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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
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