2009 port charleston magazine - issue 6

JIM NEWSOMELeading with enthusiasm

and optimism

TDL CLUSTER Uniting companies to

increase effi ciency and

innovation

MAERSK and

TBC CHOOSE

CHARLESTONCommitments from these

companies are helping to

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Feature:Effi ciency and InnovationNew Carolina’s Transportation, Distribution and Logistics cluster has launched a plan that aims to secure the competitiveness of South Carolina’s TDL industry and increase prosperity for residents of the state.leadership, new staff and a revised organizational structure reinforce the SCSPA’s customer-centered focus.

DEPARTMENTS:

2 facilities portrait

6 news

16 profi les

28 viewfi nder

32 pics

PROFILES:

Waterfront PersonalityJIM NEWSOME: Leading with enthusiasm and optimism.

DistributionBLACKHAWK LOGISTICS:A logistics solutions partner for companies of all sizes

Company Profi le

CHARLESTON FREIGHT STATION: Fast, fl exible freight specialists

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South CarolinaState Ports Authority

AUTHORITY BOARD OF DIRECTORSDavid J. Posek – Chairman

Bill H. Stern – Vice ChairmanWhitemarsh S. Smith III – Treasurer

John F. Hassell III – SecretaryHarry J. Butler Jr.

Colden R. Battey Jr. Karen K. Floyd

S. Richard HaginsDouglas M. Robertson

SENIOR MANAGEMENT

James I. Newsome IIIPresident & CEO

Paul McClintockSenior Vice President & COO

Joe T. BryantVice President, Terminal Development

Stephen E. ConnorVice President, Security, Risk Mgmt.& Human Resources

Pamela A. EverittChief Information Offi cer

Peter N. HughesChief Financial Offi cer

Philip LawrenceChief Legal Counsel

Peter O. LehmanDirector, Planning & Business Development

William A. McLeanVice President, Operations

Barbara L. MelvinDirector, Government Relations

Byron D. MillerDirector, Public Relations

L. David SchronceDirector, Port of Georgetown & Veterans Terminal

MARKETING & SALES

Arthur J. Pruett, General Manager, Cargo SalesVictor DiPaolo, Manager, International Carrier SalesBrad Stroble, Sales & Marketing Manager, Bulk,

Breakbulk and Project CargoJo Douglas, Manager, Regional Sales and Tariffs

Shelia Cox, Regional Sales Manager, CharlotteMatt Pesavento, Regional Sales Manager, AtlantaAndy Sallans, Regional Sales Manager, New Jersey

Marion Bull, Marketing ManagerIngrid Torlay, Senior Market Analyst

April Fletcher, Market AnalystMarvin Preston, Port Photographer

Winifred Diomede, Executive Assistant, New Jersey

SALES OFFICESCHARLESTON 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 Plainfi eld, 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. Address: Room No. 52, 5th Floor, Kyodo Bldg., (Chuo), 1-2-12, Kayabacho, Nihonbashi, Chuoku, Tokyo, 103-0025, Japan

CHINA AGENT Director: Capt. Y.Z. Liu; Phone: 86-216-405-6358. Address: Room 902 9/F, Hua Guang Garden, 3297 Hong Mei Road, Shanghai, PR China, 201103

INDIA AGENT Director: Anthony Lobo; Phone 0091 9820123909. E-mail: [email protected]. Address: Sea Breeze B/5, Mori Road, Mahim. Mumbai 400 016 India.

GEORGETOWN Phone: 843-527-4476. Address: P.O. Box 601, Georgetown, SC 29442

For advertising information, please contact Bennett Parks at 843-849-3126, or [email protected].

PORTCHARLESTON MagazinePublisher: Marion Bull • [email protected]: April Fletcher • afl [email protected]: Marvin Preston • [email protected]: Betsy Harter Subscriptions: Kim McManus • [email protected] Sales: Bennett Parks • [email protected]

PortCharleston Magazine is the offi cial publication of the South Carolina State Ports Authority’s Marketing & Sales Division, published at the headquarters offi ce in Charleston. It is distributed free of charge to qualifi ed recipients. ISSN No. 0896-2278

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from the waterfrontnews

The SCSPA and Maersk Line have established a new contract that keeps the Danish shipping line in the Port of Charleston through 2014.

SCSPA President and CEO Jim Newsome announced the news at

the annual State of the Port Address to the Propeller Club of the Port

of Charleston. Th e news drew a standing ovation from more than 550

attendees who were assembled at the Passenger Terminal.

“Maersk Line is the largest line in the world, having 15 percent

of the world’s market share,” Newsome said. “I cannot imagine run-

ning a major port without having Maersk as a prominent customer.

Th e good news is that we will not have to.”

Working from a smaller, dedicated portion of the Wando Welch

Terminal, Maersk Line will continue to off er customers across the

globe a reliable, committed service at the Port of Charleston.

“Under the new agreement, Maersk Line will maintain a competitive

position within the Port of Charleston,” said Dana Magliola, spokes-

person for Maersk Line. “Th is will allow us to continue to provide a

reliable service for our valued customers in South Carolina, a benefi t

to the economy both in Charleston and throughout South Carolina.”

Gordon Dorsey, senior vice president of operations for Maersk

Line in North America, said Maersk worked closely with SCSPA

leadership since the carrier initially voiced its concern about cost

competitiveness for Maersk Line within the Port of Charleston.

“We are pleased to have reached an agreeable solution for both

Maersk Line and the Port of Charleston,” Dorsey said. “Overall,

this agreement was achieved through the cooperation and hard

work of many stakeholders, but we particularly appreciate the ef-

forts of Jim Newsome and Paul McClintock of the South Carolina

State Ports Authority, and South Carolina state Sen. Larry Grooms,

who as chairman of the Senate Transportation Committee, along

with Senate President Pro Tempore Glenn McConnell and Senate

Finance Committee Chairman Hugh Leatherman, played a cru-

cial role in keeping the talks alive and fostering a second round

of discussions that resulted in today’s agreement.”

Dorsey added that this agreement will continue a long, suc-

cessful relationship between Maersk Line and the South Carolina

State Ports Authority. Combined with other regional Maersk

Line services and port offerings, this agreement ensures that

Maersk Line will continue to offer a broad portfolio of reliable,

industry-leading transportation products to and from the United

States’ Southeast region.

