Best ever month for Georgia Ports Authority

A total of 251,126 teu were handled, an increase of 20.7% or an additional 43,040 teu, compared to the volume for the same month last year. Overall tonnage totalled 2.2m tonnes, a gain of 15.6% or an additional 297,417 tonnes compared with July 2009.

“We have set a new benchmark for monthly volume at the Port of Savannah,” said GPA’s executive director Curtis Foltz.

Emphasising that the port authority had continued to invest throughout the past two years of recession, Foltz added, “Our strategic planning has ensured that Georgia’s deepwater ports are poised to handle the growth demands necessary to advance economic development and opportunity”.