BIG SHIP BERTH, TERMINAL IMPROVEMENTS IN THE WORKS Credit: GA Ports SAVANNAH, Ga., Jan. 17, 2023 – The Georgia Ports Authority handled a record 5.9 million twenty-foot equivalent container units in Calendar Year 2022, an increase of 5 percent over 2021. “It was a... Read More
IMPROVEMENTS TO EXPEDITE VESSEL SERVICE Source: GA Ports SAVANNAH, Ga., Dec. 6, 2022 – The Georgia Ports Authority Board has approved a plan to renovate and realign the docks at the Port of Savannah’s Ocean Terminal to better accommodate its expanding container... Read More
The Georgia Ports Authority has moved more than half a million twenty-foot equivalent container units in three of the last four months. Since July, 160 importers were either new customers at the Port of Savannah or existing customers who grew their Savannah trade by... Read More
The Port of Savannah grew container volumes by nearly 10 percent in the first quarter of Fiscal Year 2023. A shift in consumer spending and inflation pressures are expected to moderate demand for port services in the coming months. (Georgia Ports Authority) Source: GA... Read More
According to the latest study by the Selig Center for Economic Growth at UGA’s Terry College of Business, Georgia ports now account for 11 percent of total state employment. The number of Georgia jobs that rely on port activity has grown by 13 percent since the... Read More
Export containers are loaded onto a Yang Ming vessel at the Port of Savannah’s Garden City Terminal. The Georgia Ports Authority is moving cargo at a rate of more than 6 million twenty-foot equivalent container units per year. (Georgia Ports Authority / Stephen... Read More
Credit: Bryan County News Published: Aug 25, 2022, 2:14 PM State officials held a ribbon cutting Thursday in Bloomingdale to mark the completion of the $51 million Jimmy Deloach extension project, which links Savannah’s port to I-16 and could ease truck traffic in... Read More
Crews work to prepare Berth 1 at Garden City Terminal to serve vessels with a capacity of 16,000+ twenty-foot equivalent container units. The Georgia Ports Authority is building new berth and container yard capacity to accommodate growing demand. credit: GPA... Read More
The Georgia Ports Authority closed out Fiscal Year 2022 with its busiest June ever, handling 494,107 twenty-foot equivalent container units. GPA is handling the highest volume of ad hoc and new service vessels the Port of Savannah has experienced to date. Source: GA... Read More
The Port of Savannah handled more than 519,000 twenty-foot equivalent container units in May, a record. Georgia Ports Authority is expanding Berth 1 (50 percent complete) and yard capacity in Savannah to accommodate the growing container trade. SAVANNAH, Ga., June 15,... Read More
