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TTC launches maritime training
3+ week, 1+ day ago (538+ words) Trident Technical College (TTC) has been awarded $1. 5 million in federal funding to support the creation of a mobile maritime training and education lab. The award was funded through Congressionally Directed Spending (CDS) via the US Department of Education's Fund for…...
Commentary: Charleston has a maritime future. It also needs a maritime academy.
3+ week, 10+ hour ago (263+ words) After six weeks at sea, my mind is drifting back to where I belong. Back to Charleston. There is no maritime academy in South Carolina. The people on my crew found this life through word of mouth, personal initiative and…...
Port of Charleston's box-ship business hits a nearly 6-year low
1+ mon, 2+ day ago (433+ words) A CMA CGM container ship approaches the Ravenel Bridge on its way to the Port of Charleston on March 4, 2026. MOUNT PLEASANT " The shipping slowdown that descended on the Charleston waterfront last year continued into February, when container volume sunk to…...
Shipping industry sticks with green investments, despite carbon price delay
2+ mon, 5+ day ago (948+ words) Maersk Lines held a naming ceremony of its dual-fuel container ship Albert Maersk (above) in India on Feb. 28, 2025." LONDON/SINGAPORE " The shipping industry's biggest players are shrugging off Trump administration opposition to a global carbon price and are forging ahead…...
2 shipping lines that are regulars at the Port of Charleston are combining
2+ mon, 1+ day ago (513+ words) Hapag-Lloyd's Yorktown Express was the first ship to call at the Port of Charleston's newly built Leatherman Terminal on the former Navy base in March 2021. A pair of container lines that haul cargo to and from the Port of Charleston…...
US container imports fell 6. 8% in January
2+ mon, 1+ week ago (434+ words) Cargo is loaded on a ship at the Port of Charleston's Wando Welch Terminal Friday in Mount Pleasant last August. LOS ANGELES " U. S. seaports in January handled 6. 8 percent less container import volume than a year earlier, when U. S. companies rushed in goods…...
SC-bound ship safely clears a Mideast shortcut under siege by rebels
3+ mon, 6+ day ago (1165+ words) A Maersk Line ship navigates the Suez Canal (above) in 2015 as an Egyptian soldier stands guard. Sun Country Airlines is being acquired by Allegiant. Both carriers serve airports in South Carolina. The operator of a cargo ship making its way…...
Maersk ramps up return to Suez shortcut
3+ mon, 4+ day ago (575+ words) Maersk Line is one of the Port of Charleston's biggest customers. OSLO " Shipping giant Maersk is resuming sailings through the Red Sea and Suez Canal for one of its U. S. East Coast services this month, marking a key step toward ending…...
Navy tests unmanned boats off Sullivan's, sends one across the ocean
4+ mon, 2+ week ago (1300+ words) SULLIVAN'S ISLAND " The shore here is a great place to kitesurf or walk a dog. The Navy likes the beach, too, for floating prototypes of unmanned, solar-powered boats that can cross oceans. In the case of the two-month crossing of…...
New SC Ports CEO's 1st major decision is to postpone rail yard debut until a later date
6+ mon, 3+ day ago (554+ words) Under its new CEO, the S. C. State Ports Authority has decided to postpone indefinitely the opening of its rail yard on the former Navy base (above)." MOUNT PLEASANT " The S. C. State Ports Authority won't open its partially built rail hub on the…...