MEDIA

"The Georgia Ports Authority handled more than 2.8 million TEUs in fiscal year-to-date 2025 (July 1 – Dec. 31), an increase of 11.4 percent or nearly 300,000 TEUs in the Port of Savannah. In December, GPA handled more than 442,000 TEUs, an increase of 4.7 percent or 19,850 TEUs compared to December 2023..."

"Port operators and union leaders announced they reached a tentative agreement on a new six-year contract, intended to avoid a dockworker strike at 36 East and Gulf Coast ports that could have begun as early as Jan. 16..."

"At the Georgia Ports Authority meeting Monday, President and CEO Griff Lynch outlined plans to improve operational sustainability for neighboring communities in Savannah and Brunswick as the driver of three federal grants totaling more than $120 million..."

"The Georgia Ports Authority handled 494,261 twenty-foot equivalent container units in October, an increase of more than 45,000 TEUs, up 10 percent."

"Although migration is slowing, Florida tops the list for inbound residents."

"Preliminary CoStar data for the spring of 2024 indicates that the volume of new U.S. industrial leases signed in April and May increased by 30% compared to the same time in 2023."

"In its busiest month ever for autos and heavy equipment, the Georgia Ports Authority handled a record 80,600 units of Roll-on/Roll-off cargo in April, an increase of more than 44 percent, or 24,760 units, compared to the same month last year, according to a report to the GPA Board."

"With more than $4.5B in infrastructure projects planned in port and intermodal infrastructure over the next decade, Georgia Ports is investing in projects to enhance what Georgia Ports President and CEO Griff Lynch described as the four key components to a successful port operation: Berth space, yard capacity, trucking gate fluidity and intermodal connectivity. "

"Carmaker INEOS has chosen the Port of Brunswick, Georgia, to deliver its new Grenadier off-road SUV to markets across the U.S. Southeast."

"Cargo moved by rail at the Port of Savannah reached 47,132 containers in January, an increase of 10,000 boxes, or 27 percent."

"Georgia Ports Authority has announced plans to invest $29 million in an overpass linking Ocean Terminal to Route 17 designed to keep terminal truck traffic from impacting local neighborhoods."

"Savannah Captures Highest Container Market Share Ever"

"Domestic and international factors are lining up for the Port of Savannah to set the pace for growth in the nation’s global container trade."

"The Savannah Port serves as the supply chain gateway to the Southeast and will continue to grow at a faster pace than any of its national competitors for decades to come."

"In the latest information from logistics data provider PIERS, the Georgia Ports Authority now handles one out of every 8.8 loaded twenty-foot equivalent container units in the U.S., its highest national market share ever."

"Governor Brian P. Kemp today announced that Sewon America, a subsidiary of Korean-based Sewon Precision Industry Co., will create 740 new jobs in Rincon and invest more than $300 million in a new Effingham County manufacturing facility."

"The Port of Savannah’s loaded container exports grew 21 percent in January. The nation’s busiest port for U.S. goods handled 110,305 twenty-foot equivalent container units of exports, an increase of 19,419 TEUs."

"The Port of Savannah grew container volumes by nearly 10 percent in the first quarter of Fiscal Year 2023."

"The Georgia Ports Authority has moved more than half a million twenty-foot equivalent container units in three of the last four months."

"The Port of Savannah handled more than 519,000 twenty-foot equivalent container units in May, a record."