MAERSK LINES’ EXTENDED COMMITMENT TO S.C. PORTS IS A BIG BOOST FOR SC PORT CARGO CLIENTS, THE SCSPA, MAERSK LINE, AND THE MANY

PORT OF CHARLESTON WATERFRONT WORKERS. MAERSK CURRENTLY HAS 5 WEEKLY DEPLOYMENTS CALLING CHARLESTON COVERING EUROPE,

ASIA, AFRICA, CENTRAL AMERICA AND THE CARIBBEAN.

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news

TBC Corp., one of the larg-

est marketers of automotive re-

placement tires, has announced

plans to occupy a 1.1 million-

square-foot distribution center

in Berkeley County.

Th e company plans to locate in

Rockefeller Group Foreign Trade

Zone / Charleston, a 400-acre indus-

trial park close to the Interstate 26

and Jedburg Road interchange.

Th e industrial park is a joint

venture between Rockefeller

Group Development Corp.

and MeadWestvaco Corp.’s

Community Development and

Land Management Group.

Construction of the TBC distri-

bution center is expected to begin

in the fourth quarter of 2009, with a

tentative opening set for late 2010.

“We are excited about the op-

portunity to consolidate a por-

tion of our distribution network

to a new and larger facility in

the Charleston area,” said Erik

R. Olsen, president and CEO of

TBC Wholesale Group. “Th e in-

frastructure and location of the

Port of Charleston complements

our growth and will allow us to

meet the growing demands of our

customers.”

TBC expects to bring thousands

of containers through the Port of

Charleston annually, making it one

of the port’s largest users.

“Th e Ports Authority is pleased

to welcome TBC to South Carolina,

and we are proud to be a part of

the team that worked to bring

them here,” said Jim Newsome,

SCSPA president and CEO. “Th is

new business provides another

anchor customer in the Port of

Charleston and will support hun-

dreds of jobs across the maritime

industry.”

The East Coast Distribution

Center will primarily support

TBC’s wholesale operations. The

expansion of TBC’s East Coast

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distribution center in Berkeley

County will provide access to the

deepwater Port of Charleston,

which will allow TBC to receive

products from international as

well as domestic suppliers, sub-

sequently streamlining product

and inventory management to

the benefit of its customers.

TBC is a wholesale supplier to

independent regional tire retailers

and distributors throughout the

United States, Canada and Mexico.

Additionally, TBC’s wholesale group

operates Carroll Tire, a regional tire

wholesale distributor servicing in-

dependent tire dealers across the

United States. TBC’s retail group

operates more than 730 tire and

automotive service centers under

these brand names: Tire Kingdom,

Merchant’s Tire & Auto Centers and

NTB-National Tire & Battery. Th e

company also maintains nearly 500

franchise stores under the brand

Big O Tires.

TBC Corp. Selects Charleston for 1.1 Million-Square-Foot Distribution Center

S.C. Dredging, Deepening Advance

South Carolina’s seaports in

Charleston and Georgetown —

as well as its coastal waterways

— stand to gain more than $17

million in additional funding for

channel deepening and main-

tenance dredging following re-

cent action in the U.S. House of

Representatives.

Th e U.S. House has approved

the joint Senate and House con-

ference report on the Energy and

Water Appropriations Bill. For

South Carolina, the bill includes

funding for the resumption of the

Charleston Harbor Deepening

reconnaissance study, as well as

as well as maintenance dredging

projects in Charleston Harbor,

the Cooper River, Georgetown

and the Atlantic Intracoastal

Waterway

The Port of Charleston is

currently 47 feet deep at mean

low water in the entrance chan-

nel and 45 feet deep inside the

harbor. Charleston’s channels

have the opportunity to go even

deeper, thanks to the funding

for the resumption of a re-

connaissance study on future

deepening.

“With 45 feet at low water,

Charleston already has the re-

gion’s deepest channels and ac-

commodates post-Panamax ships

today,” said Jim Newsome, SCSPA

president and CEO. “Th e next

deepening will take Charleston

beyond 45 and 47 feet, open-

ing the port to all classes of the

world’s most modern vessels. We

are ready for the Panama Canal

expansion and beyond.”

Currently, the Port of Charleston

can handle vessels draft ing 43-feet

24-hours a day. Vessels drafting

as deep as 48 feet can be han-

dled two hours per day. This is

substantially greater capability

than any other South Atlantic

container port.


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newsMitsubishi Imports 8 Million Pounds of Breakbulk Cargo

Mitsubishi Power Systems

Americas Inc. recently imported

nearly 8 million pounds of cargo

for Southern Co., which is building

a large power plant in Atlanta, Ga.

Th e new natural gas-fi red, com-

bined cycle plant will take nearly

three years to build. It will be much

more effi cient and environmental-

ly friendly than the current coal-

fi red plant.

Th e fi rst shipment arrived at

Columbus Street Terminal over

Memorial Day weekend and in-

cluded a 750,000-pound turbine

measuring 16 1/2 feet wide, 17

feet tall and 42 feet long. It also

included a 600,000-pound gen-

erator measuring 15 feet wide, 17

feet tall and 42 feet long. Five more

turbines and fi ve more generators

are slated to arrive over the course

of the construction project.

“Along with each turbine and

generator, we import 2 million

pounds of ancillary cargo in support

of building this power plant,” said

Brandon Strange, assistant manager

of transportation and logistics at

Mitsubishi Power Systems. “Support

cargo includes piping, panels, trans-

formers and other kinds of equip-

ment that will all be shipped via

truck to the project site.”

Mitsubishi Power Systems

Americas arranged the cargo to

arrive on a self-geared breakbulk

vessel for direct discharge onto

heavy duty railcars.

Strange said South Carolina’s

wide rail clearance was a key driv-

er for the company’s decision to

import the cargo through the Port

of Charleston.

“Th ere are not too many ways

you can move stuff this big, and

South Carolina off ers the largest

rail clearance envelope via CSX

railroad,” Strange said. “To get

into the Atlanta metro area, it is

much easier to negotiate curves

and get around obstructions from

the Port of Charleston than from

other ports.”

BMW Celebrates 15 Years in S.C.

BMW Manufacturing Co.

recently rolled its 1.5 millionth

vehicle off the line, marking

15 years of manufacturing in

Spartanburg County.

Th e milestone vehicle, a 2009

Monaco Blue BMW X6 xDrive 35i

with oyster interior, was ordered

by a customer in Hong Kong.

BMW’s Spartanburg facility

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day. The company announced

plans to build its fi rst factory out-

side of Germany in June 1992.

