New box terminal for Charleston

$55m contract has been awarded to a local company for the construction of a 113ha container terminal in North Charleston.

The South Carolina States Port Authority is to build this is on a former Navy base.

A 1,523 metre containment dyke will be built 259 metres out from the existing shoreline. Once the new container terminal is active it will boost throughput by 1.4m teu, equivalent to an extra 50% in overall capacity.