CHARLESTON

  • General
    • Vessel Name : CHARLESTON 0
    • Operator : AMHERST MADISON 0
    • Ships Type (ICST) : 432 0
    • Vessel Type : 35 0
    • Construction : A 0
  • Engine
    • Horsepower rating : 2400 0
  • Location
    • City : CHARLESTON 0
    • STATE : WV 0
  • Capacity
    • Net Tonnage : 299 0
  • Size
    • Register length : 135.7 257
    • Regular Breadth : 28 257
    • Overall Length : 146 257
    • Overall Breadt : 28.6 257
    • Load draft : 7.5 257
    • Light Draft : 7 257
    • Height : 31.9 257
  • Other
    • Year : 1947 0
    • EQUIP1 : NONE 0
    • Coast Guard Number : 254269 0

AMHERST MADISON

  • Area of Operation : KANAWHA RIVER--ALLOY AND HAREWOOD, WV TO OHIO RIVER--PITTSBURGH, PA TO CAIRO, IL; TENNESSEE RIVER MILE 250; MORGANTOWN, WV TO PITTSBURGH, PA; MON RIVER MILE 101 0
  • Principal Commodity : TOWING, SAND AND GRAVEL, COAL 0

MCS

  • Type : 43 0
  • Construction : A 0

AI

  • Type : 74 0
  • Construction : A 0

ALABAMA

  • Type : 35 0
  • Construction : A 0

ALAN P. HALL

  • Type : 35 0
  • Construction : A 0

ANDY MULLINS

  • Type : 35 0
  • Construction : A 0

BUS BROWN

  • Type : 35 0
  • Construction : A 0

CAPT. ED HARRIS

  • Type : 35 0
  • Construction : A 0

DR. EDWIN H. WELCH

  • Type : 35 0
  • Construction : A 0

DREMA G. WOODS

  • Type : 35 0
  • Construction : A 0

EARL FRANKLIN

  • Type : 35 0
  • Construction : A 0

ELINOR D

  • Type : 35 0
  • Construction : A 0

FLORENCE T

  • Type : 35 0
  • Construction : A 0

FRED WAY

  • Type : 35 0
  • Construction : A 0

GEORGE W. JONES III

  • Type : 35 0
  • Construction : A 0

IRON DUKE

  • Type : 35 0
  • Construction : A 0

J. S. LEWIS

  • Type : 35 0
  • Construction : A 0

LADY LOIS

  • Type : 35 0
  • Construction : A 0

LAWSON W. HAMILTON

  • Type : 35 0
  • Construction : A 0

LUCEDALE

  • Type : 35 0
  • Construction : A 0

MAJOR

  • Type : 35 0
  • Construction : A 0

MARY ELLEN JONES

  • Type : 35 0
  • Construction : A 0

MILTON

  • Type : 35 0
  • Construction : A 0

MISS ANNE

  • Type : 35 0
  • Construction : A 0

NELL

  • Type : 35 0
  • Construction : A 0

O NELSON JONES

  • Type : 35 0
  • Construction : A 0

RELIANT

  • Type : 35 0
  • Construction : A 0

SHIRLEY

  • Type : 35 0
  • Construction : A 0

TENNESSEE

  • Type : 36 0
  • Construction : A 0

TOM COOK

  • Type : 35 0
  • Construction : A 0

WEST VIRGINIA

  • Type : 35 0
  • Construction : A 0

WILLIAM E. BARR

  • Type : 35 0
  • Construction : A 0

ABC

  • Type : 43 0
  • Construction : A 0

AMI

  • Type : 43 0
  • Construction : A 0

News

NRF: Imports to Soar on Tariff Threat, Potential Port Strike

With a strike possible again next month at East Coast and Gulf Coast container ports and President-elect Donald Trump planning to increase tariffs, the nation’s major container ports are expected to see a continued surge in imports through next spring, according to the Global Port Tracker report released today by the National Retail Federation and Hackett Associates.

HII Intends to Acquire SC-based Metal Fabricator

HII Intends to Acquire SC-based Metal Fabricator

HII announced today that it has entered into a definitive agreement to acquire substantially all of the assets of W International SC, LLC and Vivid Empire SC, LLC (collectively “W International”), a South Carolina-based complex metal fabricator specializing in the manufacture of shipbuilding structures, modules and assemblies.

America’s Ports: A New Awakening [?]

America’s Ports: A New Awakening [?]

