Third public hearing set for Charleston cruise terminal.
The public will get another chance to weigh in on a new cruise ship terminal being proposed for the Charleston peninsula. Read more and get information on time and location of DHEC hearing.
“Our seafood scene — will it continue to thrive?” by Peg Moore in Charleston Mercury: “Owners and chefs of our most important downtown restaurants have spoken to us and written to us…(and P&C)…, urging that cruise ships be regulated and located outside of the fragile historic district.”
Will our seafood continue to thrive? Along with the price of fuel and competition from cheap, possibly polluted imports, our seafood economy also faces the threat — perceived and real — of water poll ...
Cruise control- a response to Jay Williams’ recent commentary in P&C
Jay Williams’ commentary, “Facts demand cruise policy course change,” was excellent. He is absolutely right that no permit should be given for the downtown cruise terminal. Send it up river as he su ...
“Corps wants terminal lawsuit heard here”- in today’s P&C, The State and The Sacrameto Bee
By BRUCE SMITH - The Associated Press The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers has asked that a federal lawsuit over South Carolina’s planned $35 million cruise terminal be heard in Charleston, not Washingto ...
“Cruise soot”- a letter by Rick Reed, MD: “Soot is just a visible surrogate for what is not seen — something far more dangerous.”
Recent letters to the editor have developed a valid point that soot is not just cruise related. However, this is not the critically important issue. Soot is just a visible surrogate for what is not s ...
July 30, 2012- Carrie Agnew, C4 Executive Director, requests response from Gerry Cahill, CEO Carnival Cruise Lines
_________________________ On July 30, 2012, Executive Director Carrie Agnew sent (via certified mail/return receipt requested) the following letter to Mr. Gerry Cahill (CEO, Carnival Cruise Lines) on ...
P&C editorial: “Cruise debate is about far more than soot”
Recent letters to the editor have focused on toxic emissions produced by cruise ships as they idle at dock for hours, and whether the cruise business is worth the health risks it poses for people in C ...
“Cruise chaos” by Richard L. Black, a former Charleston County administrator, comments from Florida.
Living a short distance from Port Everglades in Fort Lauderdale, Fla., I observe almost daily the arrival and departure of cruise ships and thousands of passengers, and the autos needed to accommodate ...
“Where are leaders?” by W.C. Wilson- Church Street, Charleston, SC
On July 24, The Post and Courier published a story from The Washington Post about new regulations regarding the “heavy fuel” ships burn and the sulfur content of this fuel. Beginning Aug. 1, the sulfu ...
“Let facts steer local cruise debate toward a more logicial outcome” by Jay Williams-
Growing opposition to the proposed downtown cruise terminal is propelling proponents to choke off debate before others learn the facts. The president of the Maritime Association of South Carolina, wr ...