The Port of Charleston has numerous terminals that steamship lines may call. Transit times from the sea buoy to these terminals range from 1 hour to 2.5 hours. The channel depth at mean low water is 45 feet.

SSA Cooper is a full-service stevedore handling containers, breakbulk — paper products, lumber, steel, reefer cargo, heavy lifts, RoRo, bulk commodities and passenger vessels. Our carrier-sponsored Container Freight Station division is actively stuffing and stripping containers on terminal for shippers.

Location: 1.5 hours transit to sea buoy

Size:

Total Acreage:  155

Developed:  135

Wharf:  9.9

RoRo:  44.3

Breakbulk Ops: 25.1

Heavy Lift:  4.9

Railyard:  10.8

Other handling:  17.5

Water Depth: 45 feet low water

Berths: 6

Total Berthing Length: 3,500 feet

Cranes - Container: 3 total, 2 post-Panamax

• 1 Crane Make IHI - Outreach (f/m) 113'6"/34.59
• 2 Crane Make Espana - Outreach (f/m) 145'/44.20

Cranes - Mobile:  Up to 500 short tons - details at www.charlestonheavylift.com.  Lifting rail direct to ship.  Truck direct to ship.  Rail to storage yard.  Truck to storage yard

Reach Stackers:

• 2 Transtainers
• 1 Toplifts

Commodities Handled:

• Container
• Lumber
• Breakbulk
• Heavy lifts

Rail Services:

• On-dock, CSX and Norfolk Southern
• S.C. Public Railways
• Boxcar
• Vehicle transport railcars
• Overweight/Overdimensional railcars
• Point of rest in the breakbulk handling yard or load/discharge between vessel and rail

General notes about the rail service: The South Carolina Railway Commission provides rail service in the state, with CSX and Norfolk Southern as the two major rail carriers. Each terminal in Charleston is operated by an independent rail service which feeds these terminals. These independents transfer railcars from the individual terminals to the two major carriers’ offsite locations.

Reefer Services: 128 reefer plugs

RoRo Services: National Shipping Company of Saudi Arabia

Heavy Lift Service:

• BBC
• Rickmeres
• Big Lift
• Intermarine
• Jumbo
• Spliethoff
• Chipolbrok
• Grieg Star
• Clipper Group

Warehouses: All with covered rail access

• Bldg. #105 - 165,099 sq. ft.
• Bldg. #108 - 94,050 sq. ft.
• Bldg. #186 - 95,000 sq. ft.                                     

Highway Access: 

1.6 miles to I-26

Independents:

• PUC - Columbus Street and Union Pier
• Port Terminal Railroad - North Charleston
• East Coast Berkeley Railroad - Wando area

• I-26 head SE, take exit 219 and turn left at bottom of ramp
• Continue on Morrison Drive through 4 traffic lights
• Turn left onto the terminal