Ga. Ports report strong start to fiscal year 2013

Published: October 9, 2012 by The Associated Press

 

SAVANNAH, Ga. — The Georgia Ports Authority says the states shipping terminals in Savannah and Brunswick are off to a promising start in the new fiscal year that started July 1.

Georgia ports chief Curtis Foltz says the Savannah port handled more than 522,000 containers in July and August, an increase of 4.4 percent from the prior year. Overall tonnage of cargo moving through Savannah and Brunswick was up 5.6 percent to more than 4.5 million tons of imports and exports during the same two months.

The increased container traffic through Savannah was caused entirely by a very strong August. Port officials reported container traffic in July actually dipped 4 percent compared to the previous year.

Foltz released the figures Monday as the port authority's board met in Brunswick.

Read more here: http://www.macon.com/2012/10/09/2206443/ga-ports-report-strong-start-to.html#storylink=cpy

 

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A. Joseph Marshall
Coldwell Banker Commercial
Commercial Real Estate Advisor
Savannah, Ga

Georgia DOT Awards Contract for Port of Savannah Connector

Summary: The design and construction of the Jimmy DeLoach Parkway Connector is awarded to Archer Western Contractors of Atlanta. The company submitted a bid of $72,772,000.

Key quote:

The project calls for the design and construction of a new limited access, median barrier-separated, four-lane highway between S.R. 307/Bourne Avenue and the Jimmy Deloach Parkway. The 3.1-mile roadway will be built east of and roughly parallel to S.R. 21.

This unofficial image is my own idea of what the extension (in yellow) could look like and is for illustration purposes only. Click the image for a larger size. 

Read the full article at Georgia DOT Awards Contract for Port of Savannah Connector.

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A. Joseph Marshall
Coldwell Banker Commercial
Commercial Real Estate Advisor
Savannah, Ga 

Savannah Expands Intermodal Railyard

Savannah Expands Intermodal Railyard

Joseph Bonney, Senior Editor | Nov 21, 2011 3:05PM GMT

The Journal of Commerce Online - News Story

Summary: Georgia Port Authority Board approves 6,000-foot extension of Mason Intermodal Container Transfer Facility because of increased traffic through port.

Key points:
The Georgia Ports Authority board approved a $6.5 million, 6,000-foot extension of the Mason Intermodal Container Transfer Facility, as the Port of Savannah aim to further fuel growing intermodal rail traffic.

Construction will begin in January on the project, which will increase to 4,291 linear feet the rail track at two railyards serving CSX and Norfolk Southern at the port’s Garden City Terminal.

Intermodal container transfers at the port from July through October, the first four months of the GPA’s fiscal year, rose 14 percent to 109,036 moves. August volumes were 28,610, a record.

October container volume was down 6.7 percent year-over-year, with a 9.43 percent drop in imports offsetting a 3.48 percent increase in export loads. Through the first four months of the fiscal year, container volumes were up 1 percent.

The port authority posted a 10.4 percent increase to 207,545 tons in breakbulk volumes. Through the first four months of the fiscal year, breakbulk volume was up 14.9 percent 797,486 tons.

-- Contact Joseph Bonney at jbonney@joc.com. Follow him on Twitter @josephbonney.

A. Joseph Marshall
Coldwell Banker Commercial
Commercial Real Estate Advisor
Savannah, Ga

Another article on Savannah as top 10 port.

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Commercial Real Estate Agent
Savannah, Ga.