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: 2 hours transit to sea buoy

Size: 110 acres

Water Depth: 35 feet low water

Berths: 4 (Finger piers)

Total Berthing Length:

• Pier Lima: 952 foot length - 70 feet wide (under lease to McAllister Tug Company)
• Pier Zulu: 1250 foot length - 70 feet wide
• Pier Mike: 600 foot length - 70 feet wide
• Pier November: 1150 foot length - 70 feet wide

(Presently cargo operations at Pier Mike and Pier Zulu)

Cranes: Mobile cranes only

Details available at www.charlestonheavylift.com

Lifting truck direct to ship rail to storage yard.  Truck to storage yard.

Commodities Handled:

• Reefer
• Wire rod
• Ingots
• Lumber

Truck Gates: 1

Truck Scales:  1

Warehouses: Bldg. #207 - 42,793 sq. ft.

Bldg. #224 - 54,200 sq. ft.

Storage: 110 acres outside storage for breakbulk commodities

Fumigation Facilities: Yes

Highway Access: 1.5 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 or West to Cosgrove Avenue
• Left on Sprull Avenue
• Right on McMillan
• Right on Hobson Avenue
• Follow until street ends