USCG Southeast tweeted that a Unified Command established at the port had determined there was “no threat existing to the port”, that the terminal would re-open shortly and a 1nm exclusion zone in place around the vessel Maesrk Memphis was lifted.
In a further tweet it said that the four containers that were a threat to the container terminal had been scanned and cleared by the authorities.
The Port of Charleston Wando Welch terminal was evacuated after the USCG was made aware of a potential threat onboard the Memphis Maersk at 8pm on Wednesday.
The possible threat originated from a YouTube conspiracy theorist George Webb. USCG Southeast said: “The original reporting source of the threat in port of Charleston has been detained by authorities for further questioning.”
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