Georgia Ports Authority

In container logistics news, there is an article in Railway Age about how major port expansion projects in Georgia and Pennsylvania are set to add substantial cargo capacity and improve inland freight connections.

The Georgia Ports Authority received federal approval for a two point three billion dollar Savannah container terminal that will add three point five million TEUs of annual capacity and help increase the Port of Savannah's total capacity to twelve million TEUs.

Construction is scheduled to begin in twenty twenty-eight.

Pennsylvania separately announced three hundred seventy-one point five million dollars in state funding for Philaport, supporting an expansion valued at more than eight hundred thirty-seven million dollars with private and federal investment.

Together with redevelopment of Ocean Terminal, the project will increase capacity from the current 7.75 million TES.

Georgia Ports Authority forecasts annual container throughput will grow from 5.7 million TEUs in fiscal 2026 to 8.8 million TES by 2036.

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The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers has approved a plan to build a third cargo terminal at the Port of Savannah.

The Georgia Ports Authority first announced plans for the $2.3 billion Ocean Gateway on Hutchinson Island in 2019.

It's part of a massive expansion at the port and comes after a three-year federal review.

The Authority announced the Corps' approval at its annual State of the Ports Address in Savannah today.

While we're talking about ports, look at Savannah.

The Georgia Ports Authority just hit a record September, over five hundred thousand TEUs.

That's a three-point-seven percent jump over last year.

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We kick things off with a massive infrastructure milestone in Savannah, where Georgia Ports Authority's $1.6 billion redevelopment of Ocean Terminal has officially surpassed the 60% completion mark.

The project's 2,650-foot berth is now fully finished and capable of handling large container vessels.

This sprawling expansion will drastically transform Ocean Terminal's annual capacity from 200,000 20-foot equivalent units to a staggering 1.75 million TEUs.

Georgia Ports Authority plans to keep working smaller vessels at the terminal until the first phase of its container yard redevelopment is completed in mid-fall 2027, with full yard completion scheduled for the end of 2028.

The ocean terminal project forms a central component of Georgia ports broader 10 year master plan, which calls for approximately $5 billion in capacity investments across the state.

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Renovations at the Port of Savannah's Ocean Terminal are now more than 60% complete.

The Georgia Ports Authority today announced the progress on the $1.6 billion project.

Once complete by the end of 2028, it's expected to massively grow the facility's annual container capacity.

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