
Navy Base Terminal – Veterans Terminal
Charleston, South CarolinaSpecifications and services
Location: 2 hours transit to sea buoy (32°51’12.19″ N, 79°57’2.97″ W)
Size: 110 acres / 44.5 hectares
Water Depth: 35 feet / 10.7 meters
Berths & Length: 4 berths (finger piers), 70 feet / 21 meters wide with lengths measuring
- Pier Lima: 952 feet / 290 meters (under lease to McAllister Tug Company)
- Pier Zulu: 1,250 feet / 381 meters
- Pier Mike: 600 feet / 183 meters
- Pier November: 1,150 feet / 351 meters
(Presently cargo operations at Pier Mike and Pier Zulu)
Cranes: Yes, lifting truck direct to ship rail to storage yard and truck to storage yard. Details available at www.charlestonheavylift.com.
Truck Lanes & Scales: 1 gate, 1 scale
Highway Access: 1.5 miles to I-26
Cargos / Commodities Handled:
- Reefer
- Wire Rod
- Ingots
- Lumber
Other facility facts
Warehouse & Storage: Building #207 has 42,793 square feet / 13,043 square meters, Building #224 has 54,200 square feet / 16,520 square meters, and 110 acres / 44.5 hectares of outside storage for breakbulk commodities
Fumigation Facilities: Yes
General Notes About 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