Georgia Ports Authority hosted their annual State of the Port of Savannah event with President Kevin Price announcing the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers has approved the Savannah Container Terminal permit after a three-year review process.
“We’re excited about the Savannah Container Terminal’s role in our future growth and investment plans to take us to a 12 million TEU gateway container port, serving customers in Georgia and our nation with the best infrastructure in a high growth region,” said Mr. Price. Savannah’s current container capacity is 7.75 million TEU.
Georgia Ports will now proceed with the next steps in the development of the new 3.5 million TEU container terminal on Hutchison Island in Savannah. Construction starts in January 2028. When completed in the mid-2030s the 350-acre facility will be able to handle the largest container ships…