Georgia Tech Study Shows East Coast Gateway Best Choice for Atlanta Cargo

Georgia Tech researchers found shippers save money, boost reliability and achieve comparable average transit times when they land Atlanta-bound cargo at the gateway port of Savannah, instead of a West Coast port.

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Georgia Ports Economic Impact Jumps 7% in 2024

Port activity in Georgia now supports 650,965 full- and part-time jobs across the Peach State, according to an economic impact study by the University of Georgia’s Terry College of Business.

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Georgia Ports Maintains Excellent Credit Rating from S&P Global

A well-known international financial rating service, S&P Global (Standard & Poor’s), has released their bi-annual rating on August 8, 2025, giving Georgia Ports Authority an excellent rating (high grade) of AA/Stable on GPA’s revenue bonds and effectively the equivalent rating that Moody’s issued last September 2024 at Aa2.

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State of the Port 2025: Savannah Fastest Growing Port on U.S. East Coast

Building strong partnerships, superior connectivity, ample capacity ahead of demand and a responsible approach with communities is the “GPA way,” and sets the ports of Savannah and Brunswick apart from the competition. That was the message shared at the Savannah State of the Port event Feb. 25.

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Port of Savannah Achieves 11.4 Percent Growth, Port of Brunswick Up 7.5 Percent

The Georgia Ports Authority handled more than 2.8 million TEUs in fiscal year-to-date 2025 (July 1 – Dec. 31), an increase of 11.4 percent or nearly 300,000 TEUs in the Port of Savannah. In December, GPA handled more than 442,000 TEUs, an increase of 4.7 percent or 19,850 TEUs compared to December 2023.

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Port of Savannah’s Ocean Terminal, Receives Four New Electric Ship-to-Shore Cranes

The Port of Savannah received four new electric ship-to-shore cranes on January 25, 2025, bringing Ocean Terminal’s fleet to eight Super Post Panamax cranes, all designed by Finland-based, Konecranes.

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Savannah Container Volumes up 10 Percent in October

The Georgia Ports Authority handled 494,261 twenty-foot equivalent container units in October, an increase of more than 45,000 TEUs, up 10 percent.

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Georgia Ports Expanding Inland Connectivity

The Georgia Ports Authority is expanding its rail cargo capacity to move containers across the state and into the Midwest with greater speed and efficiency, according to GPA General Manager of Inland Operations Wesley Barrell.

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