May 4, 2021
The Georgia Ports Authority has reported record volumes of 3.9 million TEUs in its fiscal year to date numbers covering the period July 2020 to March 2021, for a 15 percent increase from the same period the previous year.
The numbers were released at the Georgia Foreign Trade Conference (GFTC) where port officials detailed plans to expedite the completion of more than 1.4 million additional twenty-foot equivalent containers of annual capacity to handle the increasing throughput at the Port of Savannah.
“As one of our most important assets for economic development, our ports play an important role in driving employment and opportunity for communities in every corner of the Peach State,” said Gov. Brian Kemp, who addressed the opening session of the GFTC. “Expansion of both capacity and capability at the Port of Savannah will help fuel our continued economic recovery, which is excellent news for hardworking Georgians employed across a wide range of industries.”