b'8 AmAemrieicriacna nJ oJouurrnnaallooffTTrraannspsoprotrattiaotnio n ajot.com12docks.Recognizingadditionthe sea on-terminalcon- (TRENDScontinued from page 9)ofmore changetocome,tainerGPAstorage,longerSaturdaygateprobably feel the impact of this trend lead-ership began construction withcustomerstoover time.hoursandofef forts thefirstcontainerclearberthatcontainersfromTheres evidence that consumers long-dwellingGarden City Terminal.Garden City Terminal. want to know where the foods they eat By 1970, SavannahMeanwhile, wasatitsMasonMegacome from and how they were grown, rankedsixthamongGPA has recently com- includinginformationonfarming Rail T erminal,U.S. ports. Two yearsmissionedfinal set of nine workingpractices and labor conditions. Peoplelater, Con the-tainerBerth1openedthe total to 18 tracksarealsointerestedinthehistoryof tracks,bringingwith container serviceand from increasing Japan. rail capacity by 30 per- goods like pharmaceuticalsespe-Anewerainshipping hadof Savannah can nowcially in developing countries, where cent. The Port begun, and plansbuild wereimmeand- six10,000-foot- as many as one in 10 medical products receive diatelymadeforlong trains simultaneously. Alltold,may be of substandard quality or fake.a second container berth. since the first trains rolled through theTransparency and traceability are Theturnof mega-terminal in late 2020, the proj- alsoextremelyimportantforbusi-thecentury markedseveralect mile-the Port of Savannahsnesses trying to build more resilient ma jhasordoubledstones, including raila W eliftstCcapacityoast to 2 million TEUs peranddiversesupplychains.Various year -dock strike that diver, twithed si gcontainers heading to suchstrategies for doing this exist. Many Six rail-served pop-up container yards being deployed by the Georgia Ports Authority include nificant cargo vovitallume spopulation to the centers as Memphisbrands are adopting new supply chain four in Georgia and one each in Alabama and North Carolina.(Map credit: Georgia Ports Authority) a 1967 cover illustration for the Georgia Ports authoritys magazine depicts EastCoast,whand Chicago. managementsystemsandtoolslike ereSavan- a sprawl of sheds and warehouses at Savannahs Garden City Terminal.(FLOWcontinued from page 10) on cargo flow, relieving noanh- twerams inreaal dyand wEaxiptianngd. edrailinfrastructureIoT devices that allow them to trackNorfolk Southerns terminal at Hunts- congestion.UseofthesGea rsdietensChiatysTerimproves go flowand allows forthe movement of goods through the minalse ffcari-villeInternationalIntermodalCenternotonlyeasedmovemecniet not f hcaanrdgloin gocargo extra as well as direct railsupply chain and the conditions they ftha texpansion,cd st in Huntsville, Alabama (90,000 TEUsacrossterminal,butalscoa regxopeointveidn ced servicemanyWtoe major Southeast and Mid- experience while en route. annual capacity); vessel service by openinCgo ausptshpiapcpee rstwestern markets, McCarthy said. These data sources can help busi-omaketheA truck-served, GPA-leased facilityfor offloaded containers.diversion permanent. At the same time, GPA is activelynesses provide better information on at Statesboro Bulloch County Airport It should be noted that the dwellextending its reliance upon rail-servedthe origin and shipping conditions of C argoo wnersw ooedin Statesboro, Georgia, 60 miles inlandtimeforintermodalimportcontain- inland port facilities, with constructionfresh foods and similar products.from Garden City berths (84,250 TEUsers at the Port of Savannah isPerhaps signifi- the mosttobe gsignifi springonthe104-acre inthi-s l capacity); ortheas tthat5. astannua a cantly lower than importscant moving developm viaentN around Ge orgia Inland Port, alongdoPtion of Mart eChnology containership with boxes loaded 12 wide makes its way pastCarolina Connector Intermodal Railtruck,McCarthysaid,time the I- 8uniquecorridor in Hall County,fors hiPPingC onditiondowntown Savannahs riverfront in 1973. pointing wasouta daring and 5/I-985 TMARKSa c oCSXntinu efacilityd from berth . Bythat the typical end ofdwellthat y etimear, rail carsharedfu rniDoug( erminal, inRockyforvision go attoby sh adirect link to the Port ofM anageMentpage 6) North Carolina (40,000 TEUsthe termithenalhPortad h ofan dSavannahled moreis lessMarchand, than two attheS timeavan execunah vi-a Norfolk Southern. BusinessesarealsousingIoT Mount,Long Beach and New,000 tonsotransit,ftive , director Ourgia regional annual capacity); and York/ than200days. Rail carg otherefore consti-oftheGeorports provide mul- devicestomoreeffectivelymonitor nd s ervitutesced 4 another6 vessel soption.Norfolkaard and benefits,New Jersey. SouthernsDillardYGPAPorts can provideAuthority,tiple Dick McCarthy said. Theyandmanagetheshippingconditions inSavannah rden Ci tyTEUs annualIn thetomid-1960s, help- smooth out theallowustomovehighvolumesofcoldchainitemsareexposed.Even Indeed, G a(33,000Ter-customerstoSavanKnowlton,hiscounterpartcapacity). openedfornah beganeffects to experience the atdisruptions,cargo quickly, and they help our cus- brieftemperatureexcursionscan minalofficiallyofsupplychain theSavannahEconomicbusine ei ne ff1o9r5t 3h, asb obaesteinn gs uccbiggestess- without causing backups at their facil-Authority tobemoreefficient becausecause certain products to spoil. sTshandmostsweeping Development tomers. fob aritdh.s, twGoP As revolutionsixities or at the port. Inadditionthey can ing cargo at the rail yardsTheseitemsallowshippersto fuul,rgeMnecrCala crtahrgyose inmodernship- toupda tstagep crr asntoesr,a gteh ryeaer ds hpingave contributing- smooth by the 1980s, Garden City Terminal had begun its transformation into a 35o-pt-ounpcgoannttrayine asthe Alsofirst container to( MARK Scandont ithennuedhaveon a shorter truck trip togathercontinuousandreal-time traadn siat s igendisf icaanndt ,apotsaintikveer imized carflow of containersbeen GPAsthe end destination. modern facility for handling containerized cargo.h sh pact goarrivedonGP Ahavepage 10) (TRENDScontinued on page 13)Thank you GPA for what you do for the people ofGeorgia, the USA and the worldATLANTIC FUMIGATION SERVICESOffice Fax912-234-0266 912-234-1541USDA / CBP Compliant Import/Export FumigationsVacuums, Soil Contamination ISPM 15 CertifiedCleaning and Disinfecting IncinerationC. 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