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Port of Savannah

ThePort of Savannahis a majorU.S.seaportlocated atSavannah,Georgia.[5]As of 2021, the port was the third busiest seaport in the United States.[6]Its facilities for oceangoing vessels line both sides of theSavannah Riverand are approximately 18 miles (29 km) from theAtlantic Ocean.Operated by theGeorgia Ports Authority (GPA),the Port of Savannah competes primarily with thePort of CharlestoninCharleston, South Carolinato the northeast, and thePort of JacksonvilleinJacksonville,Floridato the south. The GPA operates one other Atlantic seaport in Georgia, thePort of Brunswick.The state also manages three interior ports linked to theGulf of Mexico:Port Bainbridge,Port Columbus, and a facility atCordele, Georgialinked by rail to the Port of Savannah.[7]In the 1950s, the Port of Savannah was the only facility to see an increase in trade while the country experienced a decline in trade of 5%. It was chaired and led by engineerDr. Blake Van Leer(who also led the US Corps of Engineers).[8]

Port of Savannah
View of the Garden City Terminal and other port-related facilities to the left of theSavannah River
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Location
CountryUnited States of America
LocationGeorgia, U.S.A.
Coordinates32°07′43″N81°09′07″W/ 32.128705°N 81.151907°W/32.128705; -81.151907
UN/LOCODEUSSAV[1]
Details
Opened1744[2]
Owned byGeorgia Ports Authority
Type ofharbourriver natural
Draft depthDepth 47 feet (14 m)[3]
Air draft185 feet, restricted byTalmadge Memorial Bridge
Statistics
Annual cargotonnage37.77 million (FY2020)[4]
Website
https://gaports.com/facilities/port-of-savannah/
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Between 2000 and 2005 alone, the Port of Savannah was the fastest-growing seaport in the United States, with a compounded annual growth rate of 16.5 percent (the national average is 9.7 percent). On July 30, 2007, the GPA announced that the Port of Savannah had a record year in fiscal 2007, becoming the fourth-busiest and fastest-growing container terminal in the U.S.[9]As of 2021, the port was third busiestseaportin the United States.[6]The GPA handled more than 2.3 milliontwenty-foot equivalent units(TEU) of container traffic during fiscal 2007–a 14.5 percent increase and a new record for containers handled at the Port of Savannah. In the past five years, the port's container traffic has jumped 55 percent from 1.5 millionTEUhandled in fiscal 2003 to 2.3 millionTEUin fiscal 2007.[10]By 2014, container traffic was up to 3 millionTEU.[11]In 2018, the Port handled a record 4.35 millionTEU,a 7.5 percent increase over 2017.[12]

In response to the growth in traffic at both Savannah and thePort of Charleston,theJasper Ocean Terminal,which would be the largest port in the country if it is completed, is planned to be built upriver on the Savannah River by the mid-2020s.[13]

Major facilities

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Port of Savannah terminal locations
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The Port of Savannah was unable to accommodate further terminal growth, which caused it to develop satellite terminal facilities and inland distribution.[14]These facilities include:

  • Garden City Terminal:Owned and operated by the GPA, the Garden City Terminal is a secured, dedicatedcontainer terminal,the largest single-operator container terminal in North America. The 1,345-acre (5 km2) facility features 9,693 feet (2,955 m) of continuous berthing and more than 1.1 million square feet (104,000 m2) of covered storage. The terminal is equipped with thirty-six high-speed container cranes (30super post-Panamaxand 6post-Panamax), as well as an extensive inventory of yard handling equipment.[15]
  • Ocean Terminal:Also owned and operated by the GPA, the Ocean Terminal is a secured, dedicatedbreakbulkfacility specializing in the rapid and efficient handling of a vast array of forest and solid wood products, steel,RoRo(Roll-on / Roll-off), project shipments and heavy-lift cargoes. The 200.8-acre (0.8 km2) facility features 3,599 feet (1,099 m) of deepwater berthing, approximately 1.425 million square feet (133,000 m2) of covered storage and 99 acres (401,000 m2) of open, versatile storage.[16]
  • SeaPoint Industrial Terminal Complex:In 2014, Savannah-based Dulany Industries, Inc. reached an agreement with Greenfield Environmental Savannah Trust LLC to buy the 1,600-acre former site[17]of Kerr McGee and Tronox off East President Street, to develop the SeaPoint Complex, a sustainable multi-use industrial complex with the first privately owned commercial berth on the main shipping channel of the Savannah River.
  • Target Corporation Facility:On September 21, 2005,GovernorSonny Perdueannounced thatTarget Corporationhas decided to build a two-million-square-foot import warehouse at the Savannah River International Trade Park, located four miles (6 km) from the Garden City Terminal at the Port of Savannah.[citation needed]The import warehouse opened on June 8, 2007, and handles overseas cargo and merchandise for Target Corporation's Southeast stores.[citation needed]
  • IKEA Facility:On December 13, 2005, Perdue andIKEAwould build a 1,700,000-square-foot (160,000 m2) distribution center on 115 acres (0.5 km2) at the Savannah River International Trade Park.[citation needed]The first phase of the project consists of a 685,000-square-foot (63,600 m2) facility, which opened on June 27, 2007.[citation needed]The company also plans to expand the initial facility by approximately 975,000 square feet (90,600 m2) in the future.[citation needed]
  • Heineken USA Facility:Heineken USAopened a distribution center in February 2008 that was built with the capacity to handle 4,000 containers a year, the equivalent of 7 million cases ofHeinekenandAmstelbrand beverages.[18]This location acts as the port of call for distributors inGeorgia,South Carolina,North Carolina,Tennessee,KentuckyandAlabama.[18]
  • Savannah Port Terminal Railroad,a railroad that links the terminal facilities to theGenesee & Wyomingrailroad.

