Container handling through the Port of Charleston surged 18.7% higher in October compared to a year earlier. That was largely due to a jump in handling of empty containers, which in turn was the result of a delay to the start of Charleston’s truck and rail chassis pooling arrangements with Savannah until January. Looking only at loaded containers the growth in handling was just 7.3%, with exports having fallen by 1.3% and imports up 15.1%. The latter was mostly down to increased shipments from South Korea and Singapore, though imports from Chinese ports still climbed 7.1% as shi...