The Port of Savannah has handled 500,900 TEUs in May, marking a 2.2 per cent year-over-year (YoY) increase and continuing a three-month streak above the half-million mark.
It was Savannah’s second busiest May on record, trailing only May 2022’s 519,400 TEUs.
For the fiscal year to date (1 July, 2024 – 31 May, 2025), Savannah has processed 5.3 million TEUs, an increase of 493,635 units or 10.3 per cent over the previous year.
Lynch credited the expansion of capacity at Garden City Terminal West for helping customers better manage supply chain variability.
Griff Lynch, President and CEO of GPA, said: “Three months in a row over half a million TEUs is a testament to customers’ trust in Savannah.
“I’d like to thank GPA employees and our partners at Gateway Terminals and the International Longshoremen’s Association for delivering world-class supply chain efficiency, even during market disruptions.”
The facility sits adjacent to Garden City Terminal, the largest single container terminal in the Western Hemisphere.
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Kent Fountain, GPA Board Chairman, stated: “Our port master plan’s $4.5 billion investment over the next 10 years is designed to keep the port always ready for the changing future needs of customers and to grow responsibly, sustainably and sensitively to the communities we serve.
“Port infrastructure is a long-term investment that has a significant economic impact for Georgia, and we’re proud to serve our customers with the most competitive port operations in the nation.”
GPA has invested $3.2 billion in infrastructure over the past decade.
Meanwhile, the Port of Brunswick’s new rail yard on the south side of Colonel Island is set to begin operations by the end of June 2025.
Phase I of the $22 million project will double weekly rail capacity from five to 10 trains, raising annual throughput from 150,000 to more than 340,000 autos.
Phase II, expected by 2028, will increase capacity to 590,000 units with an additional $54 million investment.
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Despite tariff-related market uncertainty, Lynch noted that Brunswick’s RoRo terminal posted a solid performance.
The terminal handled 79,134 units in May, a YoY decline of 8.6 per cent, though still among the port’s strongest months historically.
Of that total, 73,995 units were autos and 5,139 were heavy machinery.
May 2024 was GPA’s second busiest month ever for RoRo, with 86,608 units moved. Fiscal year-to-date RoRo volumes at Brunswick reached 803,117 units, up 7,000 or 1 per cent compared to the same period last year.
In April, the Georgia Ports Authority recorded its busiest month for container trade, moving 515,500 TEUs.
