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4/21/2021
Genesee & Wyoming Inc. (G&W) today announced its subsidiary Savannah Port Terminal Railroad Inc. (SAPT) has broadened its long-term rail services agreement with the Georgia Ports Authority (GPA) to include GPA’s new Mason Mega Rail Terminal.
The new agreement is significant because annual container capacity at the port — which already has the country’s largest and fastest-growing container terminal — is expected to double to 2 million 20-foot-equivalent units with the completion of the Mason Mega Rail project later this year, G&W officials said in a press release.
"With the near completion of Garden City Terminal's Mason Mega Rail project, intermodal trade via the Port of Savannah is expected to play an increasing role in our business," said GPA Executive Director Griff Lynch.
SAPT provides the Port of Savannah’s rail intermodal and merchandise service, rail-car switching and yardmaster services, and interchanges with CSX and Norfolk Southern Railway. The terminal railroad also handles track inspections and maintenance.
SAPT currently operates 24/7 over 18 track miles inside the port, which is increasing by an additional 15 track miles serving the Mega Rail Terminal. When completed later this year, the new terminal will have the ability to build and receive six 10,000-foot trains simultaneously, helping reduce transit times to the Midwest by 24 hours, G&W officials said.