The Georgia Ports Authority (GPA) has approved contracts totaling $65.6 million for container yard work at the Port of Savannah's Ocean Terminal, a 200-acre facility just downriver from GPA's main container port.

"We're very pleased with the progress on improving Ocean Terminal's container handling capability," said GPA President and CEO Griff Lynch. "We're on track to see greater container capacity by late 2027."

On Tuesday, the board 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.

The work will be funded through revenue bonds GPA issued in 2022.

Previously approved upgrades at Ocean Terminal include the purchase of eight ship-to-shore cranes, refurbishing the wharf structure, and construction of an overpass for direct access to 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.

Source: GPA

 

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