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1/4/2022
The Georgia Ports Authority yesterday announced that joint venture company Gateway Terminals handled its first container at the Port of Savannah.
Gateway Terminals was created when Ports America, Ceres Marine Terminals and SSA Atlantic consolidated its container terminal, truck gate and stevedoring services to streamline activities, port officials said in a press release.
In part, Gateway will manage the loading and unloading of vessels, including the hiring of longshoremen crews, planning of vessel stowage and overseeing cargo-handling safety.
The port serves 36 vessels a week and averages 14,000 truck moves a day. The Garden City Terminal is the third-busiest U.S. port complex that stands to gain even more throughput due to the consolidation, port officials said.
“Bringing together three organizations under one umbrella provides a compelling opportunity for growth, especially in light of the tremendous increase in demand for services from Georgia Ports,” said Gateway Terminals President Kevin Price.
“Benefits for port customers include integrated operations across all berths, providing the ability to turn more ships and move more cargo,” said Georgia Ports Authority Executive Director Griff Lynch. “This improved efficiency and collaboration is coming at the perfect time, in light of the sustained increase in cargo volumes over the past year and a half.”
The Garden City Terminal is the South Atlantic region’s busiest intermodal gateway, handling 38 trains per week of import and export cargo.