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MISSION, VISION, VALUES
In 2017, the Georgia Ports Authority adopted
a new mission, vision and values in an effort OUR VALUES:
to let our customers, stakeholders and service SAFETY:
providers know what to expect from the GPA ENSURE EVERYONE GOES HOME
today, and where it’s headed in the future. THE WAY THEY ARRIVED.
OUR VISION: INTEGRITY: In the wake of Hurricane Harvey, the Georgia Ports Authority, maritime organizations and the
DO THE LITTLE THINGS RIGHT,
OUR MISSION: THE GEORGIA PORTS AUTHORITY EVEN WHEN NOBODY IS WATCHING. greater Savannah community collected disaster relief supplies to send to the Port of Houston
for neighbors impacted by the storm.
TO EMPOWER WAS FOUNDED IN 1945
ENTREPRENEURS, TO PROMOTE TRADE AND RESPECT:
ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT TREAT OTHERS AS YOU WOULD
STRENGTHEN INDUSTRIES,
FOR OUR STATE. WANT THEM TO TREAT YOU.
SUSTAIN COMMUNITIES
THROUGH OUR PORTS,
AND FORTIFY FAMILIES COMMUNITY:
GEORGIA PROUDLY SERVES
BY RELENTLESSLY STRIVING CARE ABOUT OUR NEIGHBORS –
AS A GATEWAY FOR AMERICA.
TO ACCELERATE LOCALLY, REGIONALLY,
WE WILL SUSTAIN
GLOBAL COMMERCE. NATIONALLY AND GLOBALLY.
OUR LEADING ROLE AMONG
UNITED STATES PORTS. CREATIVITY:
THINK BEYOND OUR PORTS
TO THE ENTIRE SUPPLY CHAIN.
OPPORTUNITY:
CONTINUALLY FOCUS
ON SUSTAINABLE GROWTH.
In the summer of 2017, GPA’s Leadership Team worked together with the Garden City Housing Every day, GPA’s Port Police
Team to upgrade a local home. The group was able to tackle projects such as loading old officers ensure the safety of port
appliances, painting walls, and demolishing dilapidated parts of the building to make a real customers, making sure everyone
impact on the community and in the lives of the home owners. goes home the way they arrived.
GEORGIA PORTS ANNUAL REPORT FY2017