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Tools to assist clients with efficiently moving cargo through the port.
Descriptions of Port of Charleston facilities.
Navigational and vessel access information.
Highway and rail connections to key inland markets.
Client advisories, Port Directory, Carrier Service Search and various other helpful resources.
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Client AdvisoriesGray Line
Hurricane Earl Update: No Impact to Charleston Operations  9/2/2010

2010 Labor Day Gates  8/30/2010

Extended Common-Use Gate Hours Begin Aug. 2  7/26/2010

Client Advisory Sign-Up

Press Releases
Port Presents Cruise Industry Update, Announces Next Steps for Cruise Terminal Relocation at the Northern End of Union Pier 9/2/2010

Charleston Box Volume Up 26% in July
Board Approves $26M in Projects
 8/17/2010

JOINT PRESS RELEASE - Conservation League, Ports Authority Announce Settlement 8/6/2010

Contact

The Port of Charleston
P.O.Box 22287
Charleston, South Carolina 29413

Switchboard: (843) 577-8115

Marketing and Sales Inquiries:
marketing@scspa.com


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webmaster@scspa.com

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Click here to view the South Carolina State Rail Plan 2008, Wilbur Smith Associates 2009



Norfolk Southern and CSX both offer daily container express services that provide customers fast and economical transit to a bevy of key cities in the South, Mid-West, and Mid-Atlantic.  Important connections to points beyond are available with both lines.

  • CSX and Norfolk Southern both operate large, well-equipped rail yards in Charleston.
  • Intermodal service provided to Wando Welch Terminal via direct dray to the railhead allowing for more generous cutoff times.
  • Daily express services inbound and outbound
  • Dockside rail service at Columbus Street, Union Pier, and
    North Charleston Terminals
  • Exceptionally high and wide rail clearances
  • Double stack trains
Norfolk Southern system map.

Norfolk Southern Photo


CSX system map.

CSX Rail Photo


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