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Georgia Ports Authority marked 12.3 percent container volume growth in December, moving 292,172 twenty-foot equivalent container units, an increase of 32,099 TEUs compared to December 2015, a record for the GPA.
Roll-on/Roll-off cargo mirrored that growth, with a 12.3 percent increase (7,000 units) in passenger vehicles and heavy equipment handled at Colonel's Island terminal in Brunswick and Ocean Terminal in Savannah. Georgia's deepwater ports moved 63,967 Ro/Ro units last ...
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Tom J. Mahoney, Jr. passed away January 20. Mahoney had served as assistant attorney general for the Georgia Ports Authority from 1987 until the time of his death. "For nearly three decades, Tom Mahoney helped steer GPA's growth and success with his wise counsel, knowledge of maritime issues and love ...
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Georgia Ports Authority Executive Director Griff Lynch announced on October 5th a 100-acre expansion of the Colonel's Island auto terminal.
"The additional 100 acres will allow GPA to grow along with our existing customers, and to attract additional carmakers to the nation's second busiest auto port," Lynch said. "This new roll-on/roll-off ...
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Georgia Ports Authority has a new strategic initiative that officials there see as a game changer. It involves rail and is dubbed “GPA’s Mid-American Arc.”
The rail initiative was detailed by GPA Executive Director Griff Lynch during the annual Savannah State of the Port address that included Floor & Decor's ...
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Executives at the Georgia Ports Authority Lynch report that GPA achieved an August record of 330,846 TEU, a robust increase of 5% compared to August 2015.
"August container unit volumes were the third highest in the Authority's history, behind April and May 2015 at the height of diverted cargo from the ...
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At its July board meeting, the Georgia Ports Authority approved a spending package of $19.7 million to construct the Appalachian Regional Port in Chatsworth, Murray County, Georgia.
The funds consist of $10 million from the state of Georgia and $9.7 million from the GPA. In addition, CSX is making off-site improvements ...
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The Georgia Ports Authority has received a $44 million Fixing America's Surface Transportation (FAST) grant from the U.S. Department of Transportation to increase rail capacity at the Port of Savannah.
"As the nation's fourth busiest container port, Savannah's continued rail expansion is a key component to freight mobility in this country,” ...
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The Georgia Ports Authority has received a 2016 EPA Clean Air Excellence Award for its electric rubber-tired gantry crane program that will transfer its container handling equipment from diesel to electric power.
In 2012, GPA began to implement the electric rubber tired gantry crane program. By the end of August, 45 ...
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Investors are adding industrial space to meet booming demand in Savannah, with more than 1.7 million square feet of warehousing recently completed, more than 1.9 million square feet under construction, and a 2,700-acre development just announced. The investments mean additional jobs, and room for port customers to grow in the ...
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The Georgia Ports Authority's Board of Directors announced on February 3 that Executive Director Curtis J. Foltz will step down at the end of the Fiscal Year, June 30.
"Curtis Foltz has led the GPA to achieve great things over the past six years as Executive Director, and the six years ...
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