Port of Savannah

The Georgia Ports Authority is adding capacity in anticipation of another busy year.

Shippers are looking to speed up delivery and avoid long wait times by utilizing space on the East Coast. As a result, import volumes at eastern ports are on the rise.

Container flows into U.S. ports have grown faster over the past three months than they have at any other time in the past decade.

The all-time best month tops the mark set in just October.

Coast Guard utilized helicopter, response boat and local agencies in the effort to find longshoreman Joe Williams.

The trans-Pacific market is bursting at the seams as shippers rush in holiday cargoes.

Coast Guard helicopter and response boat used along coast of Georgia.

State officials were among the guests cheering for the ports’ fiscal-year successes.

1971: Jacksonville, Savannah and Charleston duke it out for Southeastern port crown.

Georgia Ports Authority heralding performance before the month is done.

Earnings reports from retailers show a clear shakeout between winners and losers.

The port is a top choice for Fortune 100 companies that have been integral to the country’s pandemic response.

U.S. importers turn to Chinese sellers in the wake of COVID.

Ports on the Atlantic are losing imports from Europe as well as Asia.

Restrictions on commercial vessel movement could get tighter today.

“Cargo volume reductions related to COVID-19 were offset by the strength of our export markets and record volumes earlier in the year,” says GPA Executive Director Griff Lynch.

U.S. shippers importing cargo from Asia are getting some price relief.

E-commerce and coronavirus fallout are buoying container services from Asia to the West Coast.

The Port of Savannah handled the most containerized agricultural export volumes last year among all U.S. ports, according to a national database.

On the plus side, the Appalachian Regional Port nearly doubles the number of containers handled.