The Port of Brunswick handled a record 775,565 units of autos and machinery in calendar year 2023, an increase of 15.6 percent over the previous year.
“Thanks to our auto and heavy machinery customers, processors and ILA Partners – GPA is firing on all cylinders,” said Kent Fountain, Chairman of the GPA Board.
GPA’s investments of $262 million and acreage to expand will make Colonel’s Island the premier Ro/Ro facility in the U.S., enabling auto manufacturers and opportunity to meet their growing import and export needs and flexibility in their storage and movement of vehicles during seasonal cycles. This expansion includes near-dock warehousing serving auto & machinery processing at Colonel’s Island Terminal with three new warehouses built and more new processing centers finishing later this year, 122 acres of new Roll-on/Roll-off cargo storage space, a fourth Ro/Ro berth in the engineering phase and a new rail yard planned.
“At its current rate of growth, the Port of Brunswick is poised to become the nation’s busiest gateway for Roll-on/Roll-off cargo,” said Georgia Ports President and CEO Griff Lynch. “We will be ready to serve this growth with our capital improvement projects underway and available land to expand to demand.”
In the container business, the Georgia Ports Authority handled 422,300 twenty-foot equivalent container units in December, down 4 percent or nearly 18,500 TEUs compared to the same month in 2022. The Port of Savannah ended Calendar Year 2023 with a total of 4.9 million TEUs, a decrease of 16 percent compared to 2022. Higher inflation rates and interest rates slowed consumer spending resulting in higher inventories in warehouses.
“We are using this time to invest in capacity for future needs. Georgia Ports Authority is committed to investing $4.2bn in the next ten years. With the new year, we are beginning to see renewed strength in container volumes, which should result in more favorable…
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