Washington comes to grips with the reality that the domestic intermodal equation includes four modes. One of them is by water. It’s about time.One of the great things about spending five years in retirement (I mean, aside from being blissfully idle while you toiled) is that, when you do come back to work, you enjoy a truly fresh perspective in all aspects of your job.

European Automakers to Feel Biggest Impact from US Dockworkers Strike

European Automakers to Feel Biggest Impact from US Dockworkers Strike

European automakers are the most likely to be affected by the dockworkers strike at U.S. East Coast and Gulf Coast ports because they rely heavily on those locations, but a longer walkout could prove "debilitating" to the entire sector, industry officials and analysts said.The dockworkers began their first large-scale stoppage in nearly 50 years early on Tuesday

US East Coast Ports Union Prepping for Possible Strike

US East Coast Ports Union Prepping for Possible Strike

The International Longshoremen's Association union, representing 45,000 workers at major container ports from Texas to Maine, will begin two days of meetings on Wednesday to review wage demands and prepare for a potential strike on Oct. 1.Formal talks have reached an impasse as the union and the United States Maritime Alliance employer group wrangle over pay, automation

Containership Loses Power Near New York’s Bayonne Bridge

Containership Loses Power Near New York’s Bayonne Bridge

A containership lost propulsion in a busy New York City waterway just as it was about to pass under the Bayonne Bridge on Friday night—less than two weeks after a presumed power failure caused similarly sized vessel to allide with Baltimore’s Francis Scott Key Bridge.The U.S. Coast Guard said it received a report that the Malta-registered APL Qingdao lost propulsion about 8:30 p.m.

10-Year-Old Pilot Boat Back to Gladding-Hearn for Repower, Refit

10-Year-Old Pilot Boat Back to Gladding-Hearn for Repower, Refit

Charleston Branch Pilots have returned a pilot boat to Gladding-Hearn after 10 years of continuous service for the port of Charlestown. The all-aluminum vessel will be repowered and refitted with a new Seakeeper 40 gyro stabilizer.The 65’ Fort Ripley was designed by Ray Hunt Design and Gladding-Hearn and built by the Somerset, Mass., shipyard in 2014.

Tech Feature: (No) Rocking the Boat

Tech Feature: (No) Rocking the Boat

Seakeeper’s motion control technology can improve the performance of even the most impressive of workboats. Partnering with Seakeeper and Gladding-Hearn, the Charleston Pilots did just that, once again setting the bar for excellence.On a beautiful Autumn afternoon in Charleston, SC, way back in 2014, MarineNews had the good fortune to attend the christening on the nation’s first dual purpose

SC Ports Expands Inland Port to Meet Market Demand

SC Ports Expands Inland Port to Meet Market Demand

SC Ports has expanded its container yard at Inland Port Greer to handle customers' growth.South Carolina Ports is enhancing its intermodal connections in South Carolina with the ongoing expansion of Inland Port Greer and construction of the Navy Base Intermodal Facility.SC Ports is investing to expand Inland Port Greer with more cargo and rail capabilities to support customers’ growth in the

MSC and ZIM Partner on Transpacific Trade

MSC and ZIM Partner on Transpacific Trade

Container liner shipping company ZIM Integrated Shipping Services Ltd., announced it has entered into a new long-term operational cooperation with Mediterranean Shipping Company (MSC) on the Asia - U.S. East Coast and Asia - U.S. Gulf trades.The new services are scheduled to be launched in February 2025, subject to regulatory approvals and filings, ZIM said.

Maersk Skips Sailings Due to Significant Port Congestion in Asia, Mediterranean

Maersk Skips Sailings Due to Significant Port Congestion in Asia, Mediterranean

Maersk faces significant terminal congestion in Mediterranean and Asian ports, causing substantial delays in its vessel schedule, the Danish shipping group said in a statement on Monday.As a result of that congestion, the world's second-largest container shipping company, will skip two westbound sailings from China and South Korea that had been planned to depart in early July, it added.

Pilot Error Caused Tanker to Strike Naval Pier in South Carolina

Pilot Error Caused Tanker to Strike Naval Pier in South Carolina

A pilot maneuvering a vessel too close to a bank, before a turn on the Cooper River led to the collapse of a 300-foot section of pier at Joint Base Charleston’s Naval Weapons Station in South Carolina, the National Transportation Safety Board (NTSB) said Tuesday.The 600-foot-long tanker Bow Triumph—owned by Goldex Fortune Ltd.