Construction on the plant began

in 1993 and the fi rst vehicle rolled

off the line in September 1994.

Since then, BMW has pro-

duced fi ve diff erent vehicles and

their variants: the BMW 318i, the

Z3 and Z4 roadsters, the BMW X5

Sports Activity Vehicle and the

X6 Sports Activity Coupe. BMW

has expanded the plant fi ve times,

including a current $750 million

expansion that will add 1.5 million

square feet to build the next-gen-

eration BMW X3. Following this

most recent expansion, the plant

will be 4 million square feet.

To date, BMW has invested

$4.2 billion in South Carolina and

employs about 5,000 people at

the plant, including contractors.

According to the University of

South Carolina’s Moore School of

Business, which conducted an eco-

nomic impact study on the plant

in 2008, BMW’s South Carolina

factory supports 23,050 jobs and

generates $1.2 billion in wages

and salaries annually within the

state. In addition, the total eco-

nomic output associated with

BMW’s annual economic activi-

ties is more than $8.8 billion in

South Carolina.

Th e plant in Spartanburg will

begin production of the BMW

ActiveHybrid X6, BMW’s fi rst hy-

brid vehicle, later this year.

Jafza Reworks Master Plan

Jafza International recently

announced that it has redesigned

Phase 1 of its master plan and

model for Santee, S.C.

A subsidiary of Dubai-based

Economic Zones World, Jafza

International originally announced

its master plan in November 2008,

anticipating that the project would

create 3,067 jobs by the end of

2015.

Originally, Phase I included

developing 135 acres as a “light

manufacturing facility” to be com-

pleted in 2012. Phase II included

a 63-acre intermodal facility, ex-

pected to be completed in 2016,

as well as development of an ad-

ditional 93 acres, which would

include a warehouse and distri-

bution center.

Because Jafza announced its

master plan prior to the reces-

sion, the company has reevaluated

what it can do in 2009 and 2010

while it is waiting for infrastruc-

ture improvements.

As a solution, Jafza has in-

creased Phase 1 to include four

separate parcels that have access

and utilities that can be developed

easily and immediately. Th ese par-

cels of land on the outskirts of the

1,300-acre property include:

• A 49.3-acre parcel near

Santee’s town hall building.

• A 75.6-acre parcel locat-

ed adjacent to the Santee Outlet

Mall.

• A 90.6-acre parcel on

Intracoastal Lane.

• A 55.9-acre parcel off Resort

Street.

Regal Logistics Opens Charleston Distribution Center

Regal Logistics has opened a

new distribution center at 1301-B

Charleston Regional Parkway in

Charleston. Th is expansion creates

a nationwide footprint for Regal as

a coast-to-coast operation with im-

port/export centers in the Pacifi c

Northwest and Southeast.

Off ering up to 200,000 square

feet of warehouse space, Regal’s

Charleston Distribution Center is

centrally located near major pier,

highway, rail and airport access.

Th e facility is situated within four

miles of the Port of Charleston’s

main Wando Welch Terminal

and Interstate 526; and 10 miles

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SCSPA Begins Union Pier Cruise Terminal Planning

Th e SCSPA recently began its

Union Pier Cruise Terminal plan-

ning eff ort with a public kickoff

event at the Passenger Terminal.

Th e project involves creating a

plan for the terminal and the sur-

rounding property to more eff ec-

tively meet new security require-

ments, as well as to better serve the

market needs of its cruise custom-

ers. Th rough an open, collabora-

tive process the project aims to:

• Create a fi nancially viable

Union Pier Cruise Terminal plan

that refl ects the character and

quality of historic Charleston.

• Comply with today’s

enhanced cruise security

requirements.

• Identify additional uses of

the property for the enjoyment

of Charleston area residents and

betterment of the economy.

• Mitigate impacts on existing

infrastructure such as traffi c.

• Provide more access to the

waterfront.

“The South Carolina State

Ports Authority has been think-

ing about the future needs of the

Union Pier Cruise Terminal for

some time and this is the right

time to move forward,” said SCSPA

President and CEO Jim Newsome.

“Th is project has the potential to

provide a world-class cruise ter-

minal that conforms to current

security requirements while also

enhancing this area of the down-

town Charleston waterfront for

Charleston residents and our

visitors.”

SCSPA has brought on Cooper,

Robertson & Partners to lead an

experienced project team and the

creation of the Union Pier Cruise

Terminal Plan.

Th e four-phase planning pro-

cess includes:

• Phase I – Discovery and

Analysis, during which the plan-

ning team will study the site and

related economic, design and en-

gineering data.

• Phase II – Listening and

Planning, including a public lis-

tening session.

• Phase III – Preliminary

Plan, developed and presented

to the public for comments and

input, currently planned for mid-

December.

• Phase IV – Union Pier Cruise

Terminal Plan, to be presented to

the public, currently planned for

late January.

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public meetings, the community is

encouraged to visit the Union Pier

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Next spring, Carnival Cruise

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cruises from Charleston, the fi rst

ever year-round cruise schedule

for the port.

Carnival will operate fi ve-, six-

and seven-day voyages to the

Bahamas and Key West, Fla., from

the Passenger Terminal in historic

downtown Charleston. Service

begins May 18, 2010.

“Th is commitment by Carnival

underscores Charleston’s cruise

development potential and is a

testament to the local maritime

and tourism community’s hard

work,” said Jim Newsome, SCSPA

president and CEO.

Newsome cited the tremendous

partnership of everyone involved in

the Charleston cruise business, in-

cluding the local hospitality indus-

try, the Charleston Area Convention

and Visitors Bureau, U.S. Customs

and Border Protection, longshore-

men, agents and stevedores.

“Each ship that calls the port

brings jobs and positive econom-

ic impact to the community,” said

Newsome. “At the same time, the

cruise business adds another di-

mension to Charleston’s diverse and

world-class tourism industry.”

Charleston’s centralized loca-

tion within the southeastern U.S.,

as well as the city’s strong appeal

as a tourist destination, were key

factors in Carnival’s decision.

“Charleston is an extraordinary

city within easy reach of millions of

U.S. residents who now will have

convenient access to Carnival’s fan-

tastic and aff ordable cruise vacation

options year-round,” said Gerry

Cahill, Carnival’s president and

CEO. “Our past experience with

the Port of Charleston, which has

a very effi cient and conveniently

located cruise terminal, has been

outstanding.”

