Georgia Ports heartened by May results
In container traffic, the month of May at Georgia Ports (GPA) performed better than expected. The Port of Savannah’s Garden City Terminal handled more than 337,000 teu last month, down 9.7% or 36,000 teu from May 2019.
GPA executive director Griff Lynch thanked the port's personnel and partners, besides crediting "Savannah’s strong export commodities and record cargo moved by the Appalachian Regional Port are all contributing factors to our performance.”
The latter inland port handled almost 2,900 teu, surge of 99% or 1,420 container lifts compared to the same month a year ago. Lynch claimed that the substantial improvement was due to shipping lines recognising the inland port as an official container yard and routing more cargo through the facility.
For the fiscal year to date, GPA’s container trade is slightly behind last FY's performance, handling 4.1 million teu, down almost 19,000 teu or 0.5%. Total cargo for the period from July 2019 through May 2020 reached 34.7 million t, rising by almost 350,000 t or 1%. (mw)