Health & Fitness
"Potential Impropriety" with High-Ranking Ports Official
Like father, like son, as the old saying goes.
Paul McClintock is a senior vice president and the chief commercial officer at the S.C. Ports Authority, a state agency that owns and operates ports in Charleston and Georgetown. He is listed on the Port Authority’s website as being part of the agency’s “executive management,” just three spots down on the list from Jim Newsome, the authority’s president and CEO.
McClintock’s son, Paul McClintock Jr., heads Southeast business development for LoadMatch Logistics Inc., based in Wilmington, N.C. LoadMatch is the parent company of three trucking companies, including Veterans Express Inc., based in North Charleston. McClintock Jr.’s territory includes the North Charleston location.
Launched in March, Veterans Express serves the shipping industry at ports in Charleston, S.C., and Norfolk, Va., according to LoadMatch’s website. S.C. Secretary of State records reviewed by The Nerve show that Veterans Express was registered with the state on Jan. 4.
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In response to a recent request by The Nerve under the S.C. Freedom of Information Act, the Ports Authority listed Veterans Express as one of 11 trucking companies that have used Veterans Terminal, a 110-acre site located at the former U.S. Navy base on the Cooper River in North Charleston, last year or this year.
And the ties between the senior McClintock and Veterans Express may be even closer: A screenshot taken in April and obtained recently by The Nerve of a company-profile database managed by the Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration (FMCSA) listed the physical and mailing address of Veterans Express as the same address listed in Charleston County property records as the Mt. Pleasant home of the senior McClintock.