The cruises from the Port

of Charleston will be aboard

the 2,056-passenger Carnival

Fantasy.

“Th is vessel is a perfect fi t for

the Port of Charleston and is simi-

lar in size to others we have host-

ed in years past,” said Newsome.

“We have enjoyed a successful,

long-standing relationship with

Carnival and we are very pleased

to extend that relationship with a

year-round calendar.”

Carnival has operated sea-

sonal voyages from Charleston,

including two fi ve-day depar-

tures on the Carnival Triumph

this year. Two voyages are also

scheduled for next year on the

Carnival Glory.

On its new Charleston-based

program, Carnival will operate

fi ve-, six- and seven-day voyages

on a variety of departure days. Five-

day voyages departing Mondays,

Wednesdays and Fridays will call

at Nassau and Freeport in the

Bahamas. Six-day voyages departing

Saturdays will visit Freeport, Nassau

and Key West, Fla. Seven-day voyag-

es depart Saturdays and will feature

Grand Turk, the private Bahamian

island of Half Moon Cay and

Nassau.

PORT OF CHARLESTON CRUISE SHIP CALENDARFebruary to June 2010

DATE VESSEL & SHIP ACTIVITY

Feb. 15CELEBRITY MERCURY

Celebrity Cruise Line/RCCL

Embarkation for Caribbean

(Rtn 02/26/10)

Feb. 26CELEBRITY MERCURY


Debarkation & Embarkation

for Caribbean (Rtn 03/08/10)

March 8CELEBRITY MERCURY












April 9CELEBRITY MERCURY




April 19CELEBRITY MERCURY


Debarkation from Caribbean

(Reposition to another port)

May 18CARNIVAL FANTASY

Carnival Cruise Lines

Embarkation for

the Bahamas (Rtn 05/23)




for the Bahamas (Rtn 5/30)

May 24CARNIVAL GLORY

Carnival Cruise Line

Embarkation for the

Bahamas (Rtn 05/29)

May 29CARNIVAL GLORY


Debarkation

(Reposition to another Port)





June 5CARNIVAL FANTASY
















June 26 CARNIVAL FANTASY




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IJim Newsome: Leading with Enthusiasm and Optimism

BY BETSY HARTER

It’s tempting for any new leader to point out everything that an organization has been doing wrong. But James I. Newsome III, new South Carolina State Ports Authority’s president and CEO, would rather focus on what the Port of Charleston is doing right.

Newsome joined the SCSPA Sept. 1, 2009, bringing with him more than 30 years of experience leading intermodal shipping lines. His vast history as a customer of the Port of Charleston has allowed him to can-didly assess the port’s strengths and weaknesses. Fortunately, Newsome believes he has inherited an organization with many assets.

“First and foremost, the SCSPA is a strong organization with a dedi-cated group of people who want the port to be successful,” Newsome said. “They are backed up by a wonderful maritime community. These people all know what a port is, and more often than not they have fam-ily who have worked on the waterfront. They all take pride in doing this kind of work. I feel the tremendous camaraderie in this community.”

Newsome cited the Port of Charleston’s high productivity as an-other asset that will help it achieve long-term success. He said that other ports around the country use Charleston as a benchmark when measuring productivity.

Finally, he added, Charleston’s deep-water harbor makes it stand out among competitors.

“Ships are going to get a lot bigger, faster, and deep water is a criti-cal thing. This harbor can handle 90 percent of the ships that will be built in the future,” he said.

Newsome is not afraid to admit that despite the Authority’s many strengths, Charleston’s container volume is the lowest that it has been since 1999.

“Our strengths are great, but we have to produce results, and that is really where we need to focus,” he said.

Newsome sees opportunities for the Port of Charleston in three main areas: containers, breakbulk and cruise business.

Container:Newsome noted that both he and new SCSPA Chief Commercial Offi cer

Paul McClintock have a long history with some of the world’s largest con-tainer lines, including Hapag-Lloyd, Nedlloyd Lines and Mitsui O.S.K. Lines Ltd. Newsome is hopeful that their combined experience at some of the world’s largest container lines will be a feather in Charleston’s cap.

“Just 20 container lines in the world control 90 percent of the world’s cargo,” Newsome said. “Paul and I come from these shipping lines — we know these people and understand the pressures they are under. We will be in touch closely with them and will market our services effectively.”

Breakbulk:Newsome also was quick to point out the port’s growing breakbulk

business. With Brad Stroble now serving as SCSPA sales and market-ing manager of Bulk, Breakbulk and Project Cargo, Newsome expects a continued increase in this area.

“It is important for us to bolster our breakbulk presence, cars be-ing one commodity, as well as other breakbulk commodities,” he said.

Cruise:Over the last year, SCSPA leaders also have been more aggressive in go-

ing after the cruise business. Newsome agreed that this strategy is right for Charleston. Since Newsome’s arrival, the SCSPA and the city of Charleston have been working collaboratively on a plan to upgrade the Passenger Terminal to more effectively meet new security requirements, as well as to better serve the market needs of its cruise customers. Additionally, the Port of Charleston has inked a deal with Carnival Cruise Lines, which will operate fi ve-, six- and seven-day voyages to the Bahamas and Key West, Fla., from the Port of Charleston’s Passenger Terminal.

In all three of these areas, Newsome plans to increase the Port of Charleston’s personal contact with customers in an overall effort to step up customer service.

“Having been a customer of the port, I can say that this port does give very good customer service,” he said. “If you talk to most major lines, you will fi nd that they think it works well. We need to continue that.”

Newsome said he plans to implement customer service training across the entire organization, empowering employees to best meet customer needs.

“I am very encouraged by what I have seen in the short time I have been here,” he said. “I look forward to working with this talented group of people to get us on the right track and show everyone what we are able to do.”

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JIM NEWSOME

As a child, James I. Newsome III spent every weekend on Savannah’s waterfront with his father, who served as the Georgia Ports Authority’s di-rector of operations for more than 25 years. Newsome’s interest in the ship-ping industry continued through high school, prompting him to enroll in the University of Tennessee, which boasted one of the few — and best — transpor-tation programs in the country.

While earning both his bachelor’s and master’s degrees in transporta-tion and logistics from UT, Newsome worked during the summers at Strachan Shipping in Savannah. He enjoyed the job so much that, upon graduation from UT, he accepted a permanent position with the company. There, he was presi-dent of their Hoegh Lines Agencies subsidiary in Jersey City, NJ.

