Georgia Ports: Savannah Container Volumes up 10 percent in October

November 14, 2024 Railfanning.org News Wire

2023_12_Mason-Mega-Rail-aerial-scaled — The Port of Savannah’s Mason Mega Rail Terminal, the nation’s largest on-port intermodal facility, will link to the planned Blue Ridge Connector to deliver greater transportation efficiency for Northeast Georgia. (Photo courtesy of Georgia Ports Authority)

The Georgia Ports Authority handled 494,261 twenty-foot equivalent container units in October, an increase of more than 45,000 TEUs, up 10 percent.

It was the third busiest October on record for GPA after 2021 and 2022, when more than half a million TEUs crossed the docks at the Port of Savannah.

GPA officials touted the terminal’s velocity, with containers connecting from vessel to rail in one day. The on-terminal Mason Mega Rail facility provides rail service to customers via Norfolk Southern and CSX.

Record October trade through the Appalachian Regional Port helped boost GPA’s performance with an October high of 3666 rail lifts at the Northwest Georgia inland port, up 4.4 percent.

For the first four months of the fiscal year 2025 — July 1, 2024-Oct. 31, 2024 — GPA has moved 1.9 million TEUs, up 211,320 or 12.3 percent. In autos and high/heavy machinery, Colonel’s Island handled 68,569 Roll-on/Roll-off cargo units in October and 300,647 RoRo units fiscal year-to-date, up 10.6 percent.