Sustainability
Georgia Ports Authority is committed to conducting port operations in an efficient and environmentally respectful manner. We continually improve our operations and facilities with these goals in mind. See what GPA is doing to reduce emissions and to help our community.
Sustainability Timeline
Single asset provider will improve benefits
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The start of a single asset provider for chassis will deliver improved efficiency, better equipment, and reduced maintenance costs.
Georgia Steamship and Garden City Terminal West will use electric RTGs
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Georgia Steamship property and Garden City Terminal West will use electric RTGs.
SIU will reduce turn around time by tracking real-time moves
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Start of Stevedore Information Upgrade (SIU), which will optimize operations. Real-time moves tracked for vessel operations. This will reduce turnaround time.
GPA stevedore partners combine to form Gateway Terminals
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Georgia Ports Authority stevedore partners combine to form Gateway Terminals.
Dedication of Live Oak Park
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Dedication of Live Oak Park as a green space for employees on the Garden City terminal.
Funding agreement with Tybee Island Marine Science Center
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Start of a 5-year funding agreement with the Tybee Island Marine Science Center.
Appalachian Regional Port uses electric rubber-tired gantry cranes
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Appalachian Regional Port opens, using electric rubber-tired gantry cranes.
GPA, IIT, GCIL sign MOU to support logistics industry
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The GPA, the Georgia Institute of Technology, and the Georgia Center of Innovation for Logistics sign a Memorandum of Understanding aimed at supporting the state’s logistics industry in economic development, research, and education.
Georgia Ports launches YES program
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Georgia Ports Begins YES (Youth learning Equipment and Safety) workforce development program for high school graduates looking to start a career.
Mason Mega Rail uses electric rail-mounted gantries to reduce commuter idling
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Mason Mega Rail groundbreaking. Uses electric rail-mounted gantries. On-terminal switching drastically reduces commuter idling at rail track crossings.
GPA won Atlanta E3 Award for Appalachian Regional Port
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GPA received Atlanta E3 Award for Appalachian Regional Port. The award is presented by Metro Atlanta Chamber to companies or projects that reduce traffic congestion, improve air quality, increase fleet efficiency, and provide other benefits.
Synthetic lubricants reduce gallons and extend oil change intervals
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Converted all machines to synthetic lubricant to reduce gallons used and extend the time between oil changes.
Jimmy Deloach connector connects Garden City Terminal to Interstate 95
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Jimmy Deloach connector opens, providing a direct link between Garden City Terminal and Interstate 95.
GPA Text Alert system begins
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GPA Text Alert system begins. Stakeholders receive weather, emergency and operational alerts.
GPA conducted an electric jockey truck test
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Electric jockey truck test conducted by GPA.
GPA implemented General Cargo System software to provide real-time freight tracking
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GPA instituted General Cargo System software, a new tracking system to process breakbulk cargo more quickly and provide real-time freight tracking for GPA and our customers.
The Port of Savannah began handling fruit from South America
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The Port of Savannah began handling fruit from South America that had undergone cold treatment. Cold treatment is an environmentally-friendly alternative to fumigation-based pest control methods that emit greenhouse gases into the atmosphere.
GPA was awarded as Community Leadership winner
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The Southeast Diesel Collaborative, a public-private partnership formed by the U.S. EPA Region 4 office, named GPA a Community Leadership Award winner.
GPA retrofitted 11 switch locomotives to reduce idling
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Through a GPA sub-grant to Rail Link, GPA’s rail partner, 11 switch locomotives that started service between 1957 and 1978 were retrofitted with automatic engine stop-start controls to reduce idling.
GPA has aided private truck operators
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Since 2014, GPA has aided private truck operators in purchasing nearly 200 cleaner operating over-the-road trucks through grants from the EPA’s Diesel Emission Reduction Act program.
