Palmetto State News

East Coast Warehouse & Distribution selects Charleston County to establish first South Carolina operation

Sep 6, 2024

COLUMBIA, S.C. – East Coast Warehouse & Distribution, a leading temperature-controlled logistics provider, announced today its selection of Charleston County for the company’s first South Carolina operation. The $14.5 million investment is expected to create 52 new jobs.

With 70 years of experience, East Coast Warehouse & Distribution offers a comprehensive approach to third-party logistics services for the food and beverage industry. The company currently operates strategically placed facilities along the East Coast near the ports of New York and New Jersey, Baltimore, Philadelphia, and Savannah.

The new facility will be part of North Charleston’s Shipyard Creek Logistics Center located at 2015 Tellico Road, 1.5 miles from the entrance of the SC Ports Hugh K. Leatherman Sr. Terminal. The facility encompasses 259,000 square feet of warehousing space on 17.6 acres of land with an additional nine acres for parking and storing 350 trailers and containers. It will provide public refrigerated warehousing solutions and serve as a base for the company’s Safeway Trucking operation.

Operations are expected to begin in summer 2025. Individuals interested in joining East Coast Warehouse & Distribution should visit the company’s careers page.

“We’re thankful to our partners at Capital Development Partners and the Port of Charleston who helped us make a smooth transition into the Charleston market. This new facility – our first in the market – will allow us to expand our foothold, improve productivity, maximize flexibility and offer increased speed to customers in the greater Charleston area,” said East Coast Warehouse CEO Jamie Overley.

“East Coast Warehouse & Distribution’s $14.5 million investment and the 52 new jobs it will create underscore the strength of the logistics industry in Charleston County and across our state. We congratulate the company on this announcement and look forward to its success in South Carolina,” stated Gov. Henry McMaster.

“Our state’s infrastructure network, which includes one of the fastest-growing container ports in the nation, continues to attract companies to South Carolina. Today’s announcement by East Coast Warehouse & Distribution reinforces this trend, and we are pleased to welcome their new operation,” said Secretary of Commerce Harry M. Lightsey III.

“South Carolina Ports welcomes East Coast Warehouse & Distribution to the Charleston port market," commented SC Ports President and CEO Barbara Melvin." Their new temperature-controlled facility will support food and beverage shippers moving goods through Port of Charleston."

“East Coast Warehouse & Distribution’s decision is a testament to our region’s robust logistics capabilities," added Charleston County Council Chairman Herbert Ravenel Sass III." We look forward to economic growth their investment will bring.”