Banks Cold Storage to develop new facility

In a bid to reduce truck traffic in local neighbourhoods and cut levels of pollution, Georgia Ports Authority (GPA) is to invest US$29M in the construction of a new overpass.

The Eugene Talmadge Memorial suspension bridge in Savannah is to be raised meaning that ships with bigger air draughts will be able to call at the port.

The Georgia Ports Authority (GPA), which owns the ports of Savannah and New Brunswick, has established a Trucker Safety Committee. Its aim is to address driver concerns and help new and existing drivers become more familiar with safe operations at GPA’s terminals.

The Geogia Ports Authority (GPA) has completed work on modernising and expanding the Garden City Terminal (GCT) at the port of Savannah. It means all berths at GCT are now fully operational, allowing the facility to handle more ships and cargo. Its overall handling capacity has been increased by 750,000 TEU a year.

Savannah and Charleston have both reported golden October container traffic numbers

Georgia Ports Authority has reported that Savannah’s Garden City Terminal handled more than 1M TEU in its Q1 FY 2017-18 (July-September) period, up 5.8% or 55,629 TEU year-on-year