Congress Backs SC Ports Provisions in Water Resources Reform and Development Act
May 22, 2014CHARLESTON, SC – Today, Congress finalized the Water Resources Reform and Development Act (WRRDA), solidifying critical provisions for SCPA initiatives, including the Post-45 Harbor Deepening Project. “We applaud Congress for their…
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GSP Ranks Below Average Domestic Fare
May 4, 2014GREER, SC – April 29, 2014 – Passengers flying out of the Greenville-Spartanburg International Airport (GSP) are paying lower than average domestic fares according to the US Department of Transportation’s…
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Banner financial year for the Southern Connector
February 18, 2014GREENVILLE, SC – February 18, 2014 – Officials with the Southern Connector released information today showing that 2013 was successful financially following the toll road’s bankruptcy restructuring. The following were…
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Southern Connector appears on Cinemax
January 17, 2014GREENVILLE, SC – January 20, 2014 – The Southern Connector was featured in a key scene this week on the season premiere of the Emmy-award winning Cinemax show, Banshee. The…
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Southeastern Freight Lines Promotes John Greene to Fleet Services Manager at Greenville Service Center
October 31, 2013LEXINGTON, SC – October 31, 2013 – Southeastern Freight Lines, the leading provider of regional less-than-truckload (LTL) transportation services, today announced that John Greene has been promoted from an A-class…
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The COMET’s Director Named To Mass Transit’s Top 40 Under 40
September 13, 2013COLUMBIA, SC – September 13, 2013 – Robert Schneider, executive director of The COMET (Central Midlands Transit) has been named to the fifh annual Mass Transit Top 40 Under 40…
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Southeastern Freight Lines Receives Quest for Quality Award 30 Years in a Row
September 9, 2013LEXINGTON, SC – September 9, 2013 – Southeastern Freight Lines, a leading provider of regional less-than-truckload (LTL) transportation services, has been honored with Logistics Management’s 2013 Quest for Quality Award…
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Southern Connector to host film crews next week
April 19, 2013GREENVILLE, SC – April 22, 2013 – The Southern Connector will shut down for 72 hours next week to allow a television crew on site to film scenes for an…
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Kia Motors president visits Kia of Greer
April 17, 2013GREER, SC – April 17, 2013 – Byung Mo Ahn, the group president and chief executive officer of Kia Motors America, visited Kia of Greer this week as the dealership’s…
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Customer Effective Client Recognized by Microsoft for Outstanding Business Achievements with the 2013 Dynamic Business Award: Enterprise
March 12, 2013GREENVILLE, SC – March 12, 2013 – Customer Effective announced that their customer, CSX Transportation, was recognized by Microsoft® with the 2013 Dynamic Business: Enterprise Award as part of the…
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Citizen Group Applauds New Transportation Oversight Committee
October 15, 2012Richland County Council Announced New Transportation Penny Advisory Committee to Offer More Local Control RICHLAND COUNTY, SC – The Citizens for a Greater Midlands (CGM) applauded Richland County Council for…
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Best Chevrolet to auction off Camaro to charity
October 10, 2012EASLEY, SC – October 10, 2012 – Best Chevrolet has purchased a debated 2010 Chevrolet Camaro today and will auction of the vehicle to benefit the March of Dimes of…
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Charleston Fastest-Growing Top 10 U.S. Container Port in First Half of 2012
August 22, 2012July Box Volume Jumps 16% in Charleston CHARLESTON, SC – August 22, 2012 – The Port of Charleston was the fastest-growing top 10 U.S. container port for the first six…
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SCDOT Seeks Public Comment For Proposed 2013 Funding Plans for Federal-Aid & Mass Transit Programs
August 21, 2012COLUMBIA, SC – August 21, 2012 – The South Carolina Department of Transportation (SCDOT) is seeking public comment on proposed funding plans for the 2013 Federal-Aid and Mass Transit Programs. …
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SC Public Railways partners with Water Missions International
August 6, 2012COLUMBIA, SC – August 6, 2012 – South Carolina Public Railways today announced its partnership with Charleston faith-based Water Missions International. Public Railways will provide warehouse space at the old…
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MYR Average Air Fares Lowest in State
July 25, 2012MYRTLE BEACH, SC – July 25, 2012 – Myrtle Beach International Airport’s (MYR) average air fares are the lowest in South Carolina according to US Bureau of Transportation Statistics (BTS). …
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President Names Charleston Harbor Deepening to Priority Infrastructure List
July 19, 2012CHARLESTON, SC – July 19, 2012 – The President of the United States has named Charleston’s Post 45 Harbor Deepening Project one of the nation’s seven priority infrastructure projects, committing…
