CHARLESTON, S.C. — South Carolina Ports has broken ground on a new near-dock rail facility, the Navy Base Intermodal Facility in North Charleston, to bolster the competitive position of the Port of Charleston.
The facility is about a mile from the port’s Leatherman Terminal; containers will move to and from the terminal on a dedicated road to the new intermodal facility, which will have nearly 80,000 feet of track and a capacity of 1 million lifts in its initial phase. The facility will operate in partnership with Palmetto Railways, CSX Transportation, and Norfolk Southern.
Groundbreaking was held Monday, Oct. 17.
“This resolves the last remaining competitive disadvantage we have as a major East Coast container port,” SC Ports CEO Barbara Melvin said in a press release. “This critical infrastructure project will greatly enhance SC Ports’ capacity, allowing imports and exports to swiftly move between the hinterland and the Port of Charleston.”
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