Georgia

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...

https://www.freightwaves.com/news/july-volumes-at-georgia-ports-authority-climb-18

‘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...

https://www.freightwaves.com/news/significant-shift-in-vessel-calls-to-port-of-savannah-helps-drive-record-year

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 ..

The post Georgia’s Batumi International Container Terminal welcomes new Asia-Europe multimodal service appeared first on Baird Maritime

https://www.bairdmaritime.com/ship-world/boxship-world/georgias-batumi-international-container-terminal-welcomes-new-asia-europe-multimodal-service/

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)...

https://www.freightwaves.com/news/gw-subsidiary-to-service-hyundais-55b-ev-and-battery-facility

Stronger NATO Reaction to Russian Actions in Georgia, Crimea Would Have Prevented Ukraine Invasion, Says Latvian President

Latvian Armed Forces soldiers take part in multinational training during Saber Strike 22 at Camp Adazi, Latvia, March 7, 2022. US Army Photo

The president of Latvia argued today that if NATO had reacted more strongly in 2008 to Russian aggression against neighboring Georgia and the Kremlin’s 2014 annexation of Crimea, Moscow wouldn’t have invaded Ukraine.

Speaking at an online Washington Post forum Friday, Egils Levits said appeasement tactics “are not fruitful.” He compared those situations in...

https://news.usni.org/2022/03/25/stronger-nato-reaction-to-russian-actions-in-georgia-crimea-would-have-prevented-ukraine-invasion-says-latvian-president

Lithuanian PM: Putin Underestimated Ukraine’s Willingness To Fight Off Russian Invasion

Russian President Vladimir Putin

A frontline prime minister in the Ukraine crisis said today that Russian President Vladimir Putin underestimated Ukraine’s willingness to fight off a Russian invasion.

Putin also underestimated the Western democracies and their Pacific partners’ united response to the invasion, Lithuanian Prime Minister Ingrida Simonyte said Monday at an online Washington Post forum. Simonyte noted this isn’t the first time Putin has threatened to use nuclear weapons to settle a...

https://news.usni.org/2022/02/28/lithuanian-pm-putin-underestimated-ukraines-willingness-to-fight-off-russian-invasion

Haul lands $10M in funding, plans expansion of on-demand driver platform

For an industry that seems to be in desperate need of truck drivers to meet peak volume demands, Haul has arrived at the right time.

The on-demand truck driver platform announced Wednesday that it has closed a $10 million funding round led by B Capital Group. Haul’s new funding adds to a $3 million seed round announced in February 2021.

This latest round of financing includes some of the top leaders in the supply chain and marketplace technology space, including previous funders Hack VC, Next...

https://www.freightwaves.com/news/haul-lands-10m-in-funding-plans-expansion-of-on-demand-driver-platform

USS Savannah Commissioned in Georgia

The future Savannah (LCS-28) is floated down the Mobile River on Sept. 2, 2020, just days after it was christened at the Austal USA shipyard. Austal USA photo.

The Navy commissioned USS Savannah (LCS-28) on Saturday in Brunswick, Ga., the sea service announced.

The ship is the 14th Independence-class Littoral Combat Ship to enter the fleet, according to a news release from the Navy. It is the sixth ship to bear the name Savannah.

The ship was delivered to the Navy by Austal USA in June 2021....

https://news.usni.org/2022/02/05/uss-savannah-commissioned-in-georgia

Port of Savannah overcomes ‘serious headwinds’ to land cargo record

The Port of Savannah handled record volumes in 2021, moving 5.6 million twenty-foot equivalent units and sending volumes up 20% year-over-year.

The sizable increase comes as the port experienced 12 consecutive months of record container growth, the Georgia Ports Authority said. 

East Coast ports, including Savannah, have served as an alternative to the congested Southern California ports, although some East Coast ports experienced congestion of their own in 2021.

Volumes at the Colonel’s Island...

https://www.freightwaves.com/news/port-of-savannah-overcomes-serious-headwinds-to-land-cargo-record

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