South Carolina Ports Authority President & CEO discusses SCPA Operation during COVID-19
Posted on March 18, 2020
WATCH: #SCPorts President and CEO Jim Newsome discusses the latest on COVID-19 and how SCPA is operating business as usual. The Port plays a significant role in keeping consumer goods moving through the supply chain.
Kazakhstan has started major dredging works at the Port of Aktau on the Caspian Sea, with around 1.3m cu m of material to be removed as falling water levels constrain navigation. The project will deepen the port basin to 6–7 metres and is due for completion by the end of the year. Kazakhstan’s transport ministry… Read More
By Alan Bosworth China Harbour Engineering Company (CHEC) is dredging the old section of Ghana’s Tema Port to depths of up to 14 metres, with the work supporting a new bulk-clinker berth as imports increase. The project began in September 2025 and involves about 2.8 million cubic metres of material, Xinhua reported on October 1…. Read More
By Usaid Siddiqui Oil exports from the Gulf have resumed significantly in recent days, despite a surge in attacks on ships around the Strait of Hormuz, maritime experts and trackers say. Gulf oil flows, excluding Iran, recovered to more than 81 percent of pre-war levels in September, while crude exports from the wider Middle East… Read More
Renovations at the Port of Savannah’s Ocean Terminal are now more than 60 percent complete on the $1.6 billion project. The facility’s annual container capacity will grow from 200,000 twenty-foot equivalent container units to 1.75 million TEUs. The 2,650-foot berth is fully completed and operational, with the entire yard expected to be finished by the… Read More
Palm Beach officials have long raised concerns about expansion plans at the Port of Palm Beach near the northern tip of the island. And they continue to cast a wary eye, as the port begins moving ahead with a $43 million project aimed at bringing in more cruise passengers and accommodating longer ships. Port commissioners… Read More
