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Port of Savannah achieves record March

The Port of Savannah handled more total containerized cargo and more intermodal rail volume, with greater connectivity and velocity, than any March on record, the Georgia Ports Authority reported. While the port handled more than 410,000 TEUs last month, an increase of 15.5%, rail volumes spiked by 26% for a total of 82,135 TEUs. In addition, GPA achieved a record low dwell time for intermodal boxes in March, with containers averaging ... [+]

Kia to tap Savannah for Telluride components, Brunswick for export

Stuart Countess, chief administrative officer and vice president of Kia Motors Manufacturing Georgia, announced at the Georgia Foreign Trade Conference that the Telluride, its new 8-person SUV, will begin crossing the Port of Brunswick's docks for global markets this month. "The launch of the Kia Telluride, our largest and most refined ... [+]

Savannah’s TEU count grows

The Port of Savannah moved 4.35 million TEUs in Calendar Year 2018, its highest annual volume ever, and a 7.5% increase over 2017, according to a report from Georgia Ports Authority Executive Director Griff Lynch to the GPA Board. "The level of business Georgia has captured is a testament to the ... [+]

Savannah achieves all-time record

The Port of Savannah moved more container cargo in October than any other month in its history, with 413,800 TEUs crossing its docks. Containerized trade at the Port of Savannah has increased by 8% for the fiscal year to date (July-Oct. 2018), totaling 1.53 million TEUs - up 113,000 compared ... [+]

GPA sees busiest May for total tons, TEUs

The Port of Savannah handled 3 million tons of cargo in May, an increase of 8.9% or 247,671 tons compared the same month a year ago. Total cargo crossing all terminals reached 3.22 million tons. "Our May numbers reflect strong performances in breakbulk and containerized trade, showing growing global demand ... [+]

Four More Neo-Panamax Cranes Arrive Port of Savannah

Four additional Neo-Panamax cranes sailed into the Port of Savannah last week, with a 50- by 100-foot American flag across the side. "To see these massive new cranes arrive flying the stars and stripes makes us proud to be part of an operation that provides jobs and opportunity for so many," ... [+]

Port of Savannah achieves 32% growth in October

 Container trade at the Port of Savannah grew by 32% in October, with Garden City Terminal moving 410,000 twenty-foot equivalent container units, an increase of nearly 100,000 TEUs. It was the first time in the port's history that it topped 400,000 TEUs in a single month. For the fiscal year to ... [+]

Savannah serves largest vessel ever to call on East Coast

The CMA CGM Theodore Roosevelt, the largest container ship ever to serve the U.S. East Coast at 14,414 twenty-foot equivalent container units (TEUs), called the Port of Savannah today. Working the vessel with seven cranes at the 1,200-acre Garden City Terminal, the Port of Savannah is expected to move 4,500 containers ... [+]

Port of Savannah Receives Huge COSCO Development

The Port of Savannah marked by welcoming the COSCO Development  - the largest containership to ever to call on the U.S. East Coast, on May 12. More than 5,500 containers crossed the GPA's docks from the single vessel, a record for Georgia's ports. Georgia Gov. Nathan Deal, port officials and ... [+]

Four New Panamax cranes arrive at the Port of Savannah

Four new Super Post Panamax ship-to-shore cranes arrived at Garden City Terminal on December 5, bringing the Port of Savannah's total to 26, more than any other terminal in the U.S. "For customers, it means the capacity to move up to a thousand containers per hour across a single dock ... [+]

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