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Port of Charleston Sees Big Growth for Quarter

The quarter ended Sept. 30 was the strongest for Charleston container volume in four years, with 400,492 20-foot-equivalent units (TEUs) handled, up 13.3 percent over the same period last year, the South Carolina Ports Authority said. Volume for the calendar…

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year to date in TEUs was up 9.4 percent, it said. For September, container volume in the Port of Charleston reached 131,686 TEUs, up 5.3 percent over a year ago. Breakbulk volume for the quarter was the highest in more than two decades, with 302,611 pier tons handled from July through September, it said.