The Georgia Ports Authority handled 436,000 twenty-foot equivalent container units in March, for an increase of 18.5 percent in trade compared to the same month last year.
“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 our partners at the International Longshoremen’s Association and Gateway Terminals.”
GPA has achieved growth of 11 percent in total container trade during the first three months of calendar year 2024. Intermodal rail cargo reached 44,902 containers at the Port of Savannah in March, an increase of 22 percent and a 17 percent increase fiscal year-to-date.
“GPA’s intermodal team and our partners, CSX and Norfolk Southern, are doing phenomenal work, with cargo reaching inland destinations only three days after crossing our docks,” Lynch said. “Cargo discharges from a vessel, arrives at inland destinations the next day and is available to customers by day three.”
Supporting GPA’s intermodal cargo expansion is the Mason Mega Rail Terminal, the largest on-port rail facility in North America. Rail dwell is less than one day with daily rail departures carry cargo to major markets such as Dallas, Memphis and Atlanta.
“Growing rail infrastructure in Savannah and across the region extends port services to more customers, cuts transportation costs and reduces emissions,” said GPA Board Chairman Kent Fountain. “Mason Mega Rail, combined with rail hubs in Atlanta; our Appalachian Regional Port (in Murray County, GA); and the soon- coming Blue Ridge Connector help avoid traffic congestion by shifting containers from long-haul trucks to rail.”
The Blue Ridge Connector is under construction near Gainesville, GA, along the manufacturing and logistics corridor of…
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