Georgia Ports Authority - Wed April 03, 2024
Several Expansion, Upgrade Projects to Begin This Year at Georgia's Two Main Ports
The Georgia Ports Authority (GPA) announced March 26 that it had approved contracts totaling $65.6 million for container yard work at the Port of Savannah's Ocean Terminal, a 200-acre facility just downriver from GPA's main container port....
Georgia Ports Authority - Thu February 08, 2024
New $29M Overpass at Port of Savannah to Divert Trucks Away From Neighborhoods
Georgia Ports Authority (GPA) announced plans Feb. 2 to invest $29 million in an overpass linking the Port of Savannah's Ocean Terminal to U.S. Highway 17 in order to keep terminal truck traffic from impacting local neighborhoods....
Irwin Rapoport – CEG Correspondent - Mon August 07, 2023
The Industrial Company Delivering $410M Port Upgrade
The Georgia Ports Authority (GPA) is spending $410 million to transform and upgrade the 200-acre Ocean Terminal in the Port of Savannah, a project that is being undertaken by The Industrial Company (TIC), which is responsible for the wharf/berth refurbishment element....
Irwin Rapoport – CEG Correspondent - Thu May 11, 2023
Crews Reconstruct Berth at Port of Savannah
As part of its ongoing expansion of the Port of Savannah, the Georgia Ports Authority (GPA) began renovations of Berth 1 at the Garden City Terminal (GCT) in April 2021, a project that will be completed this July by The Industrial Company (TIC)....
CEG - Thu December 16, 2021
Amid Surging Cargo Volumes, Port of Savannah Getting $150M Expansion
The Georgia Ports Authority (GPA) agreed in early December to accelerate a $150 million expansion at the Port of Savannah in response to a surge in cargo volumes that has cramped its container yard and kept ships waiting at sea, the AP reported....
Gainesville Times - Thu July 29, 2021
Construction of NE Georgia Inland Port Could Start in Summer 2022
An inland port linking northeast Georgia to the Port of Savannah by rail appears to be on track for construction in the summer of 2022, with the goal of becoming operational by the end of 2024. The Georgia Ports Authority (GPA) has been working since late 2018 on developing the Northeast Georgia Inland Port, which will move cargo containers of imports and exports by train between the Gainesville area northeast of Atlanta and the docks in Savannah — a trip of approximately 300 mi....
Irwin Rapoport – CEG Correspondent - Thu August 22, 2019
Port of Savannah's $220.5M Upgrade to Double Capacity
For many years now, Georgia's Port of Savannah (referred to as the port or Garden City Terminal — GCT) has been experiencing a massive growth in business that is seeing more ships dock to unload and receive a variety of goods....
Russ Bynum – ASSOCIATED PRESS - Thu September 20, 2018
New Inland Port Boosts Business in Peach State
A new inland port terminal that moves cargo by train from northern Georgia to the busy coastal seaport in Savannah is generating new economic interest in an area better known for nature tourism than industry....
Russ Bynum – ASSOCIATED PRESS - Mon March 12, 2018
Savannah Harbor Deepening Nears Halfway Point
SAVANNAH, Ga. (AP) A dredging ship on the Savannah River emptied another load of sand and mud capable of filling roughly 170 dump trucks as officials overseeing the $973 million deepening of the shipping channel to the Port of Savannah declared the project had nearly reached its halfway point....
Thu November 16, 2017
Officials Approve $42M to Ease Savannah Port Congestion
SAVANNAH, Ga. (AP) On the heels of reporting 32 percent growth in containerized trade for October, an all-time record for Savannah, the Georgia Ports Authority approved rail and gate expansion projects that will significantly increase capacity at GPA's Garden City Terminal — the single largest container terminal in all of North America....
