Georgia, Virginia ports file Gateway co-op agreement
Eyeing potential growing container traffic along the U.S. East Coast, Georgia and Virginia ports on Feb. 24 filed for permission to create an “East Coast Gateway Terminal Agreement.”
Eyeing potential growing container traffic along the U.S. East Coast, Georgia and Virginia ports on Feb. 24 filed for permission to create an “East Coast Gateway Terminal Agreement.”
Containerized trade through the Port of Savannah grew 16.2% to 331,468 TEUs in January, a record month for tonnage, and another sign of strengthening box growth in the new year at U.S. ports.
Container throughput at Georgia’s Port of Savannah totaled 331,190 TEUs in January, an increase of 16.1% from the same month a year ago and the third straight record monthly gain.
The Georgia Ports Authority announced on July 6 it has received a $44 million Fixing America’s Surface Transportation (FAST) grant from the U.S. Department of Transportation to increase rail capacity at the Port of Savannah.
Governor Nathan Deal, the Georgia Ports Authority (GPA) and CSX Transportation signed a memorandum of agreement July 28, 2015 establishing the Appalachian Regional Port in Chatsworth, Ga. Its service will include North Georgia, Alabama, Tennessee and parts of Kentucky.
The Georgia Ports Authority (GPA) saw the highest-ever volume of intermodal rail moves in Fiscal Year 2015 with the Port of Savannah having moved 369,347 containers by rail in FY2015, up from the previous year record of 332,996 containers set in FY2014, the authority announced on July 27, 2015. The growing volumes moved by rail resulted in an increase of 10.9% or 36,351 containers for the year.