After 10 years with Strachan, Newsome was ready to move back to the Southeast. A position with Nedlloyd Lines in Atlanta enticed him to change companies. He remained with Nedlloyd for the next 10 years, eventually be-coming the fi rst non-Dutch executive, followed by president of the Americas region. Upon Nedlloyd’s merger with P&O, Newsome joined Hapag-Lloyd as senior vice president of the South, a position that enabled his family to stay in Atlanta. He became president of North America on Jan. 1, 2009, and he soon assumed responsibility for Latin America.

“Few opportunities in the world would have caused me to look twice at a new job, but this position at the Port of Charleston was certainly one of them,” Newsome said. “I felt like it was a great opportunity to come to this part of the country and run a fi rst-class operation.”


Blackhawk Logistics: A Logistics Solutions Partner for Companies of All Sizes

BY BETSY HARTER

JJerry Ward has always understood that a mom-and-pop company has very different transportation challenges than a big-box retailer. He founded Blackhawk Logistics on the simple prem-ise that no two companies’ logistics needs are the same. So, Ward and his team set out to offer customized logistics solutions to customers of all sizes, across all industries. In so doing, Blackhawk Logistics has built up a robust customer base that ranges from some of the larg-est chain stores, such as Wal-Mart and QVC, down to local start-up operations.

Blackhawk Logistics opened its doors in September 2005 with a 100,000-square-foot facility and two trucks. The company outgrew the space in less than six months and moved to its current location on North Rhett Avenue in North Charleston the following February. Blackhawk Logistics now operates a 511,000-square-foot facility in-side 34 fenced acres with 24/7 security. Their trucking operation has grown to more than a dozen trucks.

“We continuously work to understand our customer’s needs, as well as what our customer’s customer needs,” Ward said. “Our claim to fame is that there is nothing we can’t do for a customer. ‘No’ is not an option.”

When Ward says his company will do anything a customer re-quests, he means it. One holiday season, Blackhawk built, fi lled and shipped point-of-purchase pajama displays to every Wal-Mart in the

United States: 5,500 stores.Blackhawk offers custom logistics

services to an impressive list of other large national retailers, manufactur-ers and suppliers. For instance, the company provides order fulfi llment and pick-and-pack services for many infomercial products that are shipped direct-to-consumer and also to Home Shopping Network, Amazon.com and QVC. In 2008, just with UPS alone, Blackhawk shipped half a million orders of infomercial products such as The Perfect Pushup, Bender Ball,

Worx Yard Tools and the Topsy Turvy Tomato Planter.Most recently, Blackhawk has been helping start-up businesses

get off the ground by creating custom logistics solutions. For in-stance, Blackhawk fills and ships orders for Twelve South, a Mount Pleasant-based company that designs and manufactures accessories exclusively for Apple computers. The company, which launched in August, designs all of its products at its Mount Pleasant location. The accessories are then manufactured in China and shipped di-rectly to Blackhawk.

Early on, Twelve South owners Andrew and Leigh Ann Green con-sidered shipping their products direct-to-consumer themselves.

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“We are so happy we didn’t do that,” Leigh Ann Green said. “We started from day one utilizing Blackhawk for distribution. One week after we signed on to work with Blackhawk, a container load of goods showed up at the warehouse.”

Blackhawk ships all products that are ordered from Twelve South’s Web site direct to consumers. The company also fulfi lls orders to large retail customers and global dis-tributors. Apple Stores, Best Buy and Amazon.com now carry Twelve South products, and all are fulfi lled directly from Blackhawk.

Blackhawk Logistics’ services do not stop at fulfi llments. The com-pany also provides local and regional drayage and transportation for its warehouse and non-warehousing customers. Ward and his team have successfully handled the warehousing and storage of many types of products and packaging, including paper, chemicals, automotive parts, consumer commodities, food and beverage, rubber, textiles and many other products. The Blackhawk team handles packaging of car-tons, pallets, totes, rolls, super sacks, drums, gaylords, slip sheets and bagged product.

Ward said the company specializes in handling overweight and HazMat containers. Blackhawk Logistics is one of the Port of Charleston’s HazMat-certifi ed storage handling facilities. The company employs an in-house staff member who is certifi ed to train and lead hazardous material certifi cation courses.

Blackhawk Logistics’ facility offers myriad amenities, including rail service at one of its buildings. The buildings, which are made of insu-lated concrete panels, have 100% sprinkler protection, ADT security and a six-inch reinforced concrete super fl at fl oor system. The facili-ties have 45 loading doors for trucks and 20 for rail cars. Additionally, Blackhawk provides a certifi ed, fully-automated multi-axle truck scale, which is open to the public 24/7 for a $5 fee.

But Ward maintains that Blackhawk is not just a warehouse service pro-vider to customers, but rather a true supply chain solution partner.

“Over the years, people have stereotyped warehouse companies in a category: companies that have a warehouse and a forklift that store and ship products for customers. That is not all that a ware-house and distribution logistics facility can do. We provide a turn-key supply chain solution to our partners, which is what logistics truly means.”

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We continuously work to under-stand our cus-tomer’s needs.

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company profi leprofi le

FFor nearly 20 years, David Blair and his team at Charleston Freight Station have provided container freight station

services for the Port of Charleston’s customers. A lot has changed in that

time, but one thing remains constant: a strong commitment to superior

service, from source to destination.

A U.S. Customs bonded warehouse, CFS off ers a laundry list of im-

port/export services to its customers, including loose cargo transfer

and breakdown, ocean import cargo, full container and LCL container

services, trailer and intermodal conveyance, cargo segregation, heavy

forklift service, crate disposal and fumigation.

But if you ask Blair what his specialty is, he has just one word: speed.

“We can move 45,000 pounds

before they even fax the paperwork

to us,” he said. “It’s all about rapid

movement of cargo, fast freight re-

location. It’s that simple.”

Yet, all that goes on behind the

scenes at CFS is not simple at all.

Th e CFS team works around the

clock to accommodate customers’

unique requests and needs.

“Our business is not just about

taking cargo out and putting it

back,” Blair said. “Our employees

are specialists who act almost as

freight psychiatrists, fi guring out

how the cargo can get where it’s going with the fewest interruptions. We

can look into the future and anticipate what our customers will need.”

Although the company’s offi cial hours are Monday through Friday,

8 a.m.-5 p.m., Blair and his team work 24 hours a day, seven days a week.

