The Georgia Ports Authority (GPA) recorded 443,650 TEUs at the Port of Savannah in April, a year-on-year (YoY) decline of 71,850 TEUs, nearly 14 per cent, against a particularly strong comparative period.
April 2025 had stood as the port’s busiest April on record, driven by cargo front-loading ahead of tariff implementation.
Fiscal year-to-date figures (July–April) stand at approximately 4.7 million TEUs, down 118,422 TEUs or 2.5 per cent.
GPA President and CEO Griff Lynch acknowledged the current operating environment: “Our customers are managing through a softer market with higher operating costs. The Georgia Ports Authority remains focused on delivering capacity for the longer term so when the market changes we are ready to seamlessly absorb their growth.”
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On the infrastructure side, GPA is pressing ahead with a $5 billion, ten-year expansion programme forecasting 54 per cent throughput growth.
Plans include five additional container berths at Savannah and one new RoRo berth at the Port of Brunswick, a scale of investment unmatched among US port operators.
At Brunswick, a $100 million RoRo berth is among several active infrastructure projects, alongside vehicle storage upgrades, dredging, and harbour modifications.
The port recorded 64,305 RoRo units in April, up 1,367 units or 2 per cent month-on-month. Heavy equipment contributed 4,694 units, a 7 per cent increase.
Year-to-date RoRo volumes sit at 639,574 units; however, they are down 85,213 units or 11.8 per cent.
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Brunswick retained its position as the US’ busiest automobile terminal for a second consecutive year in 2025, processing 779,000 automotive units alongside more than 53,000 units of heavy machinery across both import and export movements.
GPA’s newest intermodal facility, the Gainesville Inland Port, commenced operations on 4 May, establishing direct rail connectivity between Northeast Georgia and Savannah.
Served by Norfolk Southern, the $134 million terminal is projected to shift 26,000 containers from road to rail in its first year of operation, eliminating the equivalent of a 600-mile round-trip highway movement per unit.
Capacity is designed to scale to 200,000 containers annually, feeding directly into Savannah’s 40 global vessel services.
For more information:
Georgia Ports Authority – https://gaports.com/
