Harbor deepening ceremony
Dredger Charlesteon
The Norfolk Dredger Charlesteon dredges the inner portion of the Savannah harbor near the Georgia Ports Authority's Port of Savannah Garden City Terminal, Wednesday, Dec., 11, 2019, in Savannah, Ga. (GPA Photo/Stephen B. Morton)
Dredger Charlesteon
The Norfolk Dredger Charlesteon dredges the inner portion of the Savannah harbor near the Georgia Ports Authority's Port of Savannah Garden City Terminal, Wednesday, Dec., 11, 2019, in Savannah, Ga. (GPA Photo/Stephen B. Morton)
Eight Cranes at Garden City Terminal at Dawn
Eight cranes begin work on the 13,000 TEU container ship Ulsan Express at the Georgia Ports Authority Garden City Terminal, Wednesday, Feb. 2, 2022, in Savannah, Ga. (GPA Photo/Stephen B. Morton)
Eight Cranes at Garden City Terminal at Dawn
Eight cranes begin work on the 13,000 TEU container ship Ulsan Express at the Georgia Ports Authority Garden City Terminal, Wednesday, Feb. 2, 2022, in Savannah, Ga. (GPA Photo/Stephen B. Morton)
Eight Cranes at Garden City Terminal at Dawn
Eight cranes begin work on the 13,000 TEU container ship Ulsan Express at the Georgia Ports Authority Garden City Terminal, Wednesday, Feb. 2, 2022, in Savannah, Ga. (GPA Photo/Stephen B. Morton)
Garden City Terminal Infrastructure Improvements
Docked vessels are worked by ship to shore cranes at the Georgia Ports AuthorityÕs Garden City Terminal at the Port of Savannah, Oct. 21, 2021, in Savannah, Ga. (GPA Photo/Stephen B. Morton)
Garden City Terminal Infrastructure Improvements
Docked vessels are worked by ship to shore cranes at the Georgia Ports AuthorityÕs Garden City Terminal at the Port of Savannah, Oct. 21, 2021, in Savannah, Ga. (GPA Photo/Stephen B. Morton)
Garden City Terminal Infrastructure Improvements
Docked vessels are worked by ship to shore cranes at the Georgia Ports AuthorityÕs Garden City Terminal at the Port of Savannah, Oct. 21, 2021, in Savannah, Ga. (GPA Photo/Stephen B. Morton)
Garden City Terminal Infrastructure Improvements
Docked vessels are worked by ship to shore cranes at the Georgia Ports AuthorityÕs Garden City Terminal at the Port of Savannah, Oct. 21, 2021, in Savannah, Ga. (GPA Photo/Stephen B. Morton)
Garden City Terminal Infrastructure Improvements
A rubber tire gantry loads a container at the Georgia Ports Authority Garden City Terminal at the Port of Savannah, Oct. 21, 2021, in Savannah, Ga. (GPA Photo/Stephen B. Morton)
Garden City Terminal Infrastructure Improvements
A rail mounted gantry loads a container at the Georgia Ports Authority Mason Mega Rail site at the Port of Savannah, Thursday, Oct. 21, 2021, in Savannah, Ga. (GPA Photo/Stephen B. Morton)
Garden City Terminal Infrastructure Improvements
Daily traffic in the stacks on the container yard at the Port of Savannah Garden City Terminal, Feb., 2, 2022. (GPA Photo/Stephen B. Morton)
Garden City Terminal Infrastructure Improvements
Docked vessels are worked by ship to shore cranes at the Georgia Ports AuthorityÕs Garden City Terminal at the Port of Savannah, Oct. 21, 2021, in Savannah, Ga. (GPA Photo/Stephen B. Morton)
Garden City Terminal Infrastructure Improvements
A rail mounted gantry loads a container at the Georgia Ports Authority Mason Mega Rail site at the Port of Savannah, Thursday, Oct. 21, 2021, in Savannah, Ga. (GPA Photo/Stephen B. Morton)
SHEP
Georgia Gov. Brian Kemp speaks at a ceremony marking completion of the Savannah Harbor deepening, Friday, March 25, 2022, in Savannah, Ga. Deepening the Savannah Harbor to 47 feet at mean low water (the average depth at low tide), provides ample draft for vessels carrying 16,000+ twenty-foot equivalent container units, allowing ships to transit the river with more containers each trip and during more hours of the day. (GPA Photo/Stephen B. Morton)
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Georgia Gov. Brian Kemp, center, and his family, left, join Col. Joe Geary, center right, Georgia Ports Authority Executive Director Griff Lynch and Russell McMurry of the Georgia Department of Transportation, right, listen to speakers at a ceremony marking completion of the Savannah Harbor deepening, Friday, March 25, 2022, in Savannah, Ga. Deepening the Savannah Harbor to 47 feet at mean low water (the average depth at low tide), provides ample draft for vessels carrying 16,000+ twenty-foot equivalent container units, allowing ships to transit the river with more containers each trip and during more hours of the day. (GPA Photo/Stephen B. Morton)
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Georgia Gov. Brian Kemp speaks at a ceremony marking completion of the Savannah Harbor deepening, Friday, March 25, 2022, in Savannah, Ga. Deepening the Savannah Harbor to 47 feet at mean low water (the average depth at low tide), provides ample draft for vessels carrying 16,000+ twenty-foot equivalent container units, allowing ships to transit the river with more containers each trip and during more hours of the day. (GPA Photo/Stephen B. Morton)
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Georgia Gov. Brian Kemp speaks at a ceremony marking completion of the Savannah Harbor deepening, Friday, March 25, 2022, in Savannah, Ga. Deepening the Savannah Harbor to 47 feet at mean low water (the average depth at low tide), provides ample draft for vessels carrying 16,000+ twenty-foot equivalent container units, allowing ships to transit the river with more containers each trip and during more hours of the day. (GPA Photo/Stephen B. Morton)
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Georgia Gov. Brian Kemp speaks at a ceremony marking completion of the Savannah Harbor deepening, Friday, March 25, 2022, in Savannah, Ga. Deepening the Savannah Harbor to 47 feet at mean low water (the average depth at low tide), provides ample draft for vessels carrying 16,000+ twenty-foot equivalent container units, allowing ships to transit the river with more containers each trip and during more hours of the day. (GPA Photo/Stephen B. Morton)
