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With 26 ship-to-shore cranes and nearly 10,000 feet of contiguous dock space,
the Port of Savannah offers greater flexibility for vessel scheduling.

COUNTING ALL CARGO
SAVANNAH
MOVED

30.6 MILLION TONS
Size, scope and location make the Port
OVER THE FISCAL YEAR,
of Savannah an important link in customer
AN INCREASE OF
supply chains. At Ocean Terminal, which handles breakbulk,
2.76 MILLION TONS OR 10%.
oversized project cargo and automobiles, the
ITS PERFORMANCE
Providing greater scheduling flexibility and GPA handled 1.25 million tons, for an increase
CONTRIBUTED TO THE
market reach, Savannah offers direct links to of 4.1 percent.
I-95 and I-16, on-terminal rail, and 35 weekly GPA’S ALL-TIME
container ship calls. Growing volumes have In addition to plans for 10 new ship-to-shore HIGH OF
made the Port of Savannah the nation’s second cranes by 2020, the GPA also increased its
busiest gateway for exports. fleet of rubber-tired gantry cranes by 20 in 33.4 MILLION TONS
FY2017, for a total of 146 of the container OF CARGO MOVED
In Fiscal Year 2017, Savannah achieved record- handling cranes. ACROSS ALL DOCKS.
setting numbers in both twenty-foot equivalent
container units and total tonnage. More than Savannah’s superior infrastructure has allowed @GaPorts
3.85 million TEUs crossed Savannah’s docks to port to handle the massive influx of cargo #KeepCargoMoving
#GardenCityTerminal
in FY2017, an increase of 6.7 percent over the from vessels carrying more than 13,000 TEUs
#Savannah
previous fiscal year. while maintaining fluid cargo movement. #SupplyChain

GEORGIA PORTS ANNUAL REPORT FY2017