Monthly News Brief August 2000

Charleston, SC - August 2, 2000 - June was the busiest month in Port history, capping the Ports Authority's eighth consecutive record-setting fiscal year. Exports accounted for most of the growth, as trade through the Port increased 16% in fiscal year 2000 to more than 1. 5 million TEUs (twenty-foot equivalent units). Despite the double-digit volume increase, ship traffic increased only 1%.