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Georgia Gov. Brian Kemp speaks at a ceremony marking completion of the Savannah Harbor deepening, Friday, March 25, 2022, in Savannah, Ga. Deepening the Savannah Harbor to 47 feet at mean low water (the average depth at low tide), provides ample draft for vessels carrying 16,000+ twenty-foot equivalent container units, allowing ships to transit the river with more containers each trip and during more hours of the day. (GPA Photo/Stephen B. Morton)
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Georgia Ports Authority Executive Director Griff Lynch speaks at a ceremony marking completion of the Savannah Harbor deepening, Friday, March 25, 2022, in Savannah, Ga. Deepening the Savannah Harbor to 47 feet at mean low water (the average depth at low tide), provides ample draft for vessels carrying 16,000+ twenty-foot equivalent container units, allowing ships to transit the river with more containers each trip and during more hours of the day. (GPA Photo/Stephen B. Morton)
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Georgia Ports Authority Executive Director Griff Lynch speaks at a ceremony marking completion of the Savannah Harbor deepening, Friday, March 25, 2022, in Savannah, Ga. Deepening the Savannah Harbor to 47 feet at mean low water (the average depth at low tide), provides ample draft for vessels carrying 16,000+ twenty-foot equivalent container units, allowing ships to transit the river with more containers each trip and during more hours of the day. (GPA Photo/Stephen B. Morton)
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VIPs poses for a photo after the ceremony marking completion of the Savannah Harbor deepening, Friday, March 25, 2022, in Savannah, Ga. Deepening the Savannah Harbor to 47 feet at mean low water (the average depth at low tide), provides ample draft for vessels carrying 16,000+ twenty-foot equivalent container units, allowing ships to transit the river with more containers each trip and during more hours of the day. (GPA Photo/Stephen B. Morton)
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VIPs poses for a photo after the ceremony marking completion of the Savannah Harbor deepening, Friday, March 25, 2022, in Savannah, Ga. Deepening the Savannah Harbor to 47 feet at mean low water (the average depth at low tide), provides ample draft for vessels carrying 16,000+ twenty-foot equivalent container units, allowing ships to transit the river with more containers each trip and during more hours of the day. (GPA Photo/Stephen B. Morton)
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VIPs poses for a photo after the ceremony marking completion of the Savannah Harbor deepening, Friday, March 25, 2022, in Savannah, Ga. Deepening the Savannah Harbor to 47 feet at mean low water (the average depth at low tide), provides ample draft for vessels carrying 16,000+ twenty-foot equivalent container units, allowing ships to transit the river with more containers each trip and during more hours of the day. (GPA Photo/Stephen B. Morton)
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Col. Joe Geary, commander of the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Ð Savannah District, speaks at a ceremony marking completion of the Savannah Harbor deepening, Friday, March 25, 2022, in Savannah, Ga. According to a Corps of Engineers study, the project is expected to net more than $291 million in annual benefits to the nation, or approximately $7.70 for every dollar invested in the project. (GPA Photo/Stephen B. Morton)
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Col. Joe Geary, commander of the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Ð Savannah District, speaks at a ceremony marking completion of the Savannah Harbor deepening, Friday, March 25, 2022, in Savannah, Ga. According to a Corps of Engineers study, the project is expected to net more than $291 million in annual benefits to the nation, or approximately $7.70 for every dollar invested in the project. (GPA Photo/Stephen B. Morton)
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Col. Joe Geary, commander of the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Ð Savannah District, speaks at a ceremony marking completion of the Savannah Harbor deepening, Friday, March 25, 2022, in Savannah, Ga. According to a Corps of Engineers study, the project is expected to net more than $291 million in annual benefits to the nation, or approximately $7.70 for every dollar invested in the project. (GPA Photo/Stephen B. Morton)
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Georgia Ports Authority Board Chairman Joel Wooten speaks at a ceremony marking completion of the Savannah Harbor deepening, Friday, March 25, 2022, in Savannah, Ga. Deepening the Savannah Harbor to 47 feet at mean low water (the average depth at low tide), provides ample draft for vessels carrying 16,000+ twenty-foot equivalent container units, allowing ships to transit the river with more containers each trip and during more hours of the day. (GPA Photo/Stephen B. Morton)
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Georgia Gov. Brian Kemp speaks at a ceremony marking completion of the Savannah Harbor deepening, Friday, March 25, 2022, in Savannah, Ga. Deepening the Savannah Harbor to 47 feet at mean low water (the average depth at low tide), provides ample draft for vessels carrying 16,000+ twenty-foot equivalent container units, allowing ships to transit the river with more containers each trip and during more hours of the day. (GPA Photo/Stephen B. Morton)