Savannah Chamber

73 Savannah Area Chamber of Commerce 2020 Economic Trends 23 Infrastructure: Port of Savannah / Georgia Ports Authority Georgia's deep-water ports and inland barge terminals support more than 439,000 jobs throughout the state annually and contribute $25 billion in income, $106 billion in sales, and $2.9 billion in state and local taxes to Georgia's economy. The Port of Savannah The Port of Savannah is the largest single-container terminal in the Western Hemisphere. In FY2019, it handled 4.5 million TEUs (Twenty Foot Equivalent Units) in through-put. FY2019 had the highest volume in the Port of Savannah's history. The Port of Savannah moved 9% of total U.S. containerized loaded cargo volume and 20% of the East Coast container trade. The port handled 10.5% of all U.S. containerized exports in FY2019 (USA Trade online). The Port of Savannah offers its customers many advantages: • The most global container services among U.S. Southeast and Gulf ports • Asian transit times as low as 22 days from Asia and nine days from Europe • GPA is owner and operator of the largest single-terminal container facility (Garden City) in the U.S. which also features the longest contiguous dock in the U.S. – 9,693 linear feet • Largest Southeast refrigerated container import-export terminal • One-of-a-kind infrastructure featuring two intermodal container transfer facilities located on a single terminal served by CSX Transportation and Norfolk Southern Railroad • Inspection offices for U.S. Customs & Border Protection and Dept. of Agriculture are on-terminal • Immediate access to two major interstate highways – I-95 (north/south) and I-16 (east/west) • Largest concentration of retail import distribution centers (DCs) along the east coast • Client Relations Center – one-stop customer solutions group for all port users The Georgia Ports Authority operates two deep-water terminals in Savannah – Garden City and Ocean Terminal: Garden City Terminal: • A 500-foot channel width and a secured, dedicated 1,200-acre single-terminal container facility • 1.2 million square feet of covered storage on-terminal, 53 million square feet in industrial/warehouse space off terminal, including 1 million square feet of private cold storage Ocean Terminal: • A 200.4 -acre general cargo terminal features five berths totaling 3,599 linear feet • Handles RoRo, breakbulk, containers, heavy-lift and project cargo • Over 1.4 million square feet of covered storage For More Information contact the Georgia Ports Authority, www.gaports.com. (912) 964-3855 or (800) 342-8012

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