b'4American Journal of Transportation ajot.comA train bound for Americas Heartland passes under the Georgia State Route 25 overpass on newly installed track linking Port of Savannah rail yards of CSX and Norfolk Southern in forming the Mason Mega Rail Terminal.(Photo credit: Georgia Ports Authority/emily Goldman)(FACILITYcontinuedTheGPAhasincreased from page 2) its Garden City ship-to-shore atGardenCityTerminal,crane contingent to 34, includ-which, at 1,200 acres, is theingsomeofthetallestsuch largestsingle-terminalcon- units on the U.S. East Coast, tainerfacilityofitskindinand is proceeding with reno-North America. Not surpris- vationand145-acreexpan-ingly,thecompletedMasonsion of its container yard.Mega Rail installation is to beWith megacontainerships the largest on-dock intermo- with capacities of as many as dal rail facility at any North15,000 TEUsbeingincreas-American port. ingly deployed by ocean car-Added intermodal capac- riers,theabilitytoexpedite ity opens new inland markets(FACILITYcontinued oneight containerships berth simultaneously at the Port of Savannahs bustling Garden City Terminal, which, at 1,200 whileenhancingcompetitivepage 13) acres, is the largest single-terminal container facility of its kind in North America.(Photo credit: GPA/Ashlee Maddy)reliability in serving destina-tionsalreadyreachedby27 trainsdepartingthePortofBREAKBULK AND PROJECT CARGO.Savannah on a weekly basis. Forexample,theGPAhasSAVANNAH AND BRUNSWICK.stepped up marketing of dual rail services into the Midwest,SMART MOVE.providingcustomerswith greater price competitiveness and scheduling flexibility.GPAofficialspointtoEXPERIENCE, FLEXIBILITY AND RAPID MARKET ACCESS collaborationswithrailpro-viders,oceancarriersandMAKE THE GEORGIA PORTS THE PERFECT HUBstevedores, as well as strate- FOR BREAKBULK AND PROJECT CARGO.gicshiftsinstaffing,equip-mentandcontaineryard deployment,inachievement of dramatic gains in efficient movement of intermodal con-tainers, with the typical time from import cargo arrival to raildepartureslashedto24 hours from 72 hours.Integraltothisaccom-plishmenthasbeentheuse ofrail-mountedgantries,or RMGs, which each span nine trackstofacilitateefficient movement of containers from jockeytruckstotrains.Ter-minal chassis are parked per-pendiculartotheraillines, and RMG operators rotate the containers as they move them to and from train and truck.The facilitys third RMG isnowbeingassembledon theterminal,tobecommis-sionedinFebruary,and,by theendof2021,whenall bundles of track are slated to be operational, a total of six RMGs are to be in place at Dedicated teams well-versed in the special355,000 sq. ft. of warehouse space at Port of Mason Mega Rail. handling requirements for each type of cargo Brunswicks Mayors Point TerminalTheMasonMegaRail Direct interstate access to manufacturing points1.3 million sq. ft. of warehouse space at Port of Terminalisacriticalpiecethroughout the U.S. Savannahs Ocean Terminalin the overall GPA initiative tomeetburgeoningcargo Established relationship with the GeorgiaRail: Brunswick - Direct CSX and Norfolk Southerndemands,buildinguponDepartment of Transportation for overweight Savannah - Direct Norfolk Southern and such competitive advantagesand dimensional cargo permitting assistance CSX via SwitchasthePortofSavannahs position as first port of callFor additional information, contactformanyoceancarrierser- Bobby Keel, Regional Sales Manager, Trade Development at vices transiting the expanded(912) 965-6369, [email protected] Canal. gaports.com/cargo/breakbulk'