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At its meeting on June 15, the Georgia Ports
Authority board elected officers for the coming fiscal year, selecting Will
McKnight to serve a second year as chairman.
GPA Secretary-Treasurer Joel Wooten, Jr. was elected
vice chairman and member Kent Fountain was elected secretary-treasurer.
McKnight thanked the GPA team for keeping the
operation moving throughout the COVID-19 crisis, and for pushing forward on
critical infrastructure projects that will be necessary to add capacity and new
services as the ...
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Georgia Ports Authority's Mason Mega Rail project, in the works for more than four years and designed to expand service to the Southeast and Midwestern U.S., has passed a major milestone. GPA has put into operation the first nine of 18 new working tracks, with its first two rail-mounted gantry ...
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At the Georgia Foreign Trade Conference Tuesday, Griff Lynch,
executive director of the Georgia Ports Authority, announced the acquisition of
145 contiguous acres to the Port of Savannah, or more than 1 million TEUs in
annual capacity.
"As the Georgia Ports Authority enters its 75th year, we are
proud to follow in the tradition of ...
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That level of trade would be a 14% increase over volumes moved through Savannah just three years ago, or an additional 550,000 TEUs. Over the same period, the Authority has increased the annual capacity at the Port of Savannah from 5 million to 5.5 million TEUs.
"Through incredible teamwork from the ...
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The Georgia Ports Authority plans to double capacity at Garden City Terminal to 11 million twenty-foot equivalent container units per year. In Fiscal Year 2019, port-related industries announced $5 billion in new investment and 12,000 new jobs coming to Georgia.
At a recent State of the Port conference, GPA authorities and ...
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The Board of Directors of the Georgia Ports Authority elected William D. McKnight as chairman on May 20.
"As an entrepreneur and business leader with more than 30 years in the construction industry, Will McKnight has the experience necessary to keep GPA at the forefront, delivering opportunity for growth to large ...
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Kia Motors Manufacturing of Georgia is now exporting Telluride SUVs through the Port of Brunswick. In Fiscal Year 2018 alone, KMMG moved more than 37,000 twenty-foot equivalent container units through the Port of Savannah.
During a board meeting held at the LaGrange-Troup County Chamber of Commerce, the Georgia Ports Authority recognized a ...
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In front of the largest gathering of attendees ever at the Georgia Foreign Trade Conference, Georgia Ports Authority Executive Director Griff Lynch unveiled GPA's Big Berth/Big Ship program that will allow the Port of Savannah to simultaneously handle six 14,000 TEU vessels by 2024.
"No other single container terminal in North ...
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The Georgia Ports Authority is on track to reach 4.36 million TEUS handled in 2018, its highest volumes ever in a calendar year. The performance would mean an increase of 8% (312,385 TEUs) compared to CY2017.
"Cargo expansion related to growth in inland markets, as well as increased demand right here ...
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Georgia’s Governor Nathan Deal, along with representatives of the Georgia Ports Authority, the Greater Hall Chamber and Norfolk Southern Railroad announced plans on December 3 to make Hall County the site of the GPA's next inland port.
"The Northeast Georgia Inland Port will be situated in the heart of the manufacturing ...
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