Update: Unified command determines no existing threat to Port of Charleston

 

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June 15, 2017 U.S. Coast Guard 7th District Southeast Contact: 7th District Public Affairs Office: (305) 415-6683 After Hours: (786) 367-7649

Update: Unified command determines no existing threat to Port of Charleston

MIAMI — The unified command determined there is no existing threat to the Port of Charleston at approximately 3:30 a.m. Thursday.

At approximately 8 p.m. Wednesday authorities were made aware of a potential threat in a container aboard the vessel Maersk Memphis in the Port of Charleston.

An unified command was established to oversee the coordinated response.

The unified command identified four containers aboard the Maersk Memphis where the threat was posed. The containers were scanned and cleared.

The safety zone around Charleston's Wando terminal was lifted and the terminal has resumed normal operations.

Responding agencies included the Coast Guard, Federal Bureau of Investigation, South Carolina Department of Natural Resources, Mount Pleasant Police Department, Mount Pleasant Fire Department, Charleston County, South Carolina Ports Authority, National Guard Civil Support Team Unit 43, South Carolina Law Enforcement Division and the Coast Guard Investigative Service.

The original reporting source of the threat in port of Charleston has been detained by authorities for further questioning.

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