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Port of Savannah holds strong amid massive market fluctuations

The coronavirus pandemic has taken a toll on nearly every sector of the U.S. economy. The transportation and logistics industry has not been spared from those ill effects, but some segments have proved more resilient than others. 

The Port of Savannah has seen a mere 1% volume drop year-over-year and managed to break a tonnage record during the past fiscal year, according to the Georgia Port Authority (GPA). The busy port did take a volume hit during the height of the pandemic’s disruption...

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Savannah tops in agricultural exports in 2019

A photograph of five long lines of containers lined up next to each other.

The Port of Savannah was the top U.S. port in terms of containerized agricultural exports in 2019, the Georgia Ports Authority (GPA) said Thursday.

Agricultural products exported totaled more than 843,000 twenty-foot equivalent units (TEUs) in calendar year 2019, GPA said. Those agricultural volumes accounted for 60% of the port’s exports. Forest products such as wood pulp, paper and logs, as well as clay, cotton and poultry are under the agricultural products umbrella.

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Port of Los Angeles in an uphill struggle to regain traffic lost to the east coast

The US port of Los Angeles is looking to technology and increased collaboration to stem the erosion of its container traffic – it ended 2019 with a throughput of 9.33m teu, a decline of 1.28% on the previous year.
Neighbouring Long Beach also registered a drop in container traffic last year, down 5.7% from its 2018 teu count.
Other North American ports vying for container traffic to and from Asia have fared …

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Drought forces Panama Canal draught restrictions and pushes up rates

El Niño is having a major impact on container traffic through the Panama Canal this year.
From May 28, the canal operator is going to reduce the draught at its Neopanamax locks to 43 feet, the latest in a series of depth reductions that have brought the permitted level down from 50ft at the beginning of the year. 
The region is suffering from a protracted drought that has decimated the water in a lake …

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GPA unveils ambitious plans for huge expansion at the port of Savannah

Georgia Ports Authority (GPA) has underscored its ambition to maintain growth at the port of Savannah with plans to accommodate increasing numbers of ultra-large container vessels (ULCVs).
An expansion programme unveiled on 5 February outlines ambitions for the port to be able to handle six 14,000 teu ships simultaneously by 2024.
It can currently serve two at its Garden City container terminal, but by April this will go up to three ULCVs.
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Savannah Looks to Double Space for Largest Boxships by 2024

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Containers and ship to shore cranes working vessels at the Georgia Ports Authority Garden City Terminal, Thursday, Feb., 15, 2018, in Savannah, Ga. (GPA Photo/Stephen B. Morton)

The world of maritime shipping is up for major changes as we gear up for the IMO 2020 deadline. While Georgia lays out the welcome mat for the largest containership with new gear; Maersk CEO looks to land for next deals, reports Freight Waves.

Savannah Doubling Port Capacity

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NEW Loadstar Long Read: Gateway Georgia

“Logistics is a core competency that the state of Georgia is promoting,” said Cathy Morrow Roberson, head analyst at Logistics Trends & Insights.
Some 80% of the US market is within two-days’ trucking, or a two-hour flight from the state – and logistics has heavy support from the Georgia state government.
It boasts sizeable companies – from Delta to UPS, from Home Depot to Coca-Cola. It also has impressive logistics infrastructure, with Hartsfield …

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