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Port Traffic Trends. Georgia, Long Beach/Los Angeles

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October was yet another month of record growth for the Georgia Port Authority, with cargo tonnage, container TEUs, truck gages moves, and intermodal rail container volumes at all-time highs. The San Pedro Harbor ports of Long Beach and Los Angeles together handled container volumes totaling nearly 1.3 million TEUs in October, a drop from the preceding month, but up 3.0 percent from October 2013.

Record Growth Continues at Georgia's Ports

The Georgia Ports Authority (GPA) reports cargo throughput at its Brunswick and Savannah terminals hit a monthly high in October of 2.79 million short tons. That brought to 10.28 million tons cargo volume handled by the GPA during the fiscal year that began July 1, an increase of 7.2 percent from the comparable period of FY 2013-14.

"Strong growth across all key sectors of our business is an indication that our ports are reaching a larger and more diverse customer base," said GPA Executive Director Curtis Foltz.

Savannah's Garden City container terminal also set a record in October – 311,759 TEUs, up 13.6 percent from October 2013. For the fiscal year to date, the GPA has moved 1.2 million TEUs, an increase from last year of 13.1 percent, or 138,554 TEUs.

Other records set in October include 213,445 truck gate moves at Garden City Terminal and 31,328 rail moves at the on-terminal rail yards in Savannah, which are served by CSX Transportation and Norfolk Southern.

GPA’s Brunswick auto port moved 224,197 ro/ro units through October 31 of the current fiscal year. That added to vehicles shipped via Savannah's Ocean Terminal brought GPA’s system wide total to 232,009 units, a 3.4 percent increase for the fiscal year. Total ro/ro volumes for October were up 1.4 percent from a year ago to 63,218 units.

"GPA's ability to handle record volumes with speed and efficiency is a powerful tool for economic development in the Southeastern U.S.," said GPA Board Chairman James Walters. "In order to accommodate continued growth, we are taking proactive steps to increase our capacity from 4.5 million TEUs per year to 6.5 million."

At its November meeting, the GPA board approved construction of Gate 8, a $10.2 million project that will serve as the third major truck interchange at Garden City Terminal. Infrastructure design and planning for the new gate are in final draft. The project is expected to be completed by the end of 2015.

San Pedro Ports Container Traffic Up 3% in October 

The San Pedro Harbor ports of Long Beach and Los Angeles together handled container volumes totaling nearly 1.3 million TEUs in October, down from September’s 1.4 million, but up 3.0 percent from the October 2013 total.

That came as the two ports worked to overcome congestion caused, they say, by the peak season influx of containers and ultra large ships, inadequate storage for empty containers, and chassis availability issues.

In detail, the October data show increases from a year ago of 5.26 percent for inbound loads and 0.9 percent for empty containers and a 10.4 percent drop in outbound loads. That brought year-to-date volume at America’s largest container handling complex to a seven-year high of nearly 12.7 million TEUs and an increase from January-October 2013 of 4.8 percent. Click here for details.

 

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