“Our gates are open any time, with advance notice,” Blair said. “We

don’t stop, because the steamship industry doesn’t stop. We are open

when our customers are open.”

Th e convenient hours accommodate many shippers, whose trucks

oft en arrive in Charleston during the wee hours of the morning.

In addition to its commercial services, CFS also has been the U.S.

Customs and Border Protection’s designated Central Examination Station

in the Port of Charleston since 1996.

“Th e CES designation means that we receive and handle cargo that

requires examination prior to U.S. Customs release,” Blair explained.

Th e CFS facility receives, handles and examines cargo that contains

imported and exported products. CFS has a U.S. Customs and Border

Protection offi ce on site that is staff ed fi ve days a week by inspectors,

who perform all types of Customs examinations, while an automated

CES program tracks exams and containers.

Since Blair founded CFS on Daniel Island 19 years ago, the company

has experienced many changes. On the infrastructure side, CFS has un-

dergone several expansions to accommodate a growing customer base.

Now, the 5.5-acre property includes a 50,000-square-foot warehouse

with 22 loading positions, as well as a 3-acre paved parking yard, se-

cured with barbed wire, a gate and a 24-hour guard.

Th e company is in the process of increasing its ability to handle

climate-controlled cargo. By the end of the year, it will triple the num-

ber of reefer plugs on the premises from 12 to 36 receptacles.

“We like to be ready for whatever comes our way, so we are adding

more reefer plugs in anticipation of easily handling large companies

that need to let climate-controlled cargo sit for a few days before it

goes to the port,” Blair said.

CFS already handles several types of cargo that require reefer plugs,

including pharmaceuticals, apples, pears, peaches and asparagus. Th ese

products must be held at constant controlled temperatures.

“We continuously monitor the set and run temperatures for our

customers, and we are dedicated to ensuring top-notch quality and

safety for temperature-sensitive cargo, whether it is on premises for

several hours, or several days.”

In addition to facility upgrades, CFS also changed some of its busi-

ness practices to become more environmentally sound. For example,

CFS has lowered its own emissions by using only low sulfur diesel fuel

in its equipment, and Blair plans to move to electric alternatives as time

and cost permit.

“We choose truck-

ing partners such as

Bulldog Express, who

have shown a similar

commitment to green

practices,” Blair said.

“We and our part-

ners are conscious of

cleaning up the envi-

ronment; we are con-

cerned about emis-

sions and are doing

something about it.”

At 59, Blair has no

plans to slow down,

especially aft er a pro-

ductive month like this

one, which gleaned

three new customers.

He attributes recent success to a re-energized port community, thanks to

new leadership by SCSPA President and CEO Jim Newsome.

“Jimmy Newsome is 100 percent upbeat and encouraging and he is

building everyone’s confi dence back up about the Port of Charleston,”

Blair said.

Charleston Freight Station: Fast, Flexible Freight Specialists

BY BETSY HARTER

Our business is not just about

taking cargo out and putting

it back.– David Blair,

Charleston Freight Station,

owner

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After spending more than a year developing a strategic communica-tions plan, New Carolina’s Transportation, Distribution and Logistics (TDL) Cluster has launched a plan that aims to secure the competi-tiveness of South Carolina’s TDL industry while increasing prosperity for residents of the state.

New Carolina — also known as South Carolina’s Council on Competitiveness — is a public-private partnership working to increase per capita income and enhance South Carolina’s economic competitiveness through a cluster development strategy. The organization launched the TDL Cluster in February 2008 to provide a formal structure for TDL companies to collaborate and address current issues impacting South Carolina’s industry. Since its inception, companies in the Cluster have united to increase effi ciency and innovation within the TDL in-dustry and to work on improving competitiveness on a regional, national and international front.

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Missing link“South Carolina has the necessary assets to compete with any state,”

noted Neil McLean, a consultant with New Carolina. “One missing link is that we must become as organized as states such as Georgia have been in terms of focusing on attracting TDL business. We need coordination amongst the private sector, government and public agencies because South Carolina can be more competitive if we all work together.”

Cluster Co-Chair Deepal Eliatamby, president of Alliance Consulting Engineers, recently presented the Cluster’s plan to a crowd of 150 eco-nomic development leaders from across the state.

“The purpose of the plan is to promote a greater understand-ing of the critical nature of the TDL Cluster and its impact on South Carolina’s overall economy,” Eliatamby said.

The plan outlines fi ve main goals and strategies to accomplish over the course of the next 18 months, including raising awareness and recruiting stakeholders; marketing the importance of the Cluster; establishing a TDL council composed of industry and government members; and raising funds to support the Cluster’s growth, devel-opment and projects.

“With the launch of the plan, the TDL Cluster aims to bring to-gether the resources required to develop the critical vision, organiza-tion, infrastructure, process and marketing that will result in bolstering South Carolina’s economic momentum and global competitiveness,” Eliatamby said.

McLean added that the most important points for companies and government leaders to realize right now are:

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4. South Carolina has a huge opportunity in the next three to four years, as the new port terminal will coincide with the widen-ing of the Panama Canal, which will bring more traffic to the East Coast from China and other major exporting countries. Also, the upswing in the construction of distribution centers will reach a crescendo over the next few years.

“For us to take advantage of all of these opportunities, we must get organized,” McLean said. “Creating a TDL council and an industry cluster that is organized across the port, trucking industry, rail, govern-

South Carolina’s TDL Cluster Sets Goals:Goal One: Establish the importance of the Cluster. Why should people care?

Strategy: We must do what we can immediately to quantify the impact of the TDL Cluster. South Carolinians must understand that everyone relies on Transportation, Distribution and Logistics — directly or indirectly — for their livelihoods.

Goal Two: Inventory the differentiating assets of South Carolina’s TDL Cluster and catalogue the liabilities as well.

Strategy: Demonstrate the known attributes and further potential of the state’s TDL resources. Present what needs to be improved and/or fi xed, as well as the upside of supporting the Cluster with investment and enthusiasm. Show the tragic result of failing to do so.

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ment support agencies and developers will unite folks around a table so we can decide what it takes to win.”

Rusty Reed, vice president of business development for the South Carolina Power Team, noted the importance of the TDL Cluster in uniting economic development agencies from around the state in or-der to support the TDL industry. The South Carolina Power Team is the economic development alliance of the state-owned electric utility Santee Cooper and the state’s 20 electric cooperatives, which together provide power to more than two million South Carolinians.

