CHARLESTON, S.C. (WCSC) – The South Carolina Ports reported steady growth in cargo handling in 2025 compared to the year before and approved a multi-million-dollar budget for 2026 that will invest in growing infrastructure.
“The growth is really reflective of the population that’s coming to the southeast. Folks are moving here. The secret is out of the bag,” SC Ports President and CEO Barbara Melvin says.
Cargo is measured in a 20-foot unit called a twenty-foot equivalent, or a TEU. The common shipping container seen on a ship is 40 feet so it has two TEUs. The S.C. Ports handled 2.6 million TEUs for the 2025 fiscal year, three percent more TEU volume than 2024. The port says rail-transported goods from the coast to inland ports, or railyards, handled 4% more than in 2024. Inland rail ports are located in Greer and Dillon…