Port Expansion
Today and for the years to come, the South Carolina Ports Authority is ready to grow with you. In addition to the new facility under construction at the former Navy Base, recently completed enhancements and planned improvements are creating additional capacity at existing terminals.
A new, 25-acre refrigerated container yard at the Wando Welch Terminal – the port’s largest container facility – has centralized all temperature-controlled cargoes into one area while bringing on a 10% increase in the facility’s capacity. A full 25 acres of shovel-ready property at the Wando Welch Terminal is available for future development as needed.
A new, standard gate operating structure at all Charleston container facilities, went into effect in early 2011. This adjustment provided an approximate 15% increase in portwide container space.
The South Carolina Ports Authority also is enhancing its breakbulk capabilities as well, and a $23-million project to convert Columbus Street Terminal into a world-class vehicle and non-containerized cargo terminal has been completed.