“Counties as far away as Pickens County mention how important the Port of Charleston is to the Upstate, because the majority of what is produced in the Upstate is exported out of Charleston,” Reed said.

ATS Logistics President and CEO James Gianoukos echoed Reed’s remarks.

Getting everyone on board“The good folks in the Upstate will be the first ones to tell you

that they benefit from the Port of Charleston. Our port has very far-reaching effects,” Gianoukos said. “The main thing is that busi-nesses choose our state — no matter which county they choose, they will most likely utilize the Port of Charleston, which benefits local businesses, trucking companies, warehouses, everyone.”

J. Richards Todd, South Carolina Trucking Association (SCTA) president, said that the best way to get all South Carolina residents on board with the TDL plan is for all people who are involved in transportation to promote the importance of the supply chain to their friends, families and neighbors. Doing so will help coun-ter misleading information coming from groups that hinder TDL

development and growth. Next, the industry must educate elect-ed leaders and ask them to support projects that encourage TDL growth.

“Our legislators must know why we need to expand I-26, to make sure the ports’ intermodal connections are adequate and efficient,” Todd said. “We need to continuously improve highway and rail. We need to look at realistic timetables, realistic resource allocation, and sit down and figure out a way to make it happen.”

Over the next six months, the TDL Cluster intends to present the plan at events in Charleston, Greenville, Orangeburg and Florence, gathering feedback and support to stand up an organization that will represent and champion for the TDL industry going forward.

“Transportation is the foundation of South Carolina’s economy, impacting virtually every industry sector, directly or indirectly,” said Paul G. McClintock, South Carolina State Ports Authority se-nior vice president and chief commercial officer. “South Carolina must continue to enhance its competitive position in this industry through development of new port, transportation and distribution capacity. Collaboration within the logistics Cluster will position us to take advantage of tremendous opportunities for economic growth in South Carolina.”

The Cluster now has more than 40 participants from industry, gov-ernment, education, and trade groups. Cluster members include the SCSPA, SCTA, South Carolina Department of Commerce, South Carolina Department of Transportation, World Trade City Orangeburg, Hillwood Investment Properties, South Carolina Power Team, ATS Logistics, Milliken, Greater Columbia Chamber of Commerce, Orangeburg County Development Commission, Engineered Products and WSI of the Southeast, to name a few.


MANY PROMINENT INDUSTRIAL REAL ESTATE DEVELOPERS HAVE ALSO RECOGNIZED THE VALUE OF SOUTH CAROLINA’S TRANSPORTATION, DISTRIBUTION

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Working together to advance the industry“The cooperation and collaboration of Cluster participants thus

far has been very impressive considering the depth and breadth of the industry,” said George Fletcher, executive director of New Carolina. “The TDL industry has so many moving parts and in-dustry niches, but Cluster participants have really come together to move this initiative forward and to advance the industry in South Carolina to the next level.”

The afterword in the TDL Cluster’s communications plans stresses that the next fi ve years are critical for the future of the TDL Cluster and, by defi nition, critical for the entire South Carolina economy.

“We can act in concert and make good decisions now, reversing recent setbacks and recovering the economic momentum of a mere half-decade past. Or we can suffer the consequences,” it reads.

The plan encourages industry leaders to pull together in order to form a cooperative economic development entity, and to invest

financially in funding the TDL Cluster and its goals.“We need to invest in the Port of Charleston. We must sup-

port the growth of distribution centers across our state, improv-ing infrastructure and incenting companies in order to succeed in growing our economy. We must support our world class truck-ing sector while upgrading our rail options. We need an organi-zation to do all this (and more) as well as to market our success. If we do all of this, we can regain our place as an economic de-velopment champion, competing for growth in the 21st centu-ry. This plan is a place to start and a road map to the future,” it concludes.

A copy of the Cluster’s plan, “Transportation, Distribution and Logistics: A Plan to Ignite the Cluster,” can be downloaded from the New Carolina Web site at http://www.newcarolina.org. To get in-volved with the TDL Cluster’s activities, contact Katherine Robinson at 866-966-0344 or [email protected].

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Direct Services by Terminal by Deployment GroupingThis listing indicated direct service calls in/out of Charleston. Many of these carriers also off er transshipment options that will move your

cargo anywhere in the world. Please contact to your ocean carrier about transshipment options.

Carrier Service Rotation and Vessel information obtained from Compair Data Inc., Oct.16, 2009

Term Service Name Participating Carriers Trade Route Foreign Port Rotation # VslsAvg TEU Size Freq

CS AWE-3 COSCO / "K" Line / Yang Ming

/ Hanjin

Asia via Pan Kaohsiung / Hong Kong / Yantian / Busan / Charleston / Kaohsiung 8 4,516 Weekly

CS TAS-1 Evergreen TAE / CKYH North Europe Antwerp / Bremerhaven / Rotterdam / Le Havre / Charleston / Antwerp 4 2,710 Weekly

CS North America Service NSCSA Mediterranean /

MidE / ISC

Dubai / Abu Dhabi / Karachi / Mumbai (Old Port) / Jeddah / Leghorn / Charleston / Halifax / Port

Said / Jeddah / Muscat / Dubai

4 2,310 25 days

CS Andino European Service

mpc

BBC North Europe / WCSA Hamburg / Antwerp / Bilbao / Charleston / Guayaqui l / Puerto Bolivar / Callao / Antofagasta /

Valparaiso

- - Monthly

NC INDAMEX CMA CGM / APL / Hapag-

Lloyd / ANL / NYK / OOCL

Med / MidE / ISC Karachi / Mumbai / Mundra / Damietta / Charleston / Port Said / Jeddah / Karachi 7 4,267 Weekly

NC NUE Evergreen Line / MOL Asia / Cen Am Busan / Shanghai / Ningbo / Qingdao / Cristobal / Charleston / Cristobal / Los Angeles / Oakland /

Tokyo / Busan

9 4,227 Weekly

NC Gulf Atlantic Express-GAX Grand Alliance / ACL North Europe Antwerp / Thamesport / Bremerhaven / Charleston / Antwerp 5 3,207 Weekly

NC ATX Grand Alliance / Zim / ACL /

Hamburg Sud

North Europe Rotterdam / Hamburg / Le Havre / Southampton / Charleston / Rotterdam 4 4,265 Weekly

NC Gulf Mexico Express-GMX Hapag-Lloyd / OOCL - Gulf

Mexico Express-GMX

North Europe Thamesport / Antwerp / Bremerhaven / Le Havre / Veracruz / Altamira / Charleston / Thamesport 6 3,041 Weekly

