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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 capacity is part of an initiative to service a growing market, while staying 20 percent ahead of our current demand."
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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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The Georgia Ports Authority achieved record container volumes in 2015, Executive Director Curtis Foltz reported to the GPA board on January 25.
Over the last calendar year, the Port of Savannah moved an all-time high 3.73 million twenty-foot equivalent container units, an increase of 391,356 TEUs, or 11.7 percent compared to ...
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The Georgia Ports Authority has an ambitious capital improvement plan for Port of Brunswick terminals. GPA Executive Director Curtis Foltz reveals that over the past decade, the GPA has spent $46.2 million on infrastructure upgrades at the Port of Brunswick. Over the next 10 years, GPA plans to more than ...
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