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New cruise terminal receives Board of Architectural Review, DHEC approval
By Ken Hawkins on Wednesday, 19 December 2012 - 12:00pmFirst reporting: The much-debated proposed $35 million cruise terminal moved a step closer to reality on Wednesday as the City of Charleston's Board of Architectural Review approved the plans that call for redevelopment of a Union Pier... More
Charleston cruise ship lawsuit gets a hearing ahead of S.C. Supreme Court
By Ken Hawkins on Tuesday, 17 July 2012 - 7:25amUpdate July 17: To prepare a report before the South Carolina Supreme Court here's the Charleston cruise ship lawsuit, circuit court Judge Clifton Newman heard arguments in the case last week.The story, in some senses, is a non-starter as... More
Union Pier passenger terminal plan heading to a public hearing
By Staff reports on Thursday, 5 April 2012 - 8:13amThe much-debated proposed $35 million cruise terminal for passengers at Union Pier is heading to a critical checkpoint on Wednesday, April 18: A public hearing before the NOAA Office of Ocean and Coastal Resource Management over five... More
Opening of new cruise terminal pushed back to mid-2013
By Ken Hawkins on Monday, 13 February 2012 - 1:40pmUpdate February 13: The Charleston Regional Business Journal reported on Friday that the opening of Charleston’s new cruise terminal has been pushed to mid-2013 because of time added by a voluntary architectural review process.Update November 10:... More
Big billboards hammer messages about big cruise ships in Charleston
By Ken Hawkins on Tuesday, 8 November 2011 - 7:01pmThe cruise ship battle continues, this time with a pro-cruise ship sign going up along I-26, one that takes a visual stab at a previous anti-cruise ship sign.Linkage: A report and visual on the new pro-ship billboard, and a report and visual on... More
Report: Cruise ships key in downtown Charleston hotel economy
By Ken Hawkins on Sunday, 6 November 2011 - 10:19amAs expected, following up in a similar vein to news that the Queen Victoria would not come to Charleston, a recently published report emphasizes the importance of cruise ships on the local hotel economy.An analysis of data from 164 hotels in... More
Cruise ship Queen Victoria won't visit Charleston, but expect it to play in Union Terminal debate
By Ken Hawkins on Tuesday, 1 November 2011 - 5:38amOn December 5th, 2,000 people were expected to disembark from the 965-foot Queen Victoria cruise ship for a visit in Charleston during a cross-Atlantic trip.Now that victory has been scrapped and the news will almost certainly become a... More
Charleston's cruise ship industry key to tourism, but not everyone's happy (update: contines)
By Ken Hawkins on Sunday, 3 October 2010 - 11:55amUpdates at the bottom; First reporting September 5:The rising profile of Charleston's cruise ship industry has been in the headlines recently, and with that The Post and Courier has taken a look at what all those ships, workers, and tourists... More
New plans revealed for the Union Pier Terminal
By Amanda Click on Wednesday, 10 February 2010 - 9:15amA new development plan for downtown Charleston's Union Pier Terminal was announced yesterday during a public meeting in which developers explained their desire to "restore Charleston's historical front door." The major components of the plan... More
SPA doubles spending on cruise terminal plans
By Amanda Click on Wednesday, 20 January 2010 - 7:49amThe State Ports Authority has opened their ears and wallet to suggestions from the public and have decided to double the amount of redevelopment spending to include a proper study of the entire 55-acre Union Pier Terminal. The decision to shell out... More
