GEORGIA Ports Authority's port of Savannah handled a record 479,700 TEU in January as capacity improvements and 'pop-up' container yards helped to reduce the shipping logjam.
January's cargo volumes represent an increase of 4 per cent over the same month a year ago, when cargo volumes expanded by 22 per cent from before the pandemic-driven import surge. The Port of Savannah has now set monthly records for the past 18 months.
'The steps we have taken to add capacity have broken the logjam in global logistics for our customers and created jobs throughout the supply chain' said Georgia Ports Authority (GPA) executive director Griff Lynch, reports gCaptain, Ventura, California.
'The dedication and hard work of our GPA employees, the International Longshoremen's Association (ILA), and our other partners throughout the logistics community have also played a key role to keep cargo flowing.'
Over the last 18 months, the Port of Savannah has grown its container volumes by 1.2 million TEU, including more than 930,000 TEU in 2021 alone.
It's been quite a turnaround for Savannah since peak congestion experienced there last fall. Figures released by the Georgia Ports Authority last week showed just three ships at anchor outside the Port of Savannah, down from a peak of around 30 in mid-September.
In 2021, the Port of Savannah moved a record 5.6 million TEU, for an increase of about 20 per cent compared to 2020.
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January's cargo volumes represent an increase of 4 per cent over the same month a year ago, when cargo volumes expanded by 22 per cent from before the pandemic-driven import surge. The Port of Savannah has now set monthly records for the past 18 months.
'The steps we have taken to add capacity have broken the logjam in global logistics for our customers and created jobs throughout the supply chain' said Georgia Ports Authority (GPA) executive director Griff Lynch, reports gCaptain, Ventura, California.
'The dedication and hard work of our GPA employees, the International Longshoremen's Association (ILA), and our other partners throughout the logistics community have also played a key role to keep cargo flowing.'
Over the last 18 months, the Port of Savannah has grown its container volumes by 1.2 million TEU, including more than 930,000 TEU in 2021 alone.
It's been quite a turnaround for Savannah since peak congestion experienced there last fall. Figures released by the Georgia Ports Authority last week showed just three ships at anchor outside the Port of Savannah, down from a peak of around 30 in mid-September.
In 2021, the Port of Savannah moved a record 5.6 million TEU, for an increase of about 20 per cent compared to 2020.
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