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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.”
ATLANTA â The Port of Savannah set an all-time record last month, handling nearly 500,000 twenty-foot equivalent units (TEUs) of containerized cargo.
That represented an increase of 48% over March of last year, when the coronavirus pandemic was starting to slow the movement of freight.
The March showing put the port at 3.9 million TEUs for the first three quarters of fiscal 2021, putting Savannah on track to top 5 million for the first time ever in a single fiscal year.
âThe port and the entire logistics community continue to serve as an economic engine for coastal Georgia and the entire state as we accelerate our economic recovery in the aftermath of the COVID-19 pandemic,â Gov. Brian Kemp said Thursday. âThis record-setting month proves that Georgia is open for business!â
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