SC Ports cut operating costs 20 percent and calls phase one of its turnaround done

SC Ports chief executive Micah Mallace told a record 1,150 people at the Charleston Area Convention Center on Oct. 27 that the agency cut operating expenses 20 percent this year and has finished the first phase of its turnaround plan.

Why this matters here

The port is the Lowcountry's biggest single economic engine, and Mallace says what it needs next is warehouse space for consumer goods. That is a build-out local operators can plan around.