GEORGIA Port Authority (GPA) handled 235,311 TEU in December, a 7.4 per cent increase or 16,183 TEU year on year with officials having high hopes of lifting three million TEU by the end of the fiscal year in July.
Savannah moved 1.54 million TEU in the six-month period from July through December, a year-on-year increase of 5.8 per cent.
"We are handling three million TEU a year in Savannah, but we can move up to 6.5 million TEU without increasing our physical footprint," said GPA chairman Robert Jepson.
Said GPA executive director Curtis Foltz: "Strong volumes in container traffic, bulk cargo and auto and machinery units for the month of December contributed to this successful mid-year report."
Bulk cargo trade was up 10 per cent or 29,814 tonnes at GPA terminals for the month of December, to reach 325,020 tonnes. For FY2014 to date, the GPA moved 1.35 million tonnes of bulk cargo, an increase of 11.7 per cent.
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30 January 2014 - 20:59
Savannah posts 7.4pc December box growth, targets 3 million TEU by July
GEORGIA Port Authority (GPA) handled 235,311 TEU in December, a 7.4 per cent increase or 16,183 TEU year on year with officials having high hopes of lifting three million TEU by the end of the fiscal year in July.
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30 January 2014 - 20:59
Savannah posts 7.4pc December box growth, targets 3 million TEU by July
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