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GPA GROWING CAPACITY, MARKETS THROUGH RAIL
The Port of Savannah’s Garden City Terminal is
THE PORT OF SAVANNAH’S
the South Atlantic region’s busiest intermodal
GARDEN CITY gateway, handling 38 trains per week of import
TERMINAL and export cargo. THE PORT OF SAVANNAH’S
The GPA has decided to operate the ARP with MEGA-RAIL
IS THE SOUTH
the use of three electric rubber-tired gantry To keep ahead of our growth curve, GPA is
ATLANTIC REGION’S EXPANSION
At the Georgia Ports Authority, we are cranes. These machines, adapted to rely mainly BUSIEST conducting a major intermodal expansion. PROJECT WILL DOUBLE
expanding our intermodal rail services to better on an electric power source instead of a diesel Set for completion in 2020, the project will
accommodate an expanding customer base, generator, will lessen the impact of terminal INTERMODAL double rail capacity at Garden City Terminal to RAIL LIFT CAPACITY
through a series of infrastructure improvements operations on the surrounding community GATEWAY, 1 million lifts per year. Funded in part by a $44 AT GARDEN CITY TERMINAL
on- and off-terminal. by running quieter, and virtually eliminating million federal FASTLANE grant administered TO 1 MILLION CONTAINERS
crane emissions. HANDLING 38 TRAINS by the Maritime Administration, the project PER YEAR
PER WEEK OF IMPORT AND
The Appalachian Regional Port, an inland rail will allow the Port of Savannah to better
facility to be operated by the GPA, will open MID-AMERICAN ARC EXPORT CARGO. accommodate 10,000-foot long unit trains. @GaPorts
@OfficialCSX
additional markets across Alabama, Tennessee As the westernmost major port on the U.S.
@GaPorts @norfolksouthern
and Kentucky. On 42 acres in Northwest East Coast, Savannah hosts more weekly @OfficialCSX Served by Class I rail providers CSX and #MegaRail
Georgia’s Murray County, the site will feature on- vessel calls than any port on the East Coast. @norfolksouthern Norfolk Southern, Savannah already has one
#intermodal
terminal rail service from CSX Transportation. The Port of Savannah is perfectly situated to of the nation’s most extensive on-dock rail
#AppalachianRegionalPort
The location is adjacent to U.S. 411 and features expand its services to Mid-American Arc cities, #MurrayCounty infrastructures. Once complete, the Port of
easy access to Interstate 75. The facility will ranging from Atlanta to Memphis, St. Louis, #MidAmericanArc Savannah will have a state-of-the-art facility,
handle import, export and domestic cargo. Chicago and the Ohio Valley. unique on the U.S. East Coast.
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GEORGIA PORTS ANNUAL REPORT FY2017
