Port of Savannah

• June 01, 2021
• Intermodal

Intermodal Roundup: Savannah (Ga.) Harbor-Interstate 16 Corridor JDA; Ceres Global Ag Corp.

The state of Georgia and the Savannah Harbor-Interstate 16 Corridor Joint Development Authority (JDA) are purchasing the 2,284-acre Bryan County Mega-Site, which is less than 30 miles from the Port of Savannah and offers direct access to Georgia Central Railway, with connections to CSX and Norfolk Southern (NS); the Ceres Global Ag Corp. will build a $350 million integrated canola processing facility in Northgate, Saskatchewan, with a direct connection to BNSF.

• April 21, 2021
• Intermodal

SAPT Expands Georgia Port Service

Savannah Port Terminal Railroad (SAPT), a Genesee & Wyoming (G&W) subsidiary, will now serve the Mason Mega Rail Terminal, broadening its long-term rail services agreement with the Georgia Ports Authority (GPA).

• December 01, 2020
• Intermodal

Georgia Ports’ Mega Rail Project Hits Milestone

Georgia Ports Authority (GPA) has completed track installation to link the Garden City Terminal’s Chatham and Mason Mega rail yards, which it said boosts on-terminal storage capacity 35% and helps accommodate nearly 10,000-foot-long unit trains for CSX and Norfolk Southern.

• June 05, 2020
• Class I

FreightWaves SONAR: Savannah Expansion Projects Position Region for Intermodal Growth

The Port of Savannah is poised to expand service and rail capacity as the Mason Mega Rail project meets a production milestone.

• May 29, 2019
• Class I

Plans under way for “largest single-terminal container facility in the western hemisphere”

The St. Louis Regional Freightway and the Port of Savannah are forging a partnership to create a new connection between the St. Louis, Mo., region and what aims to be “the largest single-terminal container facility in the western hemisphere.”

• April 12, 2019
• Construction

Georgia Port Authority selects RailComm for Savannah automation

In a competitive bid, the Georgia Port Authority selected RailComm, LLC as the yard management system provider for the new Port of Savannah Multi-Modal Connector, RailComm announced on April 10.

• December 04, 2018
• Intermodal

Norfolk Southern to serve new Georgia inland container port

Georgia is doubling down on the inland port concept, along with Norfolk Southern announcing plans for a rail-served hub 50 miles from Atlanta.

• September 24, 2018
• Intermodal

Georgia to double intermodal rail capacity

The state of Georgia will spend $92 million to double the Port of Savannah’s annual rail capacity to more than 1 million containers by 2020.

• August 23, 2018
• Intermodal

Georgia’s new inland terminal open for business

Georgia Gov. Nathan Deal and more than 350 state and local officials celebrated the opening Aug. 22 of the new Appalachian Regional Port (ARP) in Northwest Georgia.

• July 23, 2018
• Intermodal

Port of Savannah tops container mark

Another year, another intermodal record as the Port of Savannah cemented its position as the leading southern U.S. gateway for containerized cargo.