New Container Port Tender

Scope The Georgia Ports Authority GPA has revealed plans to establish a new container port on Hutchinson Island across the Savannah River channel to expand the capacity of Savannah port in Georgia US. The expansion will double the Port of Savannahs annual capacity from 5.5 million twenty-foot equivalent units TEUs to 11 million TEUs. The new container port will span across a 200-acre area. Located directly across from Ocean Terminal in Savannah the facility will be able to handle 2.5 million TEUs of cargo annually. The market has clearly chosen the Port of Savannah as the south-eastern hub for containerised trade.The expansion plan includes the installation of six additional ship-to-shore cranes at Garden City Terminal by next year. Subsequently the terminal will have a total of 36 cranes. The Georgia Ports Authority will continue to modernise its fleet of cranes which will include the installation of 12 new cranes with a lift height of 170ft by 2027. The port authority is also considering launching a berth realignment project within the next three years. It will create dock space for more 14000-TEU ships on the downriver end of Garden City Terminal. The deployment of new cranes and modernised docks along a new Hutchinson Island terminal will considerably boost the Port of Savannahs shipping capacity by 2027. Our terminal infrastructure plan adheres to our investment philosophy of always keeping infrastructure ahead of current demand. This will ensure the GPA is prepared to handle the next wave of cargo expansion.