Georgia Ports Authority

Press Releases

Georgia Ports plan 8 million TEU capacity by 2028

Georgia Ports plan 8 million TEU capacity by 2028

GPA unveils workforce development initiative

At the Savannah State of the Port event today, GPA Executive Director Griff Lynch thanked Governor Deal for his leadership and detailed GPA’s 10-year, $2.5 billion plan to expand the capacity of the nation’s fastest growing and single largest container terminal from 5.5 million twenty-foot equivalent unit containers (TEUs) to 8 million.
Thursday, September 20, 2018/Number of views (1528)/Comments (0)/ Article rating: 5.0
Categories: Breakbulk CargoRo/Ro CargoContainer CargoHeavy LiftEconomic ImpactLogisticsPort of SavannahPort of BrunswickSite SelectionPress Release
Tags:
GPA approves $92M rail expansion

GPA approves $92M rail expansion

Savannah container trade up 8 percent in August

The Georgia Ports Authority (GPA) moved 375,833 Twenty-foot Equivalent Unit containers (TEUs) in August, an 8 percent increase over August 2017.  In addition, the GPA handled 86,200 intermodal TEUs, a 33 percent jump.
Monday, September 17, 2018/Number of views (4532)/Comments (0)/ Article rating: No rating
Categories: Container CargoPort of SavannahSite SelectionPress Release
Tags: Garden City TerminalGCTPort of SavannahContainersBoard MeetinggpaMason Mega RailGPA Board
Georgia’s new inland terminal open for business

Georgia’s new inland terminal open for business

Appalachian Regional Port to serve four-state region

Gov. Nathan Deal, state officials and more than 350 business and civic leaders were on hand to officially open the Appalachian Regional Port (ARP) in Northwest Georgia. Located in Murray County, the new state-of-the-art facility will provide logistics solutions for customers in a four-state region and remove an estimated 50,000 trucks and 15 million truck miles from local highways every year.

Wednesday, August 22, 2018/Number of views (3463)/Comments (0)/ Article rating: No rating
Categories: Container CargoEconomic ImpactLogisticsPress Release
Tags:
Busy July boosts GPA container trade 12.7 percent

Busy July boosts GPA container trade 12.7 percent

New record for intermodal moves

The Georgia Ports Authority moved 378,767 twenty-foot equivalent container units (TEUS) in July, an increase of 12.7 percent, or 42,668 TEUs, compared to the same month last year. It was the second busiest month on record for the Port of Savannah.
Monday, August 13, 2018/Number of views (3095)/Comments (0)/ Article rating: No rating
Categories: Breakbulk CargoRo/Ro CargoContainer CargoPort of SavannahPort of BrunswickPress Release
Tags:
Stork makes first deliveries to Savannah

Stork makes first deliveries to Savannah

Takes on 3,400 export containers

The Georgia Ports Authority welcomed the container ship Stork on its maiden voyage Thursday.

The vessel, part of the Ocean Network Express (ONE) shipping company, has a capacity of 14,026 twenty-foot equivalent units. The newly built Stork was just delivered to ONE on June 12

Friday, July 27, 2018/Number of views (8237)/Comments (0)/ Article rating: No rating
Categories: LogisticsPress Release
Tags:
RSS
12345678910 Last
Copyright 2009-2018 Georgia Ports Authority