Georgia

Georgia extends fuel tax suspension again 

Georgia Gov. Brian Kemp’s office said Wednesday that the state has extended its moratorium on diesel and gasoline taxes through Nov. 29.

The suspension of motor and locomotive fuel taxes, at 31.2 cents per gallon of gasoline and 35 cents per gallon of diesel, was set to expire Saturday. Kemp’s office said he wanted to provide fuel tax relief to drivers through the Thanksgiving holiday period.

Wednesday’s measure marks the third time since early summer that a fuel tax moratorium has been signed...

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Georgia governor extends motor fuel tax suspension

Georgia Gov. Brian Kemp has extended until at least Nov. 11 the state’s suspension of taxes on motor fuels, the governor’s office announced Friday.

The suspension of the taxes, which stand at 31.2 cents per gallon of gasoline and 35 cents per gallon of diesel fuel, was scheduled to expire Oct. 12. Georgia’s government gave up an estimated $1.7 billion in revenue during an earlier suspension over 10 months from March 2022 to January 2023, about $170 million a month.

According to AAA, the average...

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G&W short lines want to test autonomous rail vehicle technology

Two Georgia subsidiaries of short line operator Genesee & Wyoming (G&W) are seeking permission from the Federal Railroad Administration to test zero-emissions, autonomous rail vehicle technology developed by Parallel Systems.

The two subsidiaries, Georgia Central Railway (GC) and Heart of Georgia Railroad (HOG), filed a petition with FRA on Thursday. GC spans 211 miles between the Port of Savannah and Macon, Georgia, and it interchanges with eastern U.S. Class I railroads CSX (NASDAQ: CSX) and...

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Container volumes grow from June to July for Georgia Ports Authority

July container volumes at the Port of Savannah were 17% higher than in June but 16% lower than in July 2022, which was the busiest July on record for the Georgia Ports Authority.

GPA handled 447,590 twenty-foot equivalent units in July, compared with 381,825 TEUs in June and 530,800 TEUs in July 2022.

The reopening of container berth 1 at Garden City Terminal may have helped GPA see an increase in volumes in July, according to GPA President and CEO Griff Lynch. Now that dock renovations have been...

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Georgia Ports’ fiscal year volumes slide nearly 7%

The Georgia Ports Authority handled 5.4 million twenty-foot equivalent units in its 2023 fiscal year ending June 30, down 6.7% from fiscal year 2022 but higher than the 5.3 million TEUs moved in 2021 and the 4.5 million TEUs moved in 2019 before the COVID-19 pandemic.

Of that total, GPA handled 1.13 million TEUs in loaded imports at the Port of Savannah in 2023, nearly 61% lower than 2022. Loaded export volume at Savannah for 2023 was 684,806 TEUs, down 49% year over year.

But GPA said its annual...

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July volumes at Georgia Ports Authority climb 18%

An aerial photograph of a berth at the Port of Savannah.

July volumes at the Georgia Ports Authority were 18% higher year over year, kicking off what the operator says is “the fastest start ever” for a new fiscal year.

GPA handled 530,800 twenty-foot equivalent units in July. The 2023 fiscal year runs from July 1 to June 30, 2023.

Since January, GPA has handled 3.4 million TEUs, which is 7% higher than the same period in 2021. 

July’s volume growth comes as East Coast and Gulf Coast ports have been seeing an increase in vessels as operators seek to...

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‘Significant shift in vessel calls’ to Port of Savannah helps drive record year

Fiscal year 2022 was a banner year for the Georgia Ports Authority, with a record-breaking 5.76 million twenty-foot equivalent units handled since last July.

GPA’s 2022 fiscal year ran from July 1, 2021, to June 30. Container volumes for 2022 were 8% higher year over year.

June was also a record month at the Port of Savannah, with the port handling 494,107 TEUs, or 10.6% more cargo compared with June 2021. 

GPA attributed the increase to a “significant shift in vessel calls” from the West Coast to...

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Georgia’s Batumi International Container Terminal welcomes new Asia-Europe multimodal service

Batumi International Container Terminal (BICT), International Container Terminal Services’ (ICTSI) business unit in Georgia, recently welcomed ADY Container’s new ..

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G&W subsidiary to service Hyundai’s $5.5B EV and battery facility

A train on a rail track with intermodal containers in the background.

Georgia Central Railway will service Hyundai Motor Group’s new $5.5 billion electric vehicle and battery manufacturing facility near Savannah, Georgia, its parent company Genesee & Wyoming announced Monday. 

The short line will transport inbound materials to support production, as well as outbound finished vehicles to markets across the U.S. Commercial production is expected to start in the first half of 2025. Georgia Central has access to the North American rail network via CSX (NASDAQ: CSX)...

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