Tag: Georgia Ports Authority

Georgia Ports Authority (GPA) is the newest participant in Green Marine, a voluntary environmental certification program for North America’s maritime industry.

All the Georgia Ports Authority (GPA) docks reached a record 37.77 million in fiscal year 2020, up 0.6%, or 223,000 tons, compared to FY2019, despite the COVID-19 pandemic.

Georgia Port Authority informed that Port of Savannah received three Neo-Panamax ship-to-shore cranes, increasing its total to 36. In fact, through this expansion, the port has the largest crane fleet as a single container terminal located in North America.

The Government of Georgia decided to cancel its contract with the Anaklia Development Consortium and to launch appropriate legal procedures. The issue was the first to be discussed at Thursday’s governmental meeting.

In fact, the Port of Savannah’s Garden City Terminal has handled nearly 2 million twenty-foot equivalent container units during the first five months of Fiscal Year 2020. It is said that from July to November, the Georgia Ports Authority has handled nearly 2 million TEUs, an increase of 109,000 TEUs, or 5.8%.

The Georgia Ports Authority is on track to surpass the 4.6 million twenty-foot equivalent container units for the first time in a calendar year, presenting a 14% increase over volumes moved through Savannah just three years ago.

 Vessel traffic at Georgia Port Authority’s Port of Brunswick, the second busiest auto port in the United States with total annual capacity of 800,000 vehicles, has resumed to 24-hour operations for the first time since early September, when the Golden Ray vehicle carrier overturned while departing from the port.

The Georgia Ports Authority achieved a new monthly record for its traffic volume in October 2019, marking the highest volume for in its history of operation. For the records, the port moved 428,400 TEUs container units, a 3.5% increase in TEUs compared to the previous years. Specifically, the Port of Savannah's handling of 430,000 TEU, added to the fiscal year of the port the total amount of 1.6 million TEU, an 6% increase in comparing with the same period in 2018. Georgia Ports Authority has also set monthly records for several times in the past, since the opening of the New Panama Canal. We have seen three years of incredible volume growth, and the economy of the U.S. Southeast remains a powerhouse. Georgia’s market share continues to expand as new commodities come online and customers in new regions rely on our services. ...said Griff Lynch, GPA's Executive Director. A part of this traffic expansion comes from the arrival of new port users into the Savannah area, including also the fact that there were chosen as A&R Logistics' new global export hub for plastic resins in October. It is estimated that its 600,000 square-foot packaging facility will be operational during 2020, while it is ...

According to The Brunswick News report, the car carrier Golden Ray was grounded after the pilot aboard, Captain Jonathan Tennant, deliberately took it out of the channel and contributed to the best possible outcome for the incident.

Philippines-based International Container Terminal Services Inc. (ICTSI) has inaugurated the newly-expanded Batumi International Container Terminal (BICT) in Georgia. The multipurpose terminal includes the waterside and landside areas, aiming to optimize the process of existing cargo flows and installing additional capacity.