Georgia Ports Authority

Container volumes were up year over year in Savannah and Charleston, while crude oil exports set a record in Corpus Christi.

Although Hurricane Ian dented volumes at Georgia’s ports, Georgia Ports Authority still saw quarterly volumes grow by 9.6% year over year.

The Georgia Ports Authority’s board on Tuesday agreed to spend $60 million on further development at the Colonel’s Island Terminal.

The Georgia Ports Authority is on track to move a record-setting 6 million twenty-foot equivalent units this fiscal year.

The Georgia Ports Authority says the Navis system “eliminates data silos, improves velocity across our terminals and enables us to more easily integrate with our customers to provide the data and insights they need.”

Georgia Ports Authority kicks off the start of its new fiscal year with volumes at over a half million TEUs.

Consumer demand, vessel diversions and efforts to avoid congested West Coast ports drove the Georgia Ports Authority to break its record for annual volumes.

A number of East Coast ports saw volumes increase in May, and Savannah was one of them.

The Jacksonville harbor deepening project “demonstrates Florida’s unwavering commitment to strengthen and grow supply chains.”

According to maritime expert John McCown, the U.S. ports with the strongest April performance were Charleston, South Carolina; Houston; and New York/New Jersey.