Maersk Line

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On April 10, 2007,Maersk Linereported that the line has added the Port of Savannah to its MECL2 service. With the addition, Maersk Line now has five services calling on the Port of Savannah. The MECL2 service will increase Savannah's trade withIndia,theMiddle Eastand theMediterraneanbasin. In 2006, Maersk Line and the GPA signed a twenty-year agreement that would make the Port of Savannah one of its primary ports of call in the South Atlantic. The MECL2 service provides direct service fromChennai/Madras,India, to act as transshipment hub for cargo to and fromVisakhapatnam,Calcutta/Haldia,andBangladesh.

Suez Express and East Coast Savannah Express

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On June 5, 2007,APLannounced that it would have two new all-water services to the Port of Savannah, one via theSuez Canaland one via thePanama Canal.The weekly Suez Express (SZX) will provide increased capacity via Savannah to and from India and Southeast Asia, deploying eight vessels. The SZX, which will originate inSingapore,calls onColombo,Sri Lanka,before Savannah and then returns viaJebel Ali,Port Klangand thenSingapore.It takes 25 days for the SZX service to transit from Singapore to Savannah. The weekly East Coast Savannah Express (ESX), will provide increased capacity between south and central China and Savannah. The ESX will offer a transit time of 22 days fromHong Kongto Savannah, making this service the fastest available to the U.S. East Coast.[citation needed]The ESX originates inNingbothen call onShanghai,Chiwan, Hong Kong, Panama and then Savannah,New York,Norfolk,Panama and back to Ningbo.

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Port in the 1930s

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See also

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References

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  1. ^"UNLOCODE (US) - UNITED STATES".service.unece.org.Retrieved24 March2021.
  2. ^"WPS - Port of Savannah review".World Port Source.Archivedfrom the original on 2021-06-08.Retrieved2021-06-07.
  3. ^http://www.iwr.usace.army.mil/Portals/70/docs/portswaterways/rpt/June_20_U.S._Port_and_Inland_Waterways_Preparing_for_Post_Panamax_Vessels.pdf[bare URL PDF]
  4. ^Links-Wells, Kim (2020-07-27)."Savannah volume down just 1% and total tonnage a record".FreightWaves.Retrieved2021-06-08.[dead link‍]
  5. ^Bobo Mullens, David William (2013)."Dredging the Port of Savannah to Deepen Georgia's Connections Worldwide".Georgia Journal of International & Comparative Law.42(1): 269–276.Retrieved31 October2016.
  6. ^abKanell, Michael E. (May 26, 2021)."Savannah greets largest ship to dock on East Coast".The Atlanta Journal-Constitution.Retrieved27 May2021.
  7. ^Hutchins, Reynolds (5 September 2015)."Georgia's Inland Feeding Frenzy".Journal of Commerce.17(18): 44–45.Retrieved31 October2016.
  8. ^"GEORGIA REPORTS WORLD TRADE RISE; District Leads All Others in Southeast in Rate of Gain on Value of Goods Shipped".The New York Times.
  9. ^atlanta.bizjournals.com
  10. ^Morley, Hugh R. (19 September 2016)."Record Savannah imports surge amid peak season".JoC Online.Retrieved31 October2016.
  11. ^Carla Vianna (December 2, 2015)."Will Miami, Broward seaports converge?".Miami Today.RetrievedDecember 3,2015.
  12. ^Dave Williams (January 29, 2019)."Port of Savannah sets containerized cargo record in 2018".Atlanta Business Chronicle.RetrievedJanuary 30,2019.
  13. ^"Jasper Ocean Terminal plans on fast track".Business in Savannah. May 2, 2016.RetrievedJanuary 23,2017.
  14. ^Dunn, Brian (27 January 2014)."How other port clusters take advantage of growth opportunities".Canadian Sailings:15–19.Retrieved31 October2016.
  15. ^"Garden City Terminal".GA Ports.October 14, 2020.
  16. ^"Ocean Terminal".GA Ports.October 14, 2020.
  17. ^Mayle, Mary Carr."Dulany Industries to develop former Tronox site".Savannah Morning News.Retrieved2021-04-23.
  18. ^ab"Heineken opens new distribution center here".Savannah Morning News.Retrieved2023-07-31.
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