South Carolina Ports (SC Ports) announced impressive performance for the month of October, with container volumes showing signs of recovery and even reaching new record highs.

Despite a 9% year-over-year decrease in container volumes, mainly driven by a decline in empty volumes, which fell 27% yoy, loaded import and export twenty-foot equivalent units (TEUs) only experienced a marginal 1% decline.

The highlight of the month was the achievement of the highest monthly container volume ever recorded at Wando Welch Terminal, with 116,745 pier containers handled, surpassing the previous record set in March 2021.