Our first Progress Through People luncheon of 2020 was amazing thanks to PC Simonton & the Liberty County Development Authority. As always the Farmhouse did a great job with the food and everyone enjoyed here about the forward momentum with the Georgia Ports!

1. GEORGIA PORTS AUTHORITY
January 23, 2019
The Georgia Ports Authority:
Global Portal for New and Growing Markets
Liberty County Chamber /
Development Authority

2. $44B; +33%
IN STATE GDP
$25B; +25%
IN INCOME
$106B; +26%
IN SALES
GEORGIA PORTS AUTHORITY:
ECONOMIC ENGINE
STATEWIDE IMPACT
Source: Terry College of Business, University of Georgia (FY2017)
440,000 JOBS; +19%

3. SMALL BUSINESS:
THE HEART OF GPA’S
GLOBAL TRADE
25,047 of the 25,700
customers using the port
move 5,000 or fewer TEUs
Of the 14,370 companies
exporting from GA via GPA,
82% or 12,667 companies
are small businesses
Source: GPA Marketing

4. 68 Port-related projects
$5 Billion in investment
12,000 jobs
FY2019

5. GARDEN CITY TERMINAL
• 9,693 ft (2,955 m) of contiguous berth • 33 Container cranes
• 1,200 acres (485.6 ha) terminal area • 158 Rubber-tired gantries
MASON ICTF
Served by Norfolk Southern Railroad
CHATHAM ICTF
Served by CSX Transportation
GATE 1
GATE 3
GATE 5
GATE 8
CB-9
CB-8
CB-5
CB-6
CB-4
CB-3 CB-2
CB-1
GATE 4
CB-7

6. AVERAGE OVER 11,000 GATE MOVES/DAY;
SINGLE 33 MINUTES; DOUBLE 54 MINUTES.
• 3 Gates. 50 Lanes with 31 Pre-check Lanes. 18 Portal Approach Lanes.
• Monday through Friday 6am to 6pm
• Saturday (Gate 4 only) 8am to Noon, 1pm to 5pm
Source: GPA Gate Operations, Average moves/turn times for July 2018-June 2019 Monday-Friday
RECORD FY2019
GATE MOVES2.95M

7. LA/Long Beach
NY/NJ
Savannah
SEA/TAC
Virginia
Houston
Oakland
Charleston
Miami
Port Everglades
Top 10 Port Gateways
#3 in Volume and Fastest Growing
Port FY2009 TEUs
Source: AAPA; throughput excluding domestic
12,868,004
4,876,138
2,404,965
2,431,791
1,879,355
1,745,524
2,076,209
1,367,980
816,236
869,261
FY2019 TEUs
16,747,204
7,382,164
4,480,636
3,221,173
2,938,856
2,855,099
2,589,703
2,393,097
1,107,235
1,069,204
10-Year CAGR
2.7%
4.2%
6.4%
2.9%
4.6%
5.0%
2.2%
5.8%
3.1%
2.1%

8. Savannah Total East Coast Market Share
Source: PIERS
21%
20%
19%
18%
17%
FY2013 FY2014 FY2015 FY2016 FY2017 FY2018 FY2019
Savannah’s
share of East
Coast Port
Market is 21%

9. East Coast Containers
1 of 5
Comes Through Georgia Ports

10. 1-Year Growth
FY2018 vs. FY2019
Category
TEUS
FY2018
Tonnage
Breakbulk (tonnage)
RO/RO (combined units)
Intermodal TEUs
4.2M
36M
2.7M
628K
782K
*Indicates Record
Source: GPA Trade Development
FY2019 Growth %
4.5M* +7.3%
38M* +4.2%
2.8M +2.4%
650K +3.5%
912K +16.6%

11. Top 10 RO/RO Gateways
3rd in Volume and 2nd Fastest Growing
Source: US Census Bureau: Foreign Trade Division USA Trade Online. Auto & Machinery (Short Tons)
Port FY2009 FY2019 10-Year CAGR
Baltimore 1,056,791 1,612,191 +4.3%
Jacksonville 1,014,360 1,242,615 +2.1%
Brunswick 406,947 1,164,846 +11.1%
Newark 918,658 1,045,824 +1.3%
Los Angeles 569,760 734,814 +2.6%
Portland 376,002 707,781 +6.5%
Providence 204,416 665,327 +12.5%
Port Hueneme 246,197 652,223 +10.2%
San Diego 200,551 432,090 +8.0%
Charleston 386,132 404,812 +0.5%

12. MEGA RAIL PROJECT
Capacity Doubles With 100,000 Feet of New Rail
2
3
4
1
5
Expansion - 2 separate 9 track yards for each railroad
Six 10,000 foot tracks connecting old Mason and Chatham ICTFs
Grade separation - State Road 25 overpass
Rail and truck crossings over Pipemakers Canal
Track expansion provides additional storage capacity
1
2
3
4
5
Garden City Terminal
New Capacity Operational by:
• Phase I - March 2020
SR 25

13. The Port of Savannah
can now reach every
inland market.
SAVANNAH
CHICAGO
GPA Mid-American ARC
MEMPHIS
ST. LOUIS
COLUMBUS
CINCINNATI
CHARLOTTE
LOUISVILLE
NASHVILLE
HUNTSVILLE
ATLANTA

14. • Deepening Savannah
River by 5 ft
to 47 ft. MLW
• Project 50% complete
• Estimated cost:
$1.019B
• Benefit/cost ratio 7.3:1
SAVANNAH HARBOR
EXPANSION PROJECT

15. Garden City Terminal FY2015-FY2019
Container Vessel Calls
TEU Capacity FY2015 FY2016 FY2017 FY2018 FY2019
5,000+ 737 883 1,077 1,171 1,148
8,000+ 221 325 507 621 781
13,000+ 0 0 4 65 142
14,000+ 0 0 0 10 30

16. LARGE SHIPS DRIVING NEED FOR
INCREASED CAPITAL INVESTMENT
$3.6B over next 10 years
• 130% increase over previous 10 years
• $198M approved for FY20

17. GAPORTS.COM
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