Container handling by the South Carolina Ports Authority, including Charleston, fell 10% in January, the second decline in three months. Exports fared worst with an 11% drop and repeated a pattern seen at both east and west coast ports. Unlike those ports though imports also fell, with a 6% reduction driven in part by lower shipments of tires and furniture among others. Deliveries from China also barely increased compared to a 10% rise nationally. Among the container-lines serving the port MSC (deliveries down 15%) and Evergreen (26% lower) lost out the most, while Hapag-Lloyd’s shipm...