THE Port of savannah is now congested despite steady improvement in the speed of cargo moving off the docks and having moved 472,000 TEU in September, up 14.5 per cent year on year, says the Georgia Ports Authority.
'Our team is doing a great job, handling an immense volume of cargo every day,' said Griff Lynch, executive director of the Georgia Ports Authority. 'I'd also like to extend our appreciation to our many customers, who are working in lockstep with us to move cargo quickly and work vessels with greater efficiency.'
The Port of Savannah handles almost one in 10 cargo containers in the United States. According the GPA, Savannah has seen a 55 per cent reduction in the number of import boxes that have been at the Garden City Terminal for longer than four weeks, with average dwell time for import containers now at 11 days. Exports average seven days. GPA has also adjusted its container receiving window to help export customers.
Across all of Georgia's ports and inland terminals, total cargo for September reached 3.3 million tons, up eight per cent year on year.
The GPA said truck traffic at the Garden City Terminal remains 'fluid,' with single container moves over the past month averaging 38 minutes, or 60 minutes for dual import/export moves. Counting both import and export cargo, the port's truck gates are averaging 70,000 moves per week, while intermodal containers take less than two days to move from vessel offload to departing rail, according to the GPA.
According to the GPA's website, there were 24 ships waiting at anchor, down from a peak of 30 in mid-September, representing the biggest backlog on the east coast. The backlog has been so bad that some services have been re-routed to ports of Charleston and Jacksonville.
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'Our team is doing a great job, handling an immense volume of cargo every day,' said Griff Lynch, executive director of the Georgia Ports Authority. 'I'd also like to extend our appreciation to our many customers, who are working in lockstep with us to move cargo quickly and work vessels with greater efficiency.'
The Port of Savannah handles almost one in 10 cargo containers in the United States. According the GPA, Savannah has seen a 55 per cent reduction in the number of import boxes that have been at the Garden City Terminal for longer than four weeks, with average dwell time for import containers now at 11 days. Exports average seven days. GPA has also adjusted its container receiving window to help export customers.
Across all of Georgia's ports and inland terminals, total cargo for September reached 3.3 million tons, up eight per cent year on year.
The GPA said truck traffic at the Garden City Terminal remains 'fluid,' with single container moves over the past month averaging 38 minutes, or 60 minutes for dual import/export moves. Counting both import and export cargo, the port's truck gates are averaging 70,000 moves per week, while intermodal containers take less than two days to move from vessel offload to departing rail, according to the GPA.
According to the GPA's website, there were 24 ships waiting at anchor, down from a peak of 30 in mid-September, representing the biggest backlog on the east coast. The backlog has been so bad that some services have been re-routed to ports of Charleston and Jacksonville.
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