The CKYH alliance of ocean carriers will use the Port of Charleston for a new, weekly container service with coverage across Northeast Asia. The AWE-6 is a new service offering for the carrier group, which includes COSCO, K-Line, Yang Ming and Hanjin. Shippers will have access to direct trade routes to Yantian, Ningbo and Shanghai in China, as well as Pusan, South Korea via the Panama Canal. The carriers will deploy nine ships for the service, which will add 52 ship calls a year at North Charleston Terminal, beginning about June 19.

The Port of Palm Beach District Commission approved a $26 million restoration project to Slip Number 3 at the Port of Palm Beach. The project includes expanding the Slip on the north side to increase the width of the basin and adding a Roll-On/Roll-Off (Ro/Ro) ramp to the west side of the Slip, increasing the number Ro/Ro ramps at the Port to five. In 2011, 1.3 million tons of cargo was shipped through Slip Number 3. The port also has applied for a federal Transportation Investment Generating Economic Recovery (TIGER) Grant and will learn in May if additional funds will be available for the Port to add a marginal wharf that will then allow for further expansion of the slip, providing an even wider berth to accommodate larger vessels in the future, officials said.