2017
South Carolina Ports
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Container cranes stand ready to work the next ship as the Hamburg Sud vessel Spirit of Hamburg departs the Wando Welch Terminal at dusk.
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Harbor porpoises play in the bow wave of a Hapag Lloyd ship underway in Charleston Harbor.
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Due to very large containerships such as the COSCO Development and the Ever Liberal, the average containership calling the Port of Charleston has increased from 5,300 TEU just two years ago to more than 7,000 TEU today.
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A Port of Charleston crane loads containers bound for Australia on a Hamburg Sud vessel.
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Stevedores and ILA workers are essential to efficient working of containerships. South Carolina’s ports directly and indirectly employ more than 187,000 people in the state.
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Charleston is known the world over for its productivity in working containerships.
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The SC Ports team includes a wide diversity of members, including (clockwise from top right) Adam Henderson in breakbulk operations; Brent Simon, port police chief; Gia Hunter in container operations; Marty Holmes in finance; and (opposite page) Stephen Brisben in heavy lift maintenance.
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Breakbulk cargo, including steel coils, remains critical cargo for the Port of Charelston and for major in-state manufacturers that make everything from tires to wires.
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The ability to lift directly from rail to ship is handy when handling generators that can weigh up to 700 tons.
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South Carolina Inland Port Greer made more than 120,000 lifts in FY2017, shattering volume goals each of the last four years of operation.
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Work goes on at Inland Port Greer despite the snowfall last winter.
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A Port in Time The Port of Charleston has been a vital American seaport since the late 1600s. Since the South Carolina Ports Authority was formed in 1942, shipping has changed immensely. It is both interesting and entertaining to look back at the way things used to be and reflect on the enormous impact of containerization. To consider, the port has seen centuries of trade and has made an incredible impact on civilization. In that spirit, we have included some historical images of the Port of Charleston dating back to the early 1940s. We hope you enjoy them and are inspired to wonder what the next 80 years in shipping will bring.
North Charleston terminal was once a very different place from the efficient container terminal it is today. In the late 1950s containerization was not yet invented, and most shipments were made in simple wooden crates with lumber that was both exported and used as dunnage to block and stow cargo in the ship. 14 | 2017 South Carolina Ports in Pictures
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Agricultural products have always been traded via the Port of Charleston, but in the 1940s and ’50s the efficiency of trade opened new doors for the cultural exchange of foods such as wheat and potatoes.
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A shipment of bananas is processed at the Port of Charleston, part of the growth in agricultural trade during the 1940s and ’50s.
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“Processing� of cars for import or export was a key service in the 1950s, just as it is today with the 280,000 BMWs that cross our dock each year.
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The iconic VW van being imported circa 1965.
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Shades of color, shadows and shapes of the waterfront create unexpected, abstract scenes such as morning light on this ship at dock.
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Mining tires being exported to Australia are loaded on the top of the stack while a porpoise plays just beneath the surface in the water at shipside.
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The largest ship every to call the Port of Charleston, the 14,400-TEU CMA CGM T Roosevelt, makes its way to the Wando Welch Terminal.
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One of Charleston’s big advantages is the ability to get ships in and out of port quickly. A big contributor to that benefit is minimizing arrival and departure delays by allowing even the largest ships calling the port to meet in the harbor. Here two 13,000-TEU ships meet off Sullivan’s Island.
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Containerships coming and going at all hours of the day and night in Charleston Harbor are an ever-changing feature of the landscape.
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The SC Ports Authority is investing heavily in new Konecrane RTGs that work trucks quickly and safely and help keep turn times to less than an hour for double moves.
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The 13,000-TEU COSCO Development makes a scenic departure from Charleston Harbor, sailing past the remains of Castle Pinckney, one of the fortifications that made the harbor such a strong strategic asset early in our nation’s history.
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Charleston’s newest container cranes (on the left side of the OOCL ship) allow for more efficient working of ships with high stacks of containers, such as the Yang Ming Moderation and the OOCL Berlin.
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