Dockside restaurant closed indefinitely because of Port Royal market fire
Dockside owner
Utilities are shut off to the building until it is safe to restore them.
The seafood market and shrimp-packing equipment tied to
The entire market at the end of
A car parked near the market appeared to have been completely burned in the fire.
A call came in about
The lost equipment included a new freezer, refrigerator, scale and an ice machine that produced 7,000 pounds of ice each day.
Town manager Van Willis said Sunday the priority is getting Dockside open as quickly as possible and its employees back to work.
He said the town would work with its insurance carrier to try to get the seafood operation back up as quickly as possible.
The market was remodeled last winter in preparation for its reopening. Equipment had been purchased over the past couple of years.
The town buys the shrimp from shrimpers as it comes in, and packs and sells the inventory to large buyers in
The docks had long been a financial burden for the town since taking over from the Ports Authority in 2009, losing money each year. But as of June, the operation was poised to break even or make money for the first time, and
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