David Wren

1 month ago | postandcourier.com | David Wren

A top Boeing executive brushed off tariff and supply chain concerns March 19, saying the company that builds 787 Dreamliner in North Charleston is well on its way toward production and financial stability. "The success factors for Boeing for this year was always going to be about safety, quality and stability," finance chief Brian West told investors Wednesday at the Bank of America Global Industrials Conference in London.

1 month ago | postandcourier.com | John McDermott |David Wren

The estate of late Boeing Co. quality manager John Barnett is suing the planemaker, alleging its actions after he raised safety issues while working on the North Charleston-based 787 program helped drive him to suicide. The wrongful death complaint was filed in U.S. District Court on March 19, slightly more than a year after the 62-year-old aerospace industry veteran died of a self-inflicted gunshot wound.

1 month ago | postandcourier.com | David Wren

The S.C. State Ports Authority is taking the first steps toward turning an old paper mill site along the Cooper River into a container terminal that will help double the Port of Charleston's size. The maritime agency's board on March 18 hired an engineering firm to conduct a hazardous materials survey of the former WestRock property on Virginia Avenue in North Charleston.

1 month ago | postandcourier.com | David Wren

Gov. Henry McMaster realized South Carolina needs to invest in electric vehicles after taking a high-powered ride in one. "The first time I sat in an EV ... it was a Tesla," he told a group last week at the South by Southwest Conference in Austin, Texas. "A fellow up at the Legislature had one and said, 'Do you want to take a ride' and I said sure," McMaster recalled. "We went a couple of blocks out on a pretty clear street and he said, 'Watch this'.

1 month ago | postandcourier.com | David Wren

The Federal Aviation Administration plans to tell airlines they must check their 787 Dreamliner fleets for a manufacturing defect that's been known for years but is only now being considered for a mandatory inspection. The issue involves tiny gaps that could be present in the plane's dome-shaped forward-pressure bulkhead, which is located at the nose of the fuselage and serves as a barrier for the pressurized interior cabin.