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Among Piers: South Carolina Ports COO Woman of the Year
Berthing announcements and other good news from ports coast to coast
0 1,056 8 minutes read Two ship-to-shore cranes arrived at the Port of Charleston in late February. (Photo: English Purcell/South Carolina Ports Authority)
Barbara Melvin, the South Carolina Ports Authority’s chief operating officer, has been named the South Carolina Manufacturers Alliance’s 2021 Woman of the Year.
Melvin is one of the few female port COOs. She manages such critical infrastructure projects as the Hugh K. Leatherman Terminal, set to open this month, as well as the deepening of Charleston Harbor to 52 feet.