Oct 24, 2016 | News, News/PR
A growing, consumer-driven middle class, a burgeoning furniture industry and stepped up efforts to protect its own forests are driving the growth of wood product shipments to China from the Port of Charleston and other U.S. markets, a panel of global business experts...
Oct 14, 2016 | News, News/PR
TEAM Safe Trucking (TST), a broad-based, non-profit volunteer group seeking to elevate the standard and performance of the American forest industry’s transportation sector, is moving ahead with its ambitious agenda, according to organizers, who met in early fall to...
Feb 26, 2016 | Editor's Blog
Written By: DK Knight Enthusiasm is building for the ambitious plan of TEAM Safe Trucking (TST), a broad-based non-profit group seeking to elevate the standard and performance of the American forest industry’s deeply troubled transportation sector, which organizers...
Feb 24, 2016 | News, News/PR
The forestry sector in South Carolina has an annual economic impact of $18.6 billion, employs more than 90,000 people, is the largest harvested crop at $759 million and is the No. 1 export commodity from the Port of Charleston at $1.5 billion. And yet, there remains...
Feb 19, 2016 | News, News/PR
Trucking issues dominated the program and conversation at the 17th annual meeting of the South Carolina Timber Producers Association (SCTPA), held February 5-7. There was also lots of talk about excessive rainfall and muddy conditions seen in the state of late, and...