In a January 21 ceremony, Wallenius Wilhelmsen executives hosted the official opening of the company’s newest global facility — its Brunswick, Ga., terminal, equipment processing center (EPC) and vehicle processing center (VPC).
The new hub consolidates the Oslo-based carrier’s Southeast U.S. port calls and marks a move from an 85 acre Equipment Processing Center site in Pooler, Georgia and port calls in Ocean Terminal, Savannah to the new, customized 300 acre Brunswick facility.
“This is a...
Georgia Ports handled 436,000 twenty-foot equivalent container units in March, for an increase of 18.5% in trade compared to the same month last year, says the Georgia Ports Authority (GPA) .
“With double-digit growth in the first quarter, we’re excited about where we’re going and thankful for the continued trust our customers place in Georgia Ports,” said GPA president and CEO Griff Lynch. “No other port in the country can match Savannah’s efficient operations, thanks to our GPA employees and...
https://www.marinelog.com/inland-coastal/georgia-ports-handled-436k-teu-of-containers-in-march/
The Georgia Ports Authority (GPA) has approved contracts totaling $65.6 million for container yard work at the Port of Savannah’s Ocean Terminal, a 200-acre facility just downriver from GPA’s main container port.
“We’re very pleased with the progress on improving Ocean Terminal’s container handling capability,” said GPA president and CEO Griff Lynch. “We’re on track to see greater container capacity by late 2027.”
On Tuesday, the board approved three project components, including earth compacting...
The Georgia Ports Authority on Wednesday mixed good and not-so-good news, touting a 21% year-over-year increase in exports as its headline figure in the January volumes report and following that with the concession that total cargo throughput decreased 11.5%.
The GPA said it handled 421,714 twenty-foot equivalent units in January, 55,000 fewer containers than in the first month of 2022. But it noted the 2023 total was 11.7% more than the pre-pandemic volume of 377,671 TEUs in January 2020.
“The...
https://www.freightwaves.com/news/port-of-savannah-exports-up-total-cargo-volume-down
The Maritime Association of the Port of New York and New Jersey (MAPONY/NJ) has announced the 29th International Maritime Hall of Fame inductees.
They are Griff Lynch, executive director of the Georgia Ports Authority; Brian Buckley McAllister, president of McAllister Towing; Jeremy Nixon, CEO of Ocean Network Express; Semiramis Paliou, director and CEO of Diana Shipping and chair of the Hellenic Marine Environment Protection Association; and Bill Shea, CEO of DCLI.
https://www.freightwaves.com/news/international-maritime-hall-of-fame-inductees-announced
The Georgia Ports Authority said the year-over-year 6.2% volume drop in November is not a bad thing.
“Container trade at U.S. ports is returning to a more sustainable growth pattern, which is a positive development for the logistics industry,” GPA Executive Director Griff Lynch said in a Tuesday news release. “Along with the addition of more than 1 million TEUs of annual capacity, a slight reduction in demand will mean faster vessel service as we work to bring a new big ship berth online at...
https://www.freightwaves.com/news/volume-decline-gives-port-of-savannah-operators-a-breather
Fall has been fruitful for U.S. ports on the East and Gulf coasts but not as bountiful for at least one West Coast gateway.
The Georgia Ports Authority reported Monday that it handled 552,800 twenty-foot equivalent units in October. That’s up 9.6% — 48,460 TEUs — from October 2021. Meanwhile, the Port of Long Beach, California, in October moved 658,428 TEUs, a 16.6% decline from the same month last year.
GPA Executive Director Griff Lynch said October was the Port of Savannah’s second-busiest...
https://www.freightwaves.com/news/october-bountiful-for-east-gulf-coast-ports
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
The Georgia Ports Authority reports that it moved an all-time high 519,390 twenty-foot equivalent container units in May, breaking the previous record of 504,350 TEUs set in October 2021.
GPA’s May volumes grew by 8.5 percent, or 40,770 TEUs, compared to the same month last year.
“Despite global supply chain challenges, the Port of Savannah continues to be an economic driver, providing reliable, world-class service for port customers across our state and nation,” said Georgia Gov. Brian Kemp....
Georgia Gov. Brian Kemp was among the speakers at a March 25 ceremony held by the Georgia Ports Authority, U.S. Army Corps of Engineers and Georgia Department of Transportation to mark completion of the Savannah Harbor deepening project.
“This is a great day for the state of Georgia and for the nation,” said Kemp. “The Port of Savannah is the gateway port for our region, and the first choice of businesses serving the U.S. Southeast.”
Dredging for the Savannah Harbor Expansion Project started in...