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GEORGIA PORTS AUTHORITY BOARD APPROVES $65M FOR OCEAN TERMINAL
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he Georgia Ports Authority has approved contracts totalling $65.6 million for container yard work at the Port of Savannah’s
Ocean Terminal, a 200-acre facility near GPA’s main container port. “We’re very pleased with the progress
on improving Ocean Terminal’s container handling capability,” said Griff Lynch, CEO/President. “We’re on track to see greater container capacity by late 2027.” The Board has approved three project components, including earth compacting to prepare the site to hold container stacks, removal of a former bridge pier and preliminary utility installation behind the wharf structure. Previously approved upgrades at
Ocean Terminal include the purchase of eight ship-to-shore cranes, refurbishing the wharf structure, and construction of an overpass to access US 17. When all work is complete, Ocean Terminal’s annual capacity will grow from 300,000 twenty-foot equivalent container units to more than 1.5 million TEUs. “At Georgia Ports, we never stop
investing in the future,” said GPA Board Chairman Kent Fountain. “As new and existing port users grow their trade through our terminals, we’re ready to
take on additional cargo, providing the world-class service that our customers have come to expect.” In other news, the ports of Brunswick
and Savannah will receive $82.7m in federal funding for maintenance dredging and harbor improvements in a budget package passed by Congress. Nearly $38m will go to the Port of
Brunswick, including $11.35m for the Brunswick Harbor Improvements project and $26.6m to dredge the federal waterway to its full authorized depth. Inner harbor dredging completed
earlier this year brought that portion of the Brunswick channel to the authorized 36 feet. However, funds allotted in 2023 were insufficient to bring the outer harbor from approximately 37 feet to its full authorized depth of 38 feet. The funding includes dredging work in
Brunswick’s inner harbor, starting in late fall of 2024. Outer harbor dredging will begin in December 2024. Earlier this year, Governor Brian Kem signed into law the state’s midyear budget adjustment, in which Georgia General Assembly allocated over $6m for Brunswick Harbor Improvements. The US Army Corps of Engineer’s harbor improvement plan includes an expanded
area for vessels to pass each other at St. Simons Sound, a bend widener, and expansion of the turning basin where ships are turned bow-downriver before docking at Colonel’s Island. The budget measures also devote $44.7m to maintenance dredging conducted year- round in the Savannah Harbor. Construction has started on a larger US Customs inspection facility at the Port of Savannah, more than doubling the size of its current location. The $44.5m project will transition US
Customs operations from its current 130,000 sq ft location at Garden City Terminal to an adjacent 300,000 sq ft building. Warehouse 83B will also undergo a
full renovation and modernization to provide office space and to support the inspection of dry and refrigerated containers, expected to be completed by January 2025. The Georgia Ports Authority has also been awarded a $15m federal grant to replace Berths 2 and 3 at East River Terminal at the Port of Brunswick to improve safety and capacity for exporting wood pellets and peanut pellets, which are used as renewable energy sources.
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