b'10American Journal ofTransportation ajot.comGEORGIA PORTS 2022 Port of Savannah to grow capacity by 60 percentOn February 24th, Savan- 400,000TEUsincontainer nahStateofthePort,Griffhandling space to the Garden Lynch, Georgia Ports Author- City Terminal and will make itys(GPA)executivedirec- roomforanother820,000 tor, unveiled plans to expandTEUsbyJune.Inthesame the ports container capacitymonth, a new container yard by 60 percent. The enhance- just upriver will add another ments will bring the Port of500,000TEUsofcapacity. SavannahsannualcapacitySeparately,theGardenCity from6milliontwenty-footTerminalWestprojectwill equivalent container units toadd up to 1 million TEUs in 9.5 million TEUs by 2025. phases by 2024.Our expansion is beingGPAsrolefacilitating matched by incredible growthcommerceeven in difficult in both warehouse space andtimesiskeytoGeorgias workforce, Lynch said. Thelong-term economic success, public and private investmentand I am proud of the can-do that were seeing, as well asspirit that sets our ports apart thenumberofpeoplebeingfrom the rest of the nation, drawn to the business, makesaidGeorgiaGov.Brian The Appalachian Regional Port in Northwest Georgia offers the greatest capacity of the half-dozen pop-up yardsSavannah the hottest marketKemp. The Ports of Savan-being used to help keep cargo efficiently flowing through the Port of Savannah.(Photo credit: GPA/Jeremy Polston) in the country for transporta- nah and Brunswick together tion and logistics. play a major role in position-Pop-up container yards help maintain flowing Georgia as the go-to state foreconomicdevelopment, of record volumes through Port of Savannah and I am thankful for all the hardworking men and women By Paul Scott Abbott, AJOT who have hunkered down to moveGeorgiaforwardover A half-dozen pop-up con- containeryards,McCar- 140,750twenty-foot-equiva- the past year.tainer yards at intermodal railthy said. Those yards werelent container units a yearisDuring Lynchs presenta-facilities spanning three statesintended to act as a pressureat the Appalachian Regionaltion, he showed how Savan-areplayinganintegralrolerelief valve for Garden CityPort,alongU.S.411aboutnahhasbecomeanational inkeepingrecordlevelsofTerminal, bringing cargo closer20milesfromInterstateleaderinsupplychainsolu-commerceefficientlyflow- to customers and reducing the75inNorthwestGeorgiastionsandeffectivelyelimi-ing through the Georgia PortslengthofcontainerstorageMurray County. The 42-acrenateditsbacklog,while Authoritys Port of Savannah. time at the Port of Savannah. ARP,openedin2018viaaaccommodating 18 consecu-Withall-time-highcon- Thattheseyards,whichjointeffortoftheStateoftivemonthsofgrowth.In tainer volumes already movingbegan to pop up in late 2021,Georgia,MurrayCounty,CalendarYear2021alone, across GPA docks and plansarenowbeinglookedatasGPAandCSXTransporta- Griff Lynch, executive director ofthe GPA moved a record 5.6 advancingfora60percentmorethantemporaryshouldtion, is 388 rail miles fromthe Georgia Ports Authority, unveilsmillion TEUs, for an unprec-capacityboostatthePortcomeasnosurprise.Indeed,Garden City docks. major container capacity expansionedented expansion of nearly a ofSavannah(seeseparatetheyfitwellwithGPAsTheotherfivepop-upplans in his Feb. 24 Savannahmillion TEUs, or 20 percent, story), the innovative pop-upincreasingrelianceuponrail,yards,whichcombinewithState of the Port address at thecompared to 2020.yardconceptisprovidingincluding via rail-served inlandthe ARP to deliver a total ofSavannah Convention Center.Inhiscommentsbefore (Photo credit: Georgia Ports Authority/immediatereliefandalsoportfacilitiesandthenewly500,000 TEUs of annual off- Stephen B. Morton) acapacitycrowd,Lynch augurs to offer a longer-termimplemented$220million,port capacity, are at: addressedaseriesofkey solution for the nations third- 85-acre Mason Mega Rail Ter- TheCSXHulseyYardProjects now under waylogistics solutions, including busiestcontainerizedcargominal near Garden City Termi- inAtlanta(112,000TEUswilladd1.7millionTEUsthe role six pop-up container gateway and its users. nal berths. annual capacity); ofannualcapacityinfouryardswhichadd500,000 BecauseweanticipateThe pop-up yard with the(FLOWcontinued onmonths.GPAsPeakCapac- (GROWcontinued on sustainedgrowthincargogreatestannualcapacitypage 12) ity project has already addedpage 13)volumes,GeorgiaPortswill continuetousethepop-up yardsfortheforeseeable future,GPAschiefoperat- Cargo Group LLC ingofficer,EdMcCarthy, told AJOT. 6232 Hwy 21Savannah, Ga 31407 912-966-2066 www.CargoGroupLLC.com CAPABILITIESUS Customs BondedTransload & DrayageExport Flat Rack Loading Ed McCarthy, Georgia Ports Crating & Packing Authoritys chief operating officer, Non-Compliant Wood and is enthusiastic about the role of pop-up yards in expediting recordVacuum Services container volumes through the Port of Savannah.(Photo credit: GPA)Domestic Cargo Routing When American port termi-Inventory Management nals were inundated with importYour Global Connection Partner 3.5 Miles from GPA Gates containers, GPA workedwith Norfolk Southern and CSX to establishtemporary,pop-up'