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: 78 acres

Water Depth: 45 feet low water

Berths: 6

Total Berthing Length: 3,500 feet

Cranes: 5

• 3 post-Panamax
• 2 super post-Panamax

Reach Stackers:

• 3 Transtainers
• 14 Toplifts

Commodities Handled:

• Container
• Lumber
• Breakbulk
• Heavy lifts

Truck Gates: 14 interchange lanes

Scales: 5

Rail Services: CSX and Norfolk Southern

Reefer Services: 128 reefer plugs

RoRo Services: Hapag Lloyd

Heavy Lift Service:

• BBC
• Rickmeres
• Big Lift
• Intermarine
• Hapag Lloyd
• Jumbo

Transit Shed: 232,000 square feet, sprinkler protected

Warehouses: 105,108

Highway Access:

1.6 miles to I-26

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.

Independents:

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

• I-26 East to East Bay St. Exit
• Follow the signs to the terminal
• Terminal located under the Cooper River Bridge