The cargo ship BigLift Barentsz sails past historic River Street to the Port of Savannah with three new Neo-Panamax ship-to-shore cranes on Tuesday, March 10, 2020.
Georgia Ports Sets New Record, Exceeds 4.6 Million TEUs In 2019
The Georgia Ports Authority is on track to exceed 4.6 million twenty-foot equivalent container units for the first time in a calendar year.
Port Savannah Marks Record Volumes With 468,400 TEUs Moved In October
At the Port of Savannah, all nine berths are again open for business after Berths 4, 5 and 6 were strengthened to handle Neo-Panamax cranes and vessels. Savannah’s Garden City Terminal serves 37 global container ship services per week.
Port Of Savannah Moves Record 4.5 Million TEUs
At 1,200 acres, the Port of Savannah’s Garden City Terminal is the largest single-operator terminal in the U.S. With 151 rubber-tired gantry cranes and 30 ship-to-shore cranes, the GPA completes nearly 20,000 container moves per day to vessel, truck and rail.
Savannah Set To Serve Six 14,000-TEU Vessels Simultaneously
At the Georgia Foreign Trade Conference, Georgia Ports Authority Executive Director Griff Lynch unveiled GPA’s Big Berth/Big Ship program that will allow the Port of Savannah to simultaneously handle six 14,000 TEU vessels by 2024.
Savannah’s TEU Count Grows To Highest Annual Volume Ever In 2018
The Port of Savannah moved 4.35 million twenty-foot equivalent container units in Calendar Year 2018, its highest annual volume ever, and a 7.5 percent increase over 2017, according to a report from Georgia Ports Authority Executive Director Griff Lynch to the GPA Board Tuesday.