Toyota to move 5,000 cars a year from Savannah to Russia and Ukraine
THE Georgia Ports Authority has announced that Toyota will begin exporting Venza crossover vehicles assembled in the US to Russia and Ukraine via the Port of Brunswick.
The port expects to handle 5,000 vehicles for the Japanese car manufacturer annually, which is a new client for the GPA. These vehicles will be built at the company's Georgetown, Kentucky, plant, which employs 6,600 and represents a US$6 billion investment, making it the company's largest overseas manufacturing facility.
GPA executive director Curtis Foltz said in a statement, "Because of our direct interstate access and two Class I rail services, we can move exports from inland factories more efficiently, as well as move import cargo to destinations across the south east."
The Colonel's Island Terminal at the deepwater Port of Brunswick handled a record 612,489 auto and machinery units in FY2012, up from 497,404 the previous year.
The Port of Brunswick handles 10 per cent of all US ro/ro trade, and 12 per cent of US ro/ro imports. The port ranks third in the nation for auto and machinery trade, serving two dozen domestic and foreign carmakers, as well as heavy equipment producers.
The Venza shipments, beginning this year, are expected to build upon Toyota's all-time record export of more than 124,000 US-assembled vehicles to 21 global markets in 2012, an increase of 45 per cent over the prior year, the release said.
Shigeki Terashi, president and COO of Toyota Motor North America, said: "We expect the export of Venza vehicles to Russia and Ukraine will help further solidify our US manufacturing base."
THE Georgia Ports Authority has announced that Toyota will begin exporting Venza crossover vehicles assembled in the US to Russia and Ukraine via the Port of Brunswick.
The port expects to handle 5,000 vehicles for the Japanese car manufacturer annually, which is a new client for the GPA. These vehicles will be built at the company's Georgetown, Kentucky, plant, which employs 6,600 and represents a US$6 billion investment, making it the company's largest overseas manufacturing facility.
GPA executive director Curtis Foltz said in a statement, "Because of our direct interstate access and two Class I rail services, we can move exports from inland factories more efficiently, as well as move import cargo to destinations across the south east."
The Colonel's Island Terminal at the deepwater Port of Brunswick handled a record 612,489 auto and machinery units in FY2012, up from 497,404 the previous year.
The Port of Brunswick handles 10 per cent of all US ro/ro trade, and 12 per cent of US ro/ro imports. The port ranks third in the nation for auto and machinery trade, serving two dozen domestic and foreign carmakers, as well as heavy equipment producers.
The Venza shipments, beginning this year, are expected to build upon Toyota's all-time record export of more than 124,000 US-assembled vehicles to 21 global markets in 2012, an increase of 45 per cent over the prior year, the release said.
Shigeki Terashi, president and COO of Toyota Motor North America, said: "We expect the export of Venza vehicles to Russia and Ukraine will help further solidify our US manufacturing base."