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Port of Savannah clearing record volumes despite vessel backlog

The Georgia Ports Authority was not thrown off course by the summer backlog of container ships awaiting berths at the Port of Savannah. The GPA reported Tuesday that August was its busiest month ever. 

GPA said it handled 575,513 twenty-foot equivalent units in August — an increase of 18.5%, or 89,918 TEUs, over the same month last year. Counting the July volume of 530,800 TEUs, the Port of Savannah’s performance made for the fastest period in which the port has cleared the 1 million-TEU mark in...

https://www.freightwaves.com/news/port-of-savannah-clearing-record-volumes-despite-vessel-backlog

Georgia Ports Authority to sell revenue bonds

The Georgia Ports Authority (GPA) is planning to issue via public offering approximately US$425 million in revenue bonds to fund infrastructure projects at the Port of Savannah.

In particular, the bonds that are set to be offered for sale during the week starting on 18 October, will fund capital improvements for the Savannah’s Garden City Terminal capacity, as a part of GPA’s effort to serve the largest vessels calling on the US East Coast and to better handle the growth expected in the port’s...

https://container-news.com/georgia-ports-authority-to-sell-revenue-bonds/

Port of Savannah year-over-year container volume up 38%

The Georgia Ports Authority (GPA) reported this week the Port of Savannah had achieved its busiest April on record and its second-busiest month ever. The busiest occurred just one month earlier.

The Port of Savannah handled 466,633 twenty-foot equivalent units (TEUs) in April, a 38% increase — or about 128,700 TEUs — year-over-year. The record-setting March total was 498,000 TEUs.

“Demand for products and services both domestically and abroad is driving significant gains in Georgia’s cargo...

https://www.freightwaves.com/news/port-of-savannah-year-over-year-container-volume-up-38

Amazon to open first fulfillment center in Savannah

Amazon.com Inc. (NASDAQ:AMZN) will open its first fulfillment center in Savannah, Georgia, Gov. Brian Kemp said late Friday afternoon.

The 640,000-square-foot facility, which is scheduled to open next year, will contain Amazon’s robotics technology and create 1,000 full-time jobs, according to a statement from the governor’s office. The facility will support the order fulfillment of smaller items like books, toys and small household goods, the statement said. 

The facility will be located...

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Savannah volume down just 1% and total tonnage a record

A small dip can be a big win during a pandemic, when global supply chain disruptions have taken huge bites out of volumes at U.S. ports.

So the Georgia Ports Authority (GPA) announcement Monday that fiscal-year volume at the Port of Savannah was down by less than 1% compared to the previous year wasn’t bad news. 

The Port of Savannah handled 4.44 million twenty-foot equivalent units (TEUs) in fiscal year 2020, which ended June 30.

And the GPA found good news where it could. It said that despite...

https://www.freightwaves.com/news/savannah-volume-down-just-1-and-total-tonnage-a-record

Port of Savannah volume down 9.7%

The Georgia Ports Authority (GPA) reported this week that while year-over-year container volume was down, May’s figures actually were better than expected.

The Port of Savannah’s Garden City Terminal moved 337,359 twenty-foot equivalent units (TEUs) in May, a decrease of 9.7% or 36,000 TEUs compared to the same month a year ago. 

Executive Director Griff Lynch credited what the GPA called “an unshaken commitment to customer service” for the better-than-expected performance in May.

“I would like to...

https://www.freightwaves.com/news/port-of-savannah-volume-down-97