Port of Savannah sees box throughput rise 11.5pc in November

THE US Port of Savannah`s Garden City Terminal handled 222,281 TEU in November, 2010, representing an increase of 11.5 per cent compared to the same month last year.

Overall container volume handled from July to October 2010, which marks the first part of the port`s FY2011, was up 19.1 per cent compared with the same period last year.


"The Port of Savannah experienced moderate gains in November, following FY2011`s very strong peak season," said Georgia Ports Authority`s (GPA) executive director Curtis Foltz. "We remain cautiously optimistic about future volumes through the ports and continue to prepare for larger vessels, currently calling on the US East Coast."


Mr Foltz said in a statement issued by port authorities that the growth experienced by the GPA in November 2010 is consistent with the double-digit growth rates that have been seen since December 2009.


At the Port of Brunswick, the Colonel`s Island Terminal handled 39,222 auto units in November, up 34.6 per cent compared with the same month last year.


In other news, Savannah will see 100 new jobs by 2011, due to the sale of a 689,400 square-foot distribution centre in DP Partner`s LogistiPort Industrial Park to JLA Home, a global virtually integrated company specializing in home furnishing products.


"There were many items considered while we researched for our new location on the east coast, however, the overall Port of Savannah was the key along with the pro business attitude that was expressed by all parties within the Savannah area," said JLA Home chief operating officer Rodney Dickey.