UP North Atlantic Shuttle

Ro-Ro service

"K" Line North Europe Bremerhaven / Southampton / Charleston / Bremerhaven 2 - Fort-

nightly

UP PCTC North Atlantic Wallenius Wilhelmsen North Europe Halifax / Charleston / Bremerhaven / Gothenburg, Sweden / Zeebrugge / Southampton / Halifax - - Twice /

Mth

UP PCTC Mid Atlantic Wallenius Wilhelmsen / ARC North Europe Bremerhaven / Antwerp / Zeebrugge / Southampton / Charleston / Bremerhaven - - 15 days

UP US Gulf & East Coast /

Middle East

Wallenius Wilhelmsen / ARC Mediterranean /

MidE / ISC

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

Mth

UP 4 Continents Express Ro /

Ro Service

Mitsui O.S.K. ECSA / South Africa

/ Europe

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

Zeebrugge / Bremerhaven

- - Twice /

Mth

UP Transatlantic Ro-Ro

Service

"K" Line Med / N Euro Derince / Ashdod / Barcelona / Sagunto / Bremerhaven / Zeebrugge / Southampton / Charleston

/ Veracruz / Charleston / Bremerhaven / Zeebrugge / Santander / Vigo / Civitavecchia / Piraeus /

Derince

6 1,750 Fort-

nightly

VT Asia-U.S. East Coast e / b Eastern Car Liner Asia / WCSA Nagoya / Moji / Yokohama / Guayaquil / Charleston / Busan / Dalian / Xingang / Tianjin / Shanghai - - Monthly

VT &

CS

America-Asia w / b Rickmers-Linie Asia Nagoya / Moji / Yokohama / Guayaquil / Puerto Bolivar / Charleston / Busan / Dalian / Xingang /

Tianjin / Shanghai

- - Monthly

WW S Atlantic, MX & Gulf /

Victory Bridge

MSC / CMA CGM North Europe / Carib Antwerp / Felixstowe / Bremerhaven / Le Havre / Charleston / Freeport / Veracruz / Altamira /

Freeport / Charleston / Antwerp

7 5,039 Weekly

WW PEX 3 CMA CGM / CSCL Asia / Africa / C Am

/ MidE

Shanghai / Xiamen / Chiwan / Hong Kong / Manzanillo / Charleston / Tanger / Dubai / Shanghai 9 4,568 Weekly

WW Americas Service CSAV / CCNI / Hamburg Sud C Am / NCSA / WCSA Charleston / Cartagena / Manzanillo / Guayaquil / Callao / San Antonio / San Vicente / Callao /

Guayaquil / Cartagena / Charleston

6 2,544 Weekly

WW East Coast Americas Ham Sud / Al / CSAV / Libra ECSA / NCSA Charleston / Puerto Cabello / Suape / Santos / Buenos Aires / Rio Grande / Navegantes / Rio de

Janeiro / Santos / Salvador / Suape / Pecem / Charleston

7 3,439 Weekly

WW TA2 / Atlantic South Maersk Line / New World

Alliance

North Europe Rotterdam / Felixstowe / Bremerhaven / Charleston / Rotterdam 5 4,082 Weekly

WW MECL1 / SZX1 Maersk Line / Safmarine MidE / ISC Charleston / Dubai / Karachi / Mumbai / Salalah / Charleston 7 4,240 Weekly

WW TA3 / TP7 Maersk Line / Safmarine /

New World Alliance / CMA

CGM

Asia / C Am / Europe Bremerhaven / Felixstowe / Rotterdam / Le Havre / Halifax / Balboa / Kaohsiung / Da Chan Bay /

Yantian / Hong Kong / Busan / Yokohama / Balboa / Charleston / Bremerhaven

12 4,933 Weekly

WW Intra-America 1 MSC / CSAV / Hapag-Lloyd Carib / C Am / ECSA Charleston / Freeport / Caucedo / Santos / Montevideo / Rio Grande / Santos / Rio de Janeiro /

Suape / Caucedo / Freeport / Charleston

7 3,443 7 days

WW West Med / North Atlantic MSC / COSCO Mediterranean Naples / La Spezia / Valencia / Sines / Charleston / Valencia / Naples 6 4,354 Weekly

WW USATLAN MSC / CSAV / Libra ECSA Charleston / Santos / Buenos Aires / Montevideo / Rio Grande / Sao Francisco do Sul / Rio de

Janeiro / Suape / Charleston

8 3,266 Weekly

WW American Express-AMEX MSC / Safmarine / Maersk

Line

Africa / Carib Charleston / Freeport / Cape Town / Port Elizabeth / Durban / Cape Town / Charleston 8 2,634 8 days

WW APX New World Alliance / Ever-

green Line / Maersk

Asia / C Am / North

Europe

Chiwan / Hong Kong / Kaohsiung / Busan / Kobe / Tokyo / Balboa / Manzanillo / Charleston / Rot-

terdam / Bremerhaven / Felixstowe / Charleston / Manzanillo / Tokyo / Kobe / Chiwan

12 4,724 Weekly

WW Suez Express-SZX New World Alliance / Hanjin Asia via Suez / MidE

/ ISC

Singapore / Colombo / Charleston / Dubai, Jebel Ali / Singapore 8 4,656 Weekly

WW WCSA MSC Carib / NCSA / WCSA Charleston / Freeport / Buenaventura / Guayaquil / Arica / San Vicente / Valparaiso / Callao /

Buenaventura / Cartagena / Freeport / Charleston

6 4,350 Weekly

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pics waterfront snapshots


Mike McShane (left),

chairman of S.C. De-

partment of Natural

Resources, and David J.

Posek (center), chairman,

South Carolina State Ports

Authority Board of Direc-

tors, present John Hassell,

secretary of South Caro-

lina State Ports Authority

Board of Directors, with

the Order of the Palmetto

at the State of the Port

Address in Charleston.

The Order of the Palmetto

is South Carolina’s high-

est civilian award and

is given to citizens who

demonstrate the highest

caliber of public service to

enhance the state.

(Left to right) John Hassell,

secretary, South Caro-

lina State Ports Authority

Board of Directors, Father

Len Williams of the Sea-

farers Society and Tony

Sacco of the International

Transport Workers’ Federa-

tion, celebrate the opening

of the Seafarers’ Center at

Columbus Street Terminal.


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