SC Ports getting behind Jasper warehouse project as that county’s cargo terminal remains in limbo

By: David Wren

Outlets: South Carolina Daily Gazette

Published: January 29, 2026

Words: 1,207

Last Updated: 3 weeks, 2 days ago

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With a seaport terminal in Jasper County still at least decades in the future, efforts are underway to bring economic development of another type to thousands of acres along the South Carolina side of the Savannah River.

The S.C. State Ports Authority on Wednesday asked state legislators to transfer $2 million from a fund for the Jasper Ocean Terminal to a group that’s looking to bring a cold-storage warehouse facility to land adjacent to the …

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