Savannah Chamber

43 29 Savannah Area Chamber of Commerce 2026 Economic Trends Infrastructure: Port of Savannah / Georgia Ports Authority Georgia's deep water ports and inland barge terminals support nearly 651,000 jobs throughout the state annually and contributes $174 billion in sales and $6 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 FY2025 it moved 5.7 million TEUs (Twenty Foot Equivalent Container Units), an increase of 8.6% when compared to the previous year. The Port of Savannah moved 22.3% of the East Coast container trade. The port handled 11.7% of all U.S. containerized exports in FY2025 (PIERS-Enterprise). The Port of Savannah offers its customers many advantages: • The most global container services among U.S. Southeast & Gulf ports • Transit times as low as 26 days from Asia and 12 days from Europe • GPA is owner & 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. of nearly 10,000 linear feet • Largest Southeast refrigerated container import-export terminal • One-of-a-kind intermodal infrastructure located on a single terminal served by CSX Transportation & Norfolk Southern Railroad • Inspection offices for U.S. Customs & Border Protection, U.S. Department of Agriculture, U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission, and U.S. Fish and Wildlife 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 • Customer Service Center – one-stop customer solutions group for all port users For More Information contact the Georgia Ports Authority, www.gaports.com. (912) 964-3855 or (800) 342-8012

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