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BIG SHIPS, BIGGER MOVES In May 2017, the Port of Savannah served the COSCO Development,
the first 13,000-TEU vessel to call on the port.

AS THE NATION’S
LARGEST SINGLE-TERMINAL
OPERATION,
GARDEN CITY’S
Since the June 2016 opening of the Panama
Canal, the average size of vessels calling on the 1,200-ACRE
Port of Savannah has increased by 30 percent. FOOTPRINT
The immense scale of 14,000 TEU vessels
ELIMINATES THE NEED
In July 2016, Savannah served its first 10,000- reduces the cost per container slot for American
TO MOVE BETWEEN
TEU vessel. In less than a year, the COSCO manufacturers and retailers who choose
SMALLER TERMINALS,
Development became Savannah’s first 13,000- all-water routes to and from the Eastern United
DELIVERS GREATER
TEU ship. Then, on Sept. 1, 2017, the CMA CGM States.
FLEXIBILITY IN STAGING
Theodore Roosevelt, the first 14,000-TEU vessel
CARGO, AND PROVIDES NINE
called the port. Market forces will continue to drive the trend
CONTAINERSHIP BERTHS.
toward bigger ships and larger exchanges,
The advent of Neo-Panamax vessels serving as cargo migrates from West to East Coast
@GaPorts
the U.S. East Coast — each delivering thousands deliveries through the expanded Panama Canal. #BiggestSingleTerminal
of containers at a time — plays to Savannah’s #GardenCity
#GreenTechnology
strengths. With 26 ship-to-shore cranes and The savings realized by the larger ships will
#ContainerPort
146 rubber-tired gantry cranes, Garden City continue to incentivize all-water routes to East #Savannah
Terminal is well equipped for the influx of cargo. Coast ports.

GEORGIA PORTS ANNUAL REPORT FY2017