The Georgia Ports Authority (GPA) handled more than 2.8 million TEUs in fiscal year-to-date 2025 (1 July – 31 December), an increase of 11.4 per cent or nearly 300,000 TEUs in the Port of Savannah.
In December, GPA handled more than 442,000 TEUs, an increase of 4.7 per cent or 19,850 TEUs compared to December 2023.
The Appalachian Regional Port (ARP) also helped boost GPA’s performance, with an increase of 4,368 TEUs fiscal year-to-date or 13.5 per cent over the previous period. December volumes were 6,084 TEUs an increase of 20.6 per cent over the previous period.
Griff Lynch, President and CEO of Georgia Ports Authority, reported the Garden City West Terminal storage yard will see its cars in containers project come to completion in February 2025 as the customer shifts cargo to RoRo service in the Port of Brunswick.
Four new ship-to-shore cranes from the Finland-based company, Konecranes arrived at the port on 25 January 2025, for installation.
Other projects include the Blue Ridge Connector in Gainesville, GA which is 50 per cent complete and will open in 2026 as an inland port, serving a fast-growing region; a $40 million expanded US Customs inspection facility, financed by GPA doubled in size and opened in March 2025 to support faster service within Garden City Terminal; and the Savannah Container Terminal, which is currently in the permit process.
“We continue to focus our infrastructure renovation efforts on getting all our facilities into top shape for customers and their long-term needs,” said Kent Fountain, Chairman of the Georgia Ports board.
“We’d like to thank our customers, Gateway Terminals, the ILA, our Trucking community and our business partners who make Savannah and Brunswick supply chains work so well.”
Last summer, MEDLOG, the logistics division of the Mediterranean Shipping Company (MSC), officially broke ground on a new 291,000-square-foot cold storage facility in Savannah, Georgia.