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The total cost of Charleston’ s Navy Base project has jumped from $ 550 million to $ 782 million. Craig Lee / SC Ports decided to move ahead with a full extension, adding $ 53 million to Leatherman’ s budget.
SC Ports originally budgeted $ 25 million to purchase ZPMC cranes for the Leatherman extension. Due to the Trump administration’ s proposed tariffs on Chinese-made cranes, Melvin said SC Ports increased its crane budget to $ 34 million based on estimates from four non-Chinese crane makers, but the price could increase further.
“ You are paying a premium to order non-Chinese cranes,” Melvin said.
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