Georgia Ports: Savannah Exports Up 4% in August

The Port of Savannah moved 529,523 twenty-foot equivalent container units in August, flat, down less than 1% from the same month last year.

Export loads totaled 117,242 TEUs in August, up nearly 4,700 TEUs or 4.2%. Import loads totaled 265,859 TEUs, up about 3,800 TEUs, or 1.5%.

The Georgia Ports Authority handled 1.03 million TEUs in July and August, the first two months of its fiscal year. The fiscal year-to-date total is up 2.2%, or 22,537 TEUs, compared with the same period last year.

Garden City Terminal in Savannah achieved truck turn times of 43 minutes for dual import-export transactions last month, shaving 6.5 minutes off its previous six-month average. Nearly 80% of Savannah’s truck transactions are dual moves. 15,000 truck gate transactions are handled between 4 a.m. and 6 p.m. on weekdays.

Meanwhile, August was a record month for the Appalachian Regional Port, with volumes up 10% compared to August 2025. For the first two months of the fiscal year, the ARP is up more than 25% over the same period last year.

At the Port of Brunswick, heavy machinery volumes reached 4,726 units in August, up 3,884 or nearly 22 percent.

The Port of Brunswick handled 60,572 total units of autos and heavy machinery in August, down 3,348 units, or 5 percent, from the previous August. Luxury vehicle manufacturers continue to see stronger competition from domestic Chinese producers, reducing U.S. exports to that market.

Construction on a fourth berth at Colonels Island is halfway complete. The $100 million project will be complete in November 2027, enabling service to vessels carrying 7,000-plus vehicles.