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8/10/2022
The Georgia Ports Authority kicked off fiscal-year 2023 with its fastest start ever, handling 530,800 20-foot equivalent units (TEUs) in July, an increase of 18%.
Since January, GPA moved 3.4 million TEUs, up 231,400 units or 7% over its performance during the same period in 2021 — a record fiscal year in which GPA handled 5.6 million TEUs. Annualized, the July volumes have the Port of Savannah moving containers at a rate of more than 6 million TEUs per year, GPA officials said in a press release.
"The Port of Savannah has clearly become a preferred East Coast gateway for shippers globally, including cargo diverted from the U.S. West Coast," said GPA Executive Director Griff Lynch. "Our expedited infrastructure projects, extended gate hours and the outstanding work of our employees and partners are key to our ability to move cargo at a record pace."
GPA has shifted operations to start two hours earlier, with gates now open from 4 a.m. to 9 p.m. Since the new hours were implemented Aug. 1, the port has noted a strong adoption from drivers, with 3,000 transactions completed in the 4 a.m. to 6 a.m. time block over the past week, GPA officials said.
CSX and Norfolk Southern Railway serve the port.