The Canxport facility has opened three years after it broke ground, providing British Columbia’s bulk commodity exporters a new container gateway.
SC Ports wants to dredge the Cooper River from its current 48-foot depth to handle larger ships at its North Charleston Terminal.
The larger of the two orders is for a dozen 22,000-TEU ships that the carrier said will “boost [its] competitive advantage” on routes such as the Far East to Northwest Europe.
