Georgia Ports Container Trade up 8.6% in Fiscal 2025

250729 Board Release Photo — Georgia Ports handled 5.7 million twenty-foot equivalent container units in fiscal year 2025, an increase of 8.6 percent compared to the previous fiscal year. It was the Port of Savannah’s second busiest year on record. $4.5 billion in planned investments will add five big ship berths in the next eight years – the largest capacity expansion of any U.S. port. (Photo courtesy of Georgia Ports)

The Georgia Ports Authority moved 5.7 million twenty-foot equivalent container units in fiscal 2025, representing an 8.6% increase of 450,000 TEUs compared to the previous fiscal year.

Fiscal 2025, which ended on June 30, was the Port of Savannah’s second-busiest year on record, and the rate of growth shows continued strength in Georgia’s logistics trajectory. In the pandemic year of fiscal 2022, GPA handled 5.76 million TEUs.

Savannah’s volume grew at a 4.5% compound annual growth rate for fiscal year-to-date 2025 compared to the same period in 2016, while the entire U.S. container port market experienced a 2.7% CAGR during the same period.

The Port of Savannah moved 410,400 TEUs in June. Georgia Ports averaged more than 475,000 TEUs per month in the fiscal year just ended. March, April and May each came in over 500,000 TEUs.