b'48American Journal ofTransportation ajot.com(REACHcontinued fromservices,connectshippers page 46) intheSoutheasternUSwith onlyEast-Westrailmoves,North Europe, the Mediterra-but also a North-South con- nean, and Asia. Both services nection to Norfolk Southernwill deploy 15,000 TEU ves-Rail (NS). According to portsels, among the largest weekly officials,Theexpansionatservices,tocallthePortof Inland Port Greer was neces- Charleston.sitatedbyyear-over-year growthsinceitsopeningint rades hifts andt ariff2014.Theadditional50%C hangesC ani MPaCtP ortcapacity and 9,000 additionalo PerationsfeetofrailtrackallowtheAs ports grow and expand, inland port to handle longerhandlingvolumeincreases, trainsandmeetprojectedandconsistent,reliableser-needs through 2040. vice may be more difficult to Another inland port ben- maintain. The South Carolina efiting importers and export- Ports are often ranked among ersisInlandPortDillon,the most productive ports in locatednearI-95,whichtheworld,accordingtoport provides an efficient way toofficials.move cargo to and from theWehavethedeepest Port of Charleston. harbor on the East Coast at Its especially attractive52feetdeep,aretheonly to exporters in the region asEast Coast port to offer 0100 it provides an efficient way tovesselstarttimes,saidatonaverageabout34craneare a result of the efforts ofton Harbor.source empty containers andportrepresentative.Addingmoves per hour. theportsoperationteams,The South Carolina Ports, have them return loaded forthat The STS crane opera- Thesestepstomaintainwhich work quickly to move(REACHcontinued on exporting in the fastest pos- torsatthePortofCharles- consistent,reliableservicevessels in and out of Charles- page 50sible turn time, said a Port representative.n ear -d oCkf aCilitiess uPPorti nterModalt ransPortationTheNavyBaseInter-modal Facility (NBIF) gives importersanear-dockrail optionthatisexpectedto speed goods to market more efficientlyfromthePortof CharlestontoInlandPorts inGreerandDillon,and beyond to markets through-out the Southeast, including Atlanta,Nashville,Louis-ville, and Memphis.Whenitopens,itwill beadual-servedfacility capable of handling one mil-lion rail lifts a year, said a Portofficial.Thefacility willinclude80,000feetof trackandsixelectricrail-mounted gantry cranes.l eatherMant erMinalr eoPensTheNBIFislinkedto the Leatherman Terminal via a one-mile drayage road and is located near Interstate 26. ReopeningtheLeatherman Terminal will provide the port with the capacity to handle an additional700,000Twenty-foot Equivalent Units (TEUs), particularly in preparation for the expected increase in traf-fic from Southeast Asia and the Indian Subcontinent soon.AccordingtoPortoffi-cials,phasetwooftheter-minalexpansionisalso underway and will add 1,600 feet of wharf. This will give theterminalasecondberth to handle the worlds largest containershipsandprovide room for up to five additional ship-to-shore (STS) cranes.The Mediterranean Ship-pingCompany(MSC),the worldslargestcontainer shippingline,launchedtwo newweeklyservicesatthe Port of Charlestons Leather-man Terminal last September.The Albatross and Dragon services,bothtransatlantic'