Savannah Serves Largest Vessel Ever, the 16,000+ TEU Marco Polo

The largest container ship to ever serve the U.S. East Coast called on the largest single container facility in North America Wednesday, May 26, 2021.

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GPA Holds First Virtual State of the Port

In its first-ever virtual State of the Port Address, co-hosts Griff Lynch and Will McKnight took the Georgia Ports Authority’s online audience for an on-terminal view of infrastructure advancements the Authority is making to accommodate record container growth.

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Savannah Maintaining Record Pace for September

After the Georgia Ports Authority handled all-time record volumes in the month of August, Griff Lynch, executive director for the GPA, reported to the Board of Directors today that the Port of Savannah is on track to achieve a monthly record for September.

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Savannah Serves Largest Vessel Ever, the 15,000+ TEU Brazil

On the heels of reporting all-time record container volumes, the Port of Savannah welcomes Friday the CMA CGM Brazil, the largest ship to ever call the U.S. East Coast with a capacity of 15,072 twenty-foot equivalent container units (TEUs).

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Port of Savannah Up 17 Percent in February

As release by the Georgia Ports Authority - The Port of Savannah achieved its busiest February ever last month, handling 364,405 twenty-foot equivalent container units, an increase of 17 percent over the same month last year.

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Savannah Continues to Build Container Volumes

The Port of Savannah moved 363,000 twenty-foot equivalent container units in November, a 5.4 percent increase over the same month last year, or an additional 18,460 TEUs.

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GPA Marks Best October Ever

The Georgia Ports Authority moved 428,400 twenty-foot equivalent container units in October, an increase of 14,600 TEUs or 3.5 percent.

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Ports Draw $5B Investment, 12K Jobs to Georgia

Port-related announcements of expansions and new business accounted for nearly $5 billion in investment and 12,000 jobs across the state of Georgia in Fiscal Year 2019, a year in which the Port of Savannah moved a record 4.5 million twenty-foot equivalent container units.

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