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FAA adds Boeing South Carolina operations to Boeing Commercial Airplanes production Certificate
June 27, 2012NORTH CHARLESTON, SC – June 27, 2012 – Boeing [NYSE: BA] announced that the Federal Aviation Administration has added its Boeing South Carolina operations to the Boeing Commercial Airplanes production…
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SC Ports Adds Reinecke to Executive Sales Team
June 18, 2012CHARLESTON, SC – June 18, 2012 – The South Carolina Ports Authority (SCPA) has hired Robert G. Bob Reinecke to the newly created position of Vice President, Global Account Sales.…
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Greenville Downtown Airport Park Project Underway
June 7, 2012GREENVILLE, SC – June 7, 2012 – Earth moving equipment worked for several days to prepare raw land fortransformation into a new park at the Greenville Downtown Airport in SouthCarolina. When…
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Charleston Adds New NWA/Evergreen Far East Service
May 8, 2012CHARLESTON, SC – May 8, 2012 – The New World Alliance consortium of ocean carriers and Evergreen are launching a new Far East weekly container service in June, marking the…
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Workshop Generates Ideas for Transit Oriented Development Strategy
May 7, 2012GREENVILLE, SC – May 7, 2012 – On Thursday evening, as part of the Connections for Sustainability project, the City hosted a Transit Oriented Development (TOD) workshop, which provided property…
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SCDOT Announces Two TIGER Grant Awards
May 7, 2012COLUMBIA, SC – May 7, 2012 – The South Carolina Department of Transportation (SCDOT) is announcing the award of two USDOT Transportation Investment Generating Economic Recovery (TIGER) Grants for projects…
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South Carolina Ports Authority hires Blair Boldizar as Public Relations Associate
May 4, 2012CHARLESTON, SC – May 4, 2012 – Blair Boldizar has joined the South Carolina Ports Authority as a Public Relations Associate. Blair brings to the Authority a wealth of media…
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South Carolina Ports Authority hires Sara Parrish as Manager, Government Relations
May 4, 2012CHARLESTON, SC – May 4, 2012 – Sara Parrish has joined the South Carolina Ports Authority as Manager, Government Relations. She earned both a Bachelor of Arts in English and…
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Southern Connector switches to sticker tag style Palmetto Pass
May 3, 2012GREENVILLE, SC – May 3, 2012 – The Southern Connector is switching to a new “sticker tag” transponder in an effort to reduce the number of replacement transponders it issues…
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Palmetto Cycling Coalition Announces Safe Streets Save Lives Campaign and Bike Giveaway
May 3, 2012COLUMBIA, SC – May 3, 2012 – Palmetto Cycling Coalition, a non-profit organization dedicated to making South Carolina safe for all cyclists, has kicked off Safe Streets Save Lives, a…
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Greenville's New Pilot Shop Naming Contest
May 2, 2012GREENVILLE, SC – May 2, 2012 – The Greenville Downtown Airport will soon have its own pilot shop, statedJoe Frasher, Airport Director for the Greenville Downtown Airport (GMU). The Internet…
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CargoComposites Announces New Web-based Customer Tools Portal
April 25, 2012User Friendly Guides, Videos, Links, and Interactive Blog CHARLESTON, SC – April 24, 2012 – CargoComposites recently launched a new Customer Tools Portal on its website for air cargo professionals…
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S.C. Public Railways expands redevelopment efforts at Navy base
April 6, 2012Buildings being razed after years of neglect COLUMBIA, SC – April 5, 2012 – South Carolina Public Railways todayannounced demolition plans of old, unsafe buildings located on theformer Navy base. “In an…
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Proterra Welcomes New VP of Engineering
March 27, 2012GREENVILLE, SC – March 27, 2012 – Proterra, the leading maker of zero-emission commercial transit solutions, is pleased to announce John Sleconich recently joined the organization as its new vice…
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Proterra Introduces New VP of Sales and Marketing
March 25, 2012GREENVILLE, SC – March 22, 2012 – Proterra, the leading maker of zero-emission commercial transit solutions, is pleased to announce the appointment of Ian Shackleton as its new vice president…
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Proterra participates in 2012 TASC Annual Exhibition
March 14, 2012GREENVILLE, SC – March 13, 2012 – Proterra, maker of the world’s first fast-charge battery-electric, transit bus will take part in the Transportation Association of South Carolina (TASC) 2012 Annual…
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Design Released for Community Aviation Destination at Greenville Downtown Airport
March 14, 2012GREENVILLE, SC – March 14, 2012 – The Greenville Airport Commission revealed a color rendering forthe public park project that is being worked on. McLeod LandscapeArchitects, LLC, a local landscape architectural…
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Learn to Fly for Free Contest Just Took Off!
