santos / Zarate / East London / Durban / Port Elizabeth / Vigo / Zeebrugge / Bremerhaven

-

-

Twice / Mth

UP

Wallenius Wilhelmsen - PCTC North Atlantic

Transatlantic

Halifax / Charleston / Bremerhaven / Gothenburg / Zeebrugge / Southampton

-

-

Twice / Mth

UP

Wallenius Wilhelmsen/ARC - PCTC Mid Atlantic

Transatlantic

Charleston / Brunswick / Bremerhaven / Antwerp / Zeebrugge / Southampton

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-

7 days

UP

Wallenius Wilhelmsen/ARC - US Gulf & East Coast/Middle East

Transatlantic / MidE/ISC

Charleston / Kuwait / Dubai, Jebel Ali / Fujairah / Jeddah / Alexandria

-

-

Twice / Mth

WW

CMA CGM/CSCL - Pacific Express 3-PEX 3

Asia / Carib / C Am

Shanghai / Xiamen / Chiwan / Hong Kong / Charleston / Tangiers / Jebel Ali

9

5,078

Weekly

WW

CSAV - Pacific Caribbean-PACAR

Carib / C Am / Transpacific

Ningbo / Shanghai / Qingdao / Xingang/Tianjin / Busan / Manzanillo / Cartagena / Rio Haina / Charleston / Cartagena / Lazaro Cardenas / Ningbo / Shanghai / Qingdao / Busan

9

2,985

Weekly

WW

CSAV/CCNI/Hamburg Sud - Americas Service

Carib / C Am / NCSA / WCSA

Charleston / Cartagena / Manzanillo / Guayaquil / Callao / San Antonio / San Vicente / Callao / Guayaquil / Cartagena

6

2,544

Weekly

WW

CSAV/Libra/Ham Sud/Alianca/’K’ Line/ YM/Hanjin- USATLAN

NCSA / ECSA

Charleston / Port of Spain / Santos / Sao Francisco do Sul / Santos / Rio de Janeiro / Salvador

5

3,200

9 days

WW

Ham Sud/Al/CSAV/Libra - East Coast Americas

NCSA / ECSA

Charleston / Puerto Cabello / Suape / Santos / Buenos Aires / Rio Grande / Navegantes / Santos / Suape

7

3,582

Weekly

WW

Maersk Line/ Safmarine / New World Alliance/CMA CGM - TA3/TP7

IN Asia / Carib/C Am / OUT Transatlantic

Busan / Yantian / Hong Kong / Kaohsiung / Yokohama / Balboa / Charleston / Bremerhaven / Felixstowe / Rotterdam / Le Havre

12

4,891

Weekly

WW

Maersk Line/New World Alliance - TA2/ Atlantic South

Transatlantic

Rotterdam / Felixstowe / Bremerhaven / Charleston / Rotterdam / Felixstowe / Bremerhaven

5

4,126

Weekly

WW

Maersk Line/Safmarine - MECL1/SZX1

Transatlantic / MidE/ISC

Charleston / Port Said / Salalah / Dubai, Jebel Ali / Karachi / Mumbai / Salalah

7

4,303

Weekly

WW

MSC - South Atlantic, Mexico & Gulf

Carib / C Am / Transatlantic

Antwerp / Felixstowe / Bremerhaven / Le Havre / Charleston / Freeport / Veracruz MX / Altamira MX / Freeport / Charleston / Antwerp / Felixstowe / Bremerhaven / Le Havre

7

4,386

7 days

WW

MSC - USEC - WCSA

Carib / NCSA / WCSA

Charleston / Freeport / Buenaventura / Guayaquil / Arica / San Vicente / Valparaiso / Callao / Buenaventura / Cartagena / Freeport

6

4,350

Weekly

WW

MSC/COSCO/Yang Ming - West Med/ North Atlantic

Mediterranean

Naples / La Spezia / Valencia / Sines / Charleston / Valencia / Naples / La Spezia

6

4,531

Weekly

WW

MSC/Safmarine/Maersk Line - American Express-AMEX

Africa / Carib/C Am

Charleston / Freeport / Cape Town / Port Elizabeth / Durban / Cape Town

8

2,554

Weekly

WW

New World Alliance/ Evergreen / Maersk Line - Atlantic Pacific Express-APX

Asia / Carib / C Am / Transatlantic

Chiwan / Hong Kong / Kaohsiung / Busan / Kobe / Tokyo / Balboa / Manzanillo / Charleston / Rotterdam / Bremerhaven / Felixstowe / Charleston / Manzanillo / Tokyo / Kobe

12

4,663

Weekly

WW

New World Alliance/CMA CGM - Suez Express-SZX

Asia via Suez / MidE/ISC

Port Kelang / Singapore / Colombo / Charleston / Dubai, Jebel Ali / Port Kelang / Singapore

8

4,656

Weekly

Carrier Service Rotation and Vessel information obtained from Compair Data Inc., May 22, 2009

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