South Carolina Ports Authority
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| Abbreviation | SCPA |
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| Formation | 1942 |
| Type | Owner/operator |
| Headquarters | Charleston, SC |
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President & CEO
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James I. Newsome, III |
| Mission | The South Carolina Ports Authority (SCPA) promotes, develops and facilitates waterborne commerce to meet the current and future needs of its customers, and for the economic benefit of the citizens and businesses of South Carolina. The SCSPA fulfills this mission by delivering cost competitive facilities and services, collaborating with customers and stakeholders, and sustaining its financial self-sufficiency |
| Website | www.scspa.com |
The South Carolina Ports Authority owns and operates public seaport facilities in Charleston and Georgetown, as well as the South Carolina Inland Port in Greer, South Carolina. Established by the South Carolina General Assembly in 1942, it is authorized and charged with promoting, developing, constructing, equipping, maintaining and operating the harbors and seaports within the State of South Carolina.
An economic development engine for the State, the South Carolina Ports Authority handles international commerce valued at more than $63 billion annually while receiving no direct taxpayer subsidy. According to a 2015 economic impact study conducted by the University of South Carolina Darla Moore School of Business, port operations facilitate 187,200 jobs across South Carolina (one in every 11 jobs) paying 40% higher than the state's average wage. The study attributes nearly $53 billion in annual statewide economic activity to port operations.
The South Carolina Ports Authority (SCPA) was created by the South Carolina General Assembly in 1942 by Act No. 626 as an instrumentality of the State possessing the powers of a body corporate. The SCPA's mission statement describes the organization's role, which "promotes, develops and facilitates waterborne commerce to meet the current and future needs of its customers, and for the economic benefit of the citizens and businesses of South Carolina. The SCPA fulfills this mission by delivering cost-competitive facilities and services, collaborating with customers and stakeholders, and sustaining its financial self-sufficiency.”
The South Carolina Ports Authority (SCPA) owns public port and transportation facilities in Charleston, North Charleston, Charleston County, Georgetown and Greer, South Carolina. The largest facilities are located in Charleston, where the SCPA operates five major ocean terminals capable of handling breakbulk and container shipments in addition to passenger vessels. All of the SCPA's container terminal facilities are located at the Port of Charleston, where the primary focus is the movement of containerized shipments to and from the vessels calling the port.
The Georgetown facility serves as a bulk and breakbulk facility. A previously run breakbulk facility in Port Royal facility was closed, and transferred to the S.C. Department of Administration in 2016 to be sold.
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