Tagged: Charleston

Union Pier Terminal is beginning a new chapter with the end of cruise ships. The last cruise ship docked and departed, but what replaces it hopes to reshape the city’s waterfront for generations to come. (more…)

Last spring, just after cruise ship opponents won a key victory in the state Supreme Court, the South Carolina Ports Authority and the Coastal Conservation League began secret negotiations to settle the decade-long standoff on the waterfront. (postandcourier.com)

Neighbors affected by a proposed Charleston cruise terminal’s diesel soot and traffic congestion will finally have their voices heard on the terminal’s state permits. The Supreme Court of South Carolina ruled the neighbors do indeed have the right – or the legal “standing” – to challenge allegedly unlawful pollution permits that will harm them. (southernenvironment.org)

Union Pier is likely to be in the headlines during the coming year thanks to a court decision, a probable deal with Carnival Cruise Line and plans to sell a part of the prime waterfront site. (postandcourier.com)

Screeching car alarms before sunrise. Snarled traffic on Laurens and Concord streets. Blaring Caribbean music piercing Charleston’s quiet. These sights and sounds are now commonplace in downtown’s historic Ansonborough neighborhood. (postandcourier.com)

As a new, larger cruise ship begins docking in Charleston next week, the city’s ongoing relationship with the cruise industry remains on choppy waters. While several state agencies and nonprofits are tied up in legal wrangling over permits and other issues, vendors on Market Street say more cruise ships porting near their stations are only impacting traffic, not necessarily contributing to more cash in their pockets. (postandcourier.com)

Just after sunrise at the end of Market Street on Friday, the Carnival Ecstasy docked at the State Ports Authority’s Union Pier and emptied thousands of passengers from a five-day cruise onto the city of Charleston’s sidewalks. (postandcourier.com)

Environmental and historic preservation groups opposed to a new cruise ship terminal on Charleston’s peninsula are asking the state Supreme Court to review a lower court’s ruling that helped clear the way for construction. (postandcourier.com)

Opponents of a new cruise ship terminal on Charleston’s peninsula will ask the state Supreme Court to rule on their effort to block its construction following a lower court’s decision not to reconsider the matter. (postandcourier.com)

For the first time, the number of cruise ships scheduled to dock in Charleston has hit the State Ports Authority’s voluntary 104-ship annual limit, and that could send some cruise ship business here. (postandcourier.com)

The debate over a new cruise ship terminal in Charleston’s Historic District is finally going to be heard by the state Court of Appeals – nearly three years after environmental and preservation groups filed their petition with the court. (postandcourier.com)

The battle over a new cruise ship terminal in downtown Charleston won’t be overshadowed by the presidential election after all. (postandcourier.com)

After months of delays, the state Court of Appeals has set a date — actually two of them — to hear arguments in a case that will determine whether the State Ports Authority gets one of the permits it needs to build a new cruise ship terminal near Charleston’s Historic District. (postandcourier.com)

The Southern Environmental Law Center on Thursday called for the State Ports Authority to move its proposed cruise ship terminal away from the city’s Historic District and to Veterans Terminal in North Charleston. (postandcourier.com)

Plans for a new cruise ship terminal at Charleston’s Union Pier will be debated during a public hearing next month as the Army Corps of Engineers continues to study whether the State Ports Authority should get a federal permit to build the facility. (postandcourier.com)

Attorneys will wait a few more months before arguing over a state permit for a $35 million passenger cruise terminal in downtown Charleston. (counton2.com)

“Within the context of the city of Charleston, we have a nice incremental bump up each year (in vessel calls),” said Peter Lehman, vice president of cruise and real estate for the port. 2015 closed with 94 calls, and 2016 is expected to bring in 99. (cruiseindustrynews.com)

Attorneys will have to wait until next year to argue about a permit for a contentious $35 million passenger cruise terminal in downtown Charleston. (postandcourier.com)

A video purportedly showing the potential visual impact of cruise ships on Charleston’s Historic District is drawing heat from those who support a proposed new terminal at Union Pier. (postandcourier.com)

The Army Corps of Engineers is sorting through hundreds of comments and the S.C. Court of Appeals has set arguments for later this year in the ongoing dispute over a proposed $35 million cruise passenger terminal in Charleston. (postandcourier.com)

The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers is sorting through hundreds of comments and the South Carolina Court of Appeals has set arguments for later this year in the ongoing dispute over a proposed $35 million passenger cruise terminal in Charleston. (sacbee.com)

Almost two years after a federal judge called for a do-over, the South Carolina Ports Authority is again seeking an Army Corps of Engineers permit for a contentious $35 million cruise passenger terminal in Charleston. (travelagentcentral.com)

The South Carolina Supreme Court is declining to hear a challenge of a permit for a contentious $35 million cruise passenger terminal in Charleston. (abcnews4.com)

The Army Corps of Engineers will issue a public notice in the coming weeks that could reactivate plans for a new cruise ship terminal at Union Pier, even as a legal battle over the proposal plays out in state court. (postandcourier.com)

Attorneys have put their final written arguments before a state appeals court in a challenge of a permit for a contentious $35 million Charleston cruise passenger terminal. (thestate.com)

It’s been three years since we last weighed in on the big cruise ship battle in Charleston, S.C. Our view then (and now)? (fitsnews.com)

The South Carolina Court of Appeals should let stand a state permit for a $35 million cruise terminal in Charleston, attorneys for the South Carolina Ports Authority argue. (nytimes.com)