Georgia is one of the fastest growing states in the United States that makes it easy to do business for importers, exporters and companies looking for a long-term growth advantage.
CNBC ranks the state #1 in U.S. infrastructure in America’s Top States for Business – and Area Development ranks Georgia as the Top State to Do Business for 12 consecutive years
Savannah is the fastest-growing area in the Peach state and Atlanta is the business hub of the Southeast region.
Georgia Ports operates the national gateway ports of Savannah and Brunswick that enable customers to compete stronger in world markets.
Savannah is one of the most-connected ports in the U.S., with over 40 ship calls a week, 42 double stack trains per week and 16,000 truck gate moves daily to inland destinations.
Savannah’s truck gates operate 4:00 am – 6:00 pm daily, enabling Savannah truckers to make 7-9 trips per day to local warehouses thanks to fast 49-minute turn times with 80% dual transactions and still be home for dinner. This supply chain velocity is the fastest of any U.S. port.
The on-terminal rail facility, Mason Mega Rail, the largest in the nation, moves cargo fast to inland markets within 20 hours after an import container is discharged from a vessel.
Garden City Terminal West, a 100-acre storage yard for containers is located adjacent to the rail facility, enabling importers and exporters to easily adjust their supply chain speed to business demand fluctuations.
The Port of Brunswick is now the top-ranked auto and heavy machinery port in the nation — two years in a row.
Located near interstate highway Route 95 it offers ample space for storage and the largest, on terminal rail facility of any RoRo port in the nation to make inland supply chains flow faster and easier.
In the next ten years, Georgia Ports will invest $5 billion in port and inland infrastructure (which builds on the $4.13 billion investment of the past ten years) to ensure the state and Southeast region have the most competitive ports in the nation for future growth.
ABOUT GEORGIA PORTS
Georgia’s Ports in Savannah and Brunswick are strategic gateways, creating the most competitive supply chains in the nation with their level of operations, connectivity and supply chain ecosystem. These attributes combined with Georgia’s ranking as the top state to do business for 12 consecutive years create a strong business model for long-term growth. The Port of Savannah is one of the best-connected ports in the U.S. to world markets with 40 ships a week for supply chain choices, 42 doublestack trains per week for inland connectivity and 15,000 truck gate moves daily for local delivery velocity. The Port of Brunswick is the number 1 ranked U.S. RoRo port by annual volumes for autos and has an increasing amount of machinery cargoes with its expanded high and heavy cargo operating space. GPA has a self-financed investment plan of nearly $5 billion for the next ten years which will see five big ship container berths added in Savannah (the most of any U.S. container port) and a fourth RoRo berth in Brunswick to meet future growth. Over the past 10 years, the GPA board has approved $4.13 billion in infrastructure improvements. As part of GPA’s community engagement efforts, $6 million is being donated to port communities to support a multi-year, local workforce housing initiative, helping over 200 families repair, buy or build a home in the Savannah area since its start in September 2023.
