Ari Ashe, Senior Editor at the Journal of Commerce, reports that congestion is building at the Port of Charleston. The port is ranked sixth in the United States by cargo value and has over $72 billion in imports and exports traded across the docks. Ashe writes:
Congestion is building outside the southeast US ports of Charleston and Savannah, with more than 20 vessels combined awaiting a berth due to an ongoing infrastructure project at Charleston as well as the lingering effects from the software malfunction the port experienced almost two weeks ago.
The Port of Charleston and South Carolina inland ports in Dillon and Greer were closed for nearly two days May 20-21 because of the software problem.
“The backlog we’re experiencing is in part from our temporary operational impacts from last week, but also due to ongoing work with the toe wall project at Wando Welch…
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