March 7, 2012GREENVILLE, SC – March 7, 2012 – AirwolfAviation Services, Greenville Downtown Airport and Greenville JetCenter have joined forces with Greenville Business Magazine to give awayan entire flight training package! Many…
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Taxiway B at Donaldson Field is Now Open
February 21, 2012GREENVILLE, SC – February 21, 2012 – Taxiway B at South Carolina Technology and Aviation Center’s (SCTAC) Donaldson Field opened for air traffic on Thursday, February 2, 2012. The completion…
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Performance Team Opens On-Terminal Transload Operation at Port of Charleston
February 19, 2012CHARLESTON, SC – February 19, 2012 – One of the nation’s leading logistics providers is opening acontainer transloading facility at the Port of Charleston to speed itscustomers’ supply chains. …
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Stevens Aviation Appoints Paul Witt General Manager of Greenville Operations Facility
February 17, 2012GREENVILLE, SC – February 16, 2012 – StevensAviation, a diversified aircraft service provider offering expertise inthe areas of aircraft maintenance and modification, fixed baseoperations and flight services, has appointed PaulWitt…
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State Transportation Infrastructure Board Approves Funding for Dorchester County
February 10, 2012ST. GEORGE, SC – February 9, 2012 – The South Carolina Transportation Infrastructure Bank Board (SCTIB) approved Dorchester County’s request for $19 Million for critical transportation improvements at their meeting…
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Corps Funding Advances Charleston Harbor Project
February 8, 2012CHARLESTON, SC – February 8, 2012 – Charleston’salready-underway harbor deepening project got anotherboost today with the release of the U.S. Army Corps ofEngineers’ Work Plan for the remainder of Fiscal…
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Building America’s Future South Carolina Chapter Releases Report on the Need for Repairs to the State’s Roads, Bridges, and Ports
January 23, 2012Smart infrastructure plan is necessary to meet the demands of the 21st century and boost the economy COLUMBIA, SC – January 20, 2012 – As the nation’s eyes turn to South…
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Smith Moore Leatherwood Attorney Rob Moseley Appointed to SMC3 Education Advisory Committee
January 20, 2012GREENVILLE, SC – January 20, 2012 – Smith Moore Leatherwood attorney Rob Moseley has been appointed to the newly formed Education Advisory Committee of SMC3, a trucking industry group which…
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R. Eddie Adams Elected SCDOT Commission Chairman, J. Craig Forrest Elected Commission Vice Chairman
January 20, 2012COLUMBIA, SC – January 19, 2012 – The South Carolina Department ofTransportation (SCDOT) Commission on Thursday, Jan. 19, 2012, elected R.Eddie Adams to serve as Commission Chairman and J. Craig…
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EagleMed Opens Base at Greenville Downtown Airport in S.C.
January 18, 2012GREENVILLE, SC – January 18, 2012 – When a medical emergency occurs, time is crucial to saving lives. Up until now, people in the Upstate of South Carolina who needed…
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Business Up at South Carolina Ports in 2011, Charleston Harbor Deepening Advances
January 17, 2012CHARLESTON, SC – January 17, 2012 – The South Carolina Ports Authority (SCPA) closed calendar year 2011 with volume increases across business segments, concluding a year highlighted by progress on…
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TIGHITCO Joins Sikorsky’s S-97 RAIDER™ Team to Build a Light Tactical Next-Generation Helicopter
January 13, 2012N. CHARLESTON, SC – January 12, 2012 – TIGHITCO (T-I-G-hit-co) today announced it will participate as a member of Sikorsky Aircraft Corporation’s S-97 RAIDER™ helicopter supplier team. The S-97 RAIDER™ is…
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Air Traffic is Up at the Greenville Downtown Airport
January 10, 2012GREENVILLE, SC – January 10, 2012 – “In 2011, air traffic at the Greenville Downtown Airportrose 6% over year ending 2010!, according to Joe Frasher,Airport Director at the Greenville Downtown Airport (GMU) in…
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Local Transportation Organizations Approve Collaboration Agreement
January 10, 2012UPSTATE, SC – January 10, 2011 – Illustrating the importance of collaboration, partnerships and planning as we look toward future transportation needs in the Upstate, the two largest federally mandated…
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SCDOT Response to Reports of Overruns on Two Interstate Projects
December 14, 2011COLUMBIA, SC – December 14, 2011 – This release is a response by the South Carolina Department ofTransportation (SCDOT) to a report published in the Greenville News onSunday December 11,…
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Clyburn Announces $12 Million TIGER Grant for I-95/US 301 Interchange
December 13, 2011WASHINGTON, DC – December 13, 2011 – Sixth District Congressman andHouse Assistant Democratic Leader James E. Clyburn today announcedOrangeburg County has received a $12.1 million U.S. Department ofTransportation TIGER grant…
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