Staff reports | Vice President Kamala Harris will visit Greenville Monday to kick off a national “Month of Action” tour to get more Americans vaccinated against COVID-19. She is expected to deliver remarks at 12:15 p.m. at an event at the Phillis Wheatley Community center.
Staff reports | What do these five names have in common — Nifty Lifty, Sir Lift-A-Lot, No Crane No Gain, South Craneolina and The Reel Steel?
Answer: They’re the new names of five big ship-to-shore cranes at the S.C. Ports Authority’s Hugh K. Leatherman Terminal in North Charleston.
Each of the cranes was named as part of a “Name the Cranes” contest with area elementary students in third to fifth grades. The winners represent five schools and four municipalities, including two schools in North Charleston, which is where Leatherman Terminal is located, according to the ports.
“South Carolina Ports enjoys partnering with local schools to engage students and connect them to our operations and workforce. Our Names the Cranes contest is a really special way for students to connect with the port,” said Barbara Melvin, chief operating officer of SC Ports.
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Staff reports | Hundreds of people snapped pictures last week as the largest ship ever to call on the East Coast sailed into the port of Charleston. The South Carolina Ports Authority welcomed the record-breaking CMA CGM MARCO POLO to Wando Welch Terminal on May 28. The vessel measures 1,300 feet long and can carry up to 16,022 TEUs (twenty-foot equivalent container units). That makes the ship as long as 1.5 USS Yorktowns and seven 787-8 Boeing-made Dreamliner jets.
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Staff reports | The South Carolina Ports Authority saw some positive cargo trends in August, pointing to a slow but emerging recovery during the ongoing global pandemic.
SC Ports handled 208,837 twenty-foot equivalent container units (TEUs) at the Wando Welch and North Charleston container terminals in August, down about 10 percent year-over-year, according to a press release. When compared to recent months however, volumes are trending positively, with TEUs up 18 percent since July and up 33 percent since June. Furthermore, the ports moved 116,248 pier containers, down 12 percent year-over-year, but up 17 percent from July and up 31 percent from June.
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By Lindsay Street | Two Clemson University professors want to fight online misinformation by giving everyone a pop quiz. But don’t worry, it’s only eight questions. Darren Linvill and Patrick Warren have debuted this week “Spot the Troll,” an educational tool to guide users toward being better informed on social media while asking participants to divine the legitimate profiles from those linked to foreign governments.
Staff reports | The fifth annual Homegrown Holiday Bazaar will be held 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. Dec. 1 at islanders Farmers Market, 3546 Maybank Highway, on Johns Island. The event will serve as the farmers market for that day and is brought to you by the Islanders Farmers Market and Sea Islands Chamber of Commerce.
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