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Port of Savannah moves nearly 500K TEUs in record April
The Port of Savannah handled 495,782 twenty-foot equivalent container units last month, a record for the month of April and the Georgia Ports Authority’s third busiest month ever. GPA’s Garden City Terminal now handles nearly one out of every nine …
May 18, 2022 / Curious
Georgia Ports Authority orders a fleet of 22 Konecranes container cranes
The Port of Savannah, owned and operated by the Georgia Ports Authority (GPA) in the USA, has ordered 7 Ship-to-Shore (STS) cranes and 15 Rubber-Tired Gantry (RTG) cranes from Konecranes. The order is Konecranes’ second largest order ever and it was …
Apr 26, 2022 / Curious
Port of Savannah marks milestone: Harbor deepening complete
The Georgia Ports Authority, U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Georgia Department of Transportation and dignitaries joined Friday to mark completion of the Savannah Harbor deepening. The project expedites the flow of cargo to and from global destinations …
Mar 28, 2022 / Curious
GPA responds to completion of harbor deepening
In response to the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers announcement that deepening is complete for the Savannah Harbor, Georgia Ports Authority Executive Director Griff Lynch has issued the following statement:"After more than 20 years in the making, we are …
Mar 11, 2022 / Curious
GPA increasing Brunswick’s annual capacity to 1.4M vehicles
Adding new berth, expanding storage, growing breakbulk capabilityAt the Brunswick State of the Port event Wednesday, the Georgia Ports Authority unveiled plans to grow capacity at Brunswick’s flagship autoport and its breakbulk terminal for forest …
Mar 10, 2022 / Curious
Georgia Ports Authority (GPA) handles 479,000 TEUs in January
The Port of Savannah handled a record 479,700 twenty-foot equivalent container units of cargo in January, an increase of 4 percent over the same month a year ago, a month in which cargo volumes had expanded by 22 percent. The Port of Savannah has now …
Feb 10, 2022 / Vessels
Gateway Terminals handles first box in Savannah
Joint venture stevedoring company streamlines serviceOn Monday at the Port of Savannah, representatives from Gateway Terminals, the International Longshoremen’s Association and the Georgia Ports Authority joined to mark the first container moved …
Jan 4, 2022 / Curious
Georgia Ports Authority orders 28 Konecranes container cranes as larger ship traffic grows
The Georgia Ports Authority (GPA) has ordered 20 eco-efficient Konecranes Rubber Tired Gantry (RTG) cranes and 8 Konecranes Ship-to-Shore (STS) cranes for the Port of Savannah in the US. Six of the STS cranes will be the largest ever made by …
Apr 14, 2021 / Curious
Georgia Ports Authority makes major infrastructure investment
Last Monday, March 29, the Georgia Ports Authority Board approved capital improvement projects that will increase the Port of Savannah’s container capacity by 20 percent.“Right now, we are moving container volumes that we did not expect to see for …
Apr 5, 2021 / Finance
Port of Savannah moves more than 4.6M TEUs in 2020
The Georgia Ports Authority moved more than 4.68 million twenty-foot equivalent container units in 2020, up 1.8 percent over its 2019 total of 4.59 million. Total cargo crossing all docks in 2020 reached 38.4 million tons.“Coming through this year …
Jan 28, 2021 / Curious