Technical Data
Port Specifications
- UNLOCODE
- USCHS
- Port Type
- Container
- Terminals
- 3
- Berth Count
- 49
- Max Draught
- 14.4 m
- Country
- 🇺🇸 USA
Conditions
Current Weather
Overview
About This Port
A fast-growing US Southeast container port in South Carolina. The Hugh K. Leatherman Terminal provides state-of-the-art near-dock rail facilities.
Location
Coordinates
32.7833°N, 79.9167°W
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Live Data
Port Congestion
30-Day Berth Occupancy Trend
Waiting Vessels Trend
Expected arrivals
7 inboundVessels underway broadcasting a destination that resolves to this port, closest first. Distance is the real sea route (around land and through canals); the computed ETA is at the vessel’s passage speed. The crew’s own reported ETA is shown alongside for comparison.
| Vessel | Type | Distance | Speed | ETA (computed) | Crew ETA |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| VALENTINA 1 | Bulk Carrier | 0 nm | 7.9 kn | 30 Jun | — |
| TORRENTE | Container Ship | 5 nm | 5.1 kn | 30 Jun | — |
| MURUETA | General Cargo | 5 nm | 9.1 kn | 30 Jun | — |
| NCC DANAH | Oil or Chemical Tanker | 5 nm | 5.8 kn | 30 Jun | — |
| CMA CGM PHOENIX | Container Ship | 48 nm | 1.8 kn | 30 Jun | 30 Jun |
| VICTORIOUS ACE | Vehicles Carrier | 173 nm | 18.3 kn | 30 Jun | 29 Jun |
| SPIRIT OF AUCKLAND | Container Ship | 487 nm | 13.3 kn | 1 Jul | — |
Network
Connectivity & hub role
How central Charleston sits in the sea-route network we cover — a connectivity score across navigable distances. A higher score means the port is navigationally close to many other well-connected ports, the maritime signature of a hub.
Directly routable to 179 other covered ports.
- USPort of Savannah134 nm
- USNorfolk438 nm
- USMiami448 nm
- USAlexandria527 nm
- USPhiladelphia603 nm
- USNew York-New Jersey642 nm
- JMPort Antonio1,080 nm
- CAHalifax1,090 nm
Method. A connectivity score across our own route network: a port reads higher when it is navigationally close to many other well-connected ports. The score is rescaled 0–100 within the snapshot, so the single most-connected port reads 100. Distances are Suez / Panama / Malacca-aware navigable sea miles.
Coverage. The route network spans the 180 largest commercial ports, so this ranks hubs within that covered network, not against every port on earth. The number is deterministic — no confidence grade is invented. Computed Jun 30, 2026.
Risk & quality
Port risk & quality
A coverage-weighted blend of recorded Port-State-Control detentions, marine casualties and live congestion at Charleston. Higher means more risk exposure for a ship calling here — it is a count of recorded events, not a judgement of the port's management.
Built from 67% of the three signals.
Method. Each signal is normalised to 0–10 against an empirical cap, then blended weighting safety (detentions 0.40, casualties 0.35) above operational congestion (0.25). A port is scored only on the signals it has data for, and the weights renormalise — a missing signal is never credited as a safe 0.
Coverage. PSC and casualty data here is regional (US, UK, Canada), so most ports show only congestion and carry a low-confidence flag. Detention/casualty counts come from a country-scoped name match (≈60% of US detentions resolve); unmatched records are dropped, not force-fit.
Detention and casualty signals are screened against open port-state-control and marine-casualty records, combined with our own AIS-derived congestion. Updated Jun 23, 2026.
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