COVID good for the shipping industry...?

[rgranger]

I saw this interesting article on the South Carolina Port Authority news page...

SC Ports finishes 2020 with record December - SC Ports Authority

South Carolina Ports Authority finished 2020 with its strongest December on record, noting impressive volumes with containers, vehicles and inland ports.

scspa.com

I guess all of the on-line shopping has really put a boom on retail shipping from overseas. We have seen so many stories this year of containers being lost at sea, I guess this is a major contributing factor.

I drive over this bridge everyday and see these amazing ships going in and out. It is very impressive.

 

[jssailem]

That’s the bridge in the sailing photo I posted. Good looking bridge.

 

[rgranger]

That’s the bridge in the sailing photo I posted. Good looking bridge.

It is the Ravenel


It is a a mile from my place

Arthur Ravenel Jr. Bridge - Wikipedia

en.m.wikipedia.org

 

[capta]

When did they put a container port on the north side of the bridge? Did they do a lot of dredging?

 

[rgranger]

When did they put a container port on the north side of the bridge? Did they do a lot of dredging?

I don't know when the Welch Terminal Opened but the cranes have been running since I got here in August. They just completed another large set up but the paint ain't dry yet on the second terminal...

 

[capta]

Schooner Pride was tied up between the old container dock and the aquarium. It was really something to watch the pilot turn those 900+ foot container ships between the aquarium and Patriot's Point. Sometimes it seemed the aquarium was a goner, but they always pulled it off.

 

[jssailem]

Capta, May 1982 is when the Wando Container Terminal began.

May 12, 1982
Wando Terminal was dedicated and a celebration was held in conjunction with the SC International Trade Conference.
Source: History of the South Carolina State Ports Authority, 1991
2018 They got funding to deepen the channel
March 2, 2018
#CHS52 entrance channel dredging begins.

January 2019
Dedication of new HQ building, located in Mt. Pleasant near the Wando Welch Terminal.

 

[WayneH]

Covid may have been good to the shipping companies but back in September it was hell from the ship crews.

Coronavirus makes 'modern slaves' of ship crews, UN told – DW – 09/25/2020

Long trapped on ships by COVID-19 travel curbs, 400,000 seafarers are desperate for crew changes, a special UN meeting has been told. The global ITF union warns that fatigue could lead to accidents and oil spills.

www.dw.com

Hopefully, procedures are in place world wide to accommodate the sailors.