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News Articles: Port of Savannah

Georgia Ports Authority executive director Griff Lynch speaks at the 2023 State of the Port event on Thursday at the Savannah Convention Center.

Raise the bridge, deepen the harbor: Savannah port leader says more room needed for ships

The Port of Savannah expects to handle 65% more cargo in 2035.

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U.S. Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen speaks at the Port of Savannah on Friday, Sept. 29, 2023.

Yellen calls Savannah port ‘by far the most impressive’ she's seen, praises Biden's work on economy

Janet Yellen cheered the Bipartisan Infrastructure Law's investment in harbor deepening.

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In this photo provided by the Georgia Ports Authority, a vessel is loaded with containers by a ship to shore crane at the Georgia Ports Authority's Port of Savannah Garden City Terminal, on Oct. 21, 2021, in Savannah, Ga.

Georgia ports had their 2nd-busiest year despite a decline in retail cargo

The Georgia Ports Authority said Tuesday that the Port of Savannah handled 5.4 million container units of imports and exports in the 2023 fiscal year that ended June 30.

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The container ship Marius sails toward the Talmadge Memorial Bridge en route to the Port of Savannah's Ocean Terminal on Feb. 20, 2023.

Savannah's Talmadge Bridge subject of public comment period, as state seeks to raise it for ships

Comment can be submitted online through July 27.

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Lineage Logistics' new produce facility in Port Wentworth

Produce logistics facility opens outside Savannah, promising fresher food for consumers

Lineage Logistics said it chose Port Wentworth due to its close proximity to the Port of Savannah.

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A Georgia Ports Authority police truck is parked at the Port of Savannah's Garden City Terminal.

Georgia port police would be granted more power under bill passed by Legislature

Georgia Ports Authority police officers could make arrests up to 1 mile outside of the ports of Savannah and Brunswick.

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Georgia Gov. Brian Kemp speaks at the Georgia Logistics Summit at the Savannah Convention Center on March 8, 2023.

Kemp urges more workforce housing in Georgia amid explosive growth in economic development

The greater Savannah area is projected to grow 34% by 2045, according to the Georgia Department of Transportation.

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The container ship Marius sails toward the Talmadge Memorial Bridge en route to the Port of Savannah's Ocean Terminal on Feb. 20, 2023.

‘The perfect time to double down’: What the Port of Savannah's expansion means for Georgia's economy

Tens of thousands of new jobs could come from Ocean Terminal's overhaul, which will see it deal entirely in container shipping.

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Port of Brunswick

Georgia, US agency sign expansion plan for Brunswick harbor

The Georgia Ports Authority and a federal agency are working on a big expansion of the state-operated seaport in Brunswick.

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The ship BigLift Baffin carried four cranes along the Savannah River on Thursday, Feb. 9, 2023.

East Coast's biggest ‘ship-to-shore’ cranes arrive with fanfare at the Port of Savannah

The four cranes are the biggest in use at an East Coast port, according to the Georgia Ports Authority.

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A container ship is seen near a terminal at the Port of Savannah.

Economists: Port of Savannah to weather expected recession well

Fitch Ratings expects ports will still grow in 2023, but at a slower rate than seen over the past two years.

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Herschel Walker and Sen. Raphael Warnock as election day approaches in Georgia. Photos provided by Getty Images

Georgia Today: Runoff election day; health care and affordable housing, new name for Savannah square

LISTEN: Today is runoff election day in Georgia, health care systems are investing in affordable housing, and a new name may be coming to a public square in Savannah.

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In this photo provided by the Georgia Ports Authority, three vessels work to load and unload cargo at the Georgia Ports Authority Ocean Terminal, June 24, 2022 in Savannah, Ga. On Monday, Dec. 5, 2022 the Georgia Ports Authority announced it will start remodeling the docks at Ocean Terminal in January 2023 to handle two large container ships simultaneously. The work will begin to transition the 200-acre facility to a container-only operation.

Savannah port terminal to get $410M upgrade amid big growth

The Port of Savannah plans a $410 million overhaul of one of its sprawling terminals to make room for loading and unloading larger ships. The Georgia Ports Authority board approved the project Monday under a plan to expand Savannah's capacity for cargo containers by more than 50% by 2025.

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A container berth at the Port of Savannah is shown.

Ships wait offshore in bottleneck at Port of Savannah

More than 40 ships were waiting offshore to come into the Port of Savannah on Tuesday.

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In this June, 19, 2018 photo, several ship to shore cranes stack shipping containers on-board the container ship Maersk Semarang at the Port of Savannah in Savannah, Ga. The Georgia Ports Authority reported Tuesday, July 30, 2019, that its ports at Savannah and Brunswick handled a record 37.5 million tons (34 million metric tons) of cargo in the 2019 fiscal year that ended June 30. That's a 4.2% increase over the previous year.

Savannah port breaks cargo records amid import surge

The Georgia Ports Authority said Tuesday that its docks in Savannah handled nearly 5.8 million container units of imports and exports in the fiscal year that ended June 30. That's an increase of 8% from a year ago, when Savannah exceeded 5 million container units for the first time.

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