Cool investments in Georgia Ports
Amongst others, Georgia Ports on the US East Coast is to spend around USD 6 million to expand refrigerated container capacity. Private chilled and frozen warehouse space in Savannah is set to grow by 11% in 2023 to more than 204,000 sqm.
The GPA board recently approved the construction of seven additional refrigerated container racks at the Port of Savannah. The USD 6.2 million project will increase the number of slots for cold cargo to 3,506 at Garden City Terminal, counting chassis plug-ins. Savannah's Ocean Terminal provides another 368 refrigerated container plugs.
GPA's fastest growing cold chain exports in 2022 were poultry, beef, fish fillets, candy, and frozen vegetables. Top performing chilled imports were grapes, vegetables, fish fillets, potatoes, and candy. Furthermore, four new ship-to-shore cranes arrived at the Port of Savannah on 9 February 2023.
The cranes are large enough to handle vessels with a capacity of over 20,000 teu. They are destined for container berth 1 at Garden City Terminal. (sh)