The US South Carolina State Ports Authority said container shipping volume at the Port of Charleston grew by 17.6 percent year-on-year to 125,032 TEUs in September, reported ADPnews.
The container throughput showed an 8.9 percent rise in monthly terms.
In the first quarter of fiscal 2011/12, started July 1, the container traffic totalled 353,368 TEUs, which is the port's strongest quarterly figure since October-December 2008, the authority stated.
The authority also said that non-container cargo is growing at the port as the US$23 million investment for the expansion of the Columbus Street terminal is near completion. It handled 234,232 tonnes of breakbulk and bulk cargo in July-September 2011, up from 130,226 tonnes a year earlier.
At the the Port of Georgetown, shipping volume grew to 43,419 tonnes in September 2011 from 8,596 tonnes in the same month of 2010. In July-September 2011, the volume surged to 112,701 tonnes from 23,537 in the same trimester of 2010.
The container throughput showed an 8.9 percent rise in monthly terms.
In the first quarter of fiscal 2011/12, started July 1, the container traffic totalled 353,368 TEUs, which is the port's strongest quarterly figure since October-December 2008, the authority stated.
The authority also said that non-container cargo is growing at the port as the US$23 million investment for the expansion of the Columbus Street terminal is near completion. It handled 234,232 tonnes of breakbulk and bulk cargo in July-September 2011, up from 130,226 tonnes a year earlier.
At the the Port of Georgetown, shipping volume grew to 43,419 tonnes in September 2011 from 8,596 tonnes in the same month of 2010. In July-September 2011, the volume surged to 112,701 tonnes from 23,537 in the same trimester of 2010.