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GSP Cuts Ribbon on New Cargo Facility

September 10, 2019

The Greenville-Spartanburg International Airport celebrated the opening of a $33 million air cargo facility on Monday, making room for a significant increase in cargo traffic and tripling the number of jumbo cargo planes that can load and unload at once. GSP President…

Southwest Announces New Nonstop Service to Baltimore

May 31, 2019

Reno Deaton

airport, export, greer news, logistics, scjustright, tourism, transportation

Southwest Airlines announced plans today to offer new daily nonstop service from Greenville-Spartanburg International Airport (GSP) to Baltimore (BWI). Southwest will offer the only nonstop service on the route, which will provide easy access to the nation’s capital region and…

Greenville-Spartanburg Airport Effect on Upstate Economy Approaches $3B

December 18, 2018

Reno Deaton

airport, development, export, facts & figures

Greenville-Spartanburg International Airport CEO Dave Edwards was expecting a new study of GSP’s economic impact to show a leap, even a giant leap, since the last two studies in 2009 and 2012. But he wasn’t ready for an impact eight times…

Manufacturers Fuel Air Cargo Boom in South Carolina Upstate

August 9, 2018

Reno Deaton

airport, export, logistics, manufacturing

One South Carolina airport is seeing a booming business in cargo after high-tech businesses have streamlined their supply chains. Cargo tonnage flown out of Greenville-Spartanburg International Airport has doubled since 2016, and logistics firm Senator International has no more room…

Senator International Adds Weekly Cargo Flight to Mexico from GSP

June 26, 2018

Reno Deaton

airport, export, logistics

Greenville-Spartanburg Airport District and Senator International are pleased to announce the addition of a weekly cargo flight between Greenville-Spartanburg International Airport and Querétaro Intercontinental Airport. Querétaro, located near Mexico City in Mexico’s Bajio region, is home to automotive, aerospace and…

Inland Port Greer’s Volume Up More Than 4 Percent Since Start of 2018 Fiscal Year

March 6, 2018

Reno Deaton

export, inland port, scjustright

Since the start of SCPA’s fiscal year in July, the volume of its inland port in Spartanburg County has increased to 66,308 rail moves moves, a more than 4 percent jump compared with the same period of 2017. The South Carolina…

Greer-Based BMW Manufacturing Continues as Largest U.S. Automotive Exporter

February 14, 2018

Reno Deaton

automotive, bmw, export, manufacturing

BMW Manufacturing exported 272,346 BMW X models from the Spartanburg plant during 2017. Nearly 87 percent of these Sports Activity Vehicles and Coupes were exported through the Port of Charleston with an export value of approximately $8.76 billion, according to…

Inland Port Greer Experiences 20 Percent Annual Growth

January 23, 2018

Reno Deaton

export, facts & figures, inland port

South Carolina Ports Authority reported nine percent container volume growth in 2017 with a record-setting 2.2 million twenty-foot equivalent container units handled during the year. Inland Port Greer handled 7,646 rail moves in December, pushing the facility’s volumes to a…

Port of Charleston best positioned for cargo, economic trends, SunTrust economist says

September 19, 2016

Reno Deaton

export, scjustright, transportation

The Port of Charleston, with its roughly $2.2 billion in improvements and expansions planned by 2020, will be in the best position of any U.S. seaport to capitalize on the Southeast’s growing economic dominance and an American supply chain that…

SC Ports Authority celebrates success of inland Port Greer

April 21, 2016

Reno Deaton

export, industrial, inland port, transportation

South Carolina Ports Authority held a celebration of the success of Inland Port Greer, a critical component of the intermodal container logistics landscape in South Carolina and the Southeast region less than three years after opening in November 2013. “This…

GSP Cuts Ribbon on New Cargo Facility

Southwest Announces New Nonstop Service to Baltimore

Greenville-Spartanburg Airport Effect on Upstate Economy Approaches $3B

Manufacturers Fuel Air Cargo Boom in South Carolina Upstate

Senator International Adds Weekly Cargo Flight to Mexico from GSP

Inland Port Greer’s Volume Up More Than 4 Percent Since Start of 2018 Fiscal Year

Greer-Based BMW Manufacturing Continues as Largest U.S. Automotive Exporter

Inland Port Greer Experiences 20 Percent Annual Growth

Port of Charleston best positioned for cargo, economic trends, SunTrust economist says

SC Ports Authority celebrates success of inland Port Greer

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