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S.C. Ports announces record number of containers handled

South Carolina Ports Authority announced 204,457 twenty-foot equivalent container units (TEUs) were handled in May. Within the past year, TEU volume is up 9.7 percent. South Carolina Ports Authority…

Economic Development

The inland port in Greer is getting a $25M expansion. Here’s the plan.

The expansion includes an extension of the port’s lead track and rail line to approximately 15,100 feet, the acquisition of additional equipment for the handling, loading, and unloading of containers, and the paving of up to 40 acres.

Economic Development

The Spark: Happenings in Upstate Biz with Trevor Anderson

The South Carolina Ports Authority (SCPA) celebrated the grand opening of the state’s second Inland Port in Dillon County on Monday, April 16 — a move that has sparked some consternation and maybe even a little confusion about how that facility could impact Inland Port Greer.

Economic Development

The Spark: Happenings in Upstate Biz with Trevor Anderson

During Upstate SC Alliance’s annual meeting held Tuesday, March 27, at the TD Center in Greenville, guest speaker Jennifer Fletcher referenced a blast from the region’s past. Fletcher, who serves…

Inland Port Greer’s volume up more than 4 percent since start of 2018 fiscal year

The South Carolina Ports Authority (SCPA) announced Thursday, Feb. 22, its inland port in Spartanburg County handled 9,180 rail moves in January. Since the start of SCPA’s fiscal year in…

September 2026