Port of Savannah

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The Port of Savannah is a major United States of America seaport, located in Savannah, Georgia, just up the Savannah River from the Atlantic Ocean and is operated by the Georgia Ports Authority. It primarily competes with the nearby Port of Charleston in Charleston, South Carolina to the northeast, and the Port of Jacksonville in Jacksonville, Florida to the south. There is also a smaller Port of Brunswick located at Brunswick, Georgia.

Between 2000 and 2005 alone, the Port of Savannah was the fastest growing seaport in the United States of America with a compounded annual growth rate of 16.5 percent, while the national average was 9.7 percent.

[edit] Major Facilities

• Garden City Terminal: Owned and operated by the Georgia Ports Authority, the Garden City Terminal is a secured, dedicated container facility, the largest of its kind on the U.S. East and Gulf coasts. The 1,200-acre (485.6-ha) single-terminal facility features 9,693 linear feet (2,955 linear meters) of continuous berthing and more than 1.3 million square feet (122,833 square meters) of covered storage. The terminal is equipped with fifteen high-speed container cranes (4 super post-panamax & 11 post-panamax), as well as an extensive inventory of yard handling equipment.

• Ocean Terminal: Owned and operated by the Georgia Ports Authority, the Ocean Terminal is a secured, dedicated breakbulk facility specializing in the rapid and efficient handling of a vast array of forest and solid wood products, steel, RoRo (Roll-on / Roll-off), project shipments and heavy-lift cargoes. The 208-acre (84.2-ha) facility features 6,688 linear feet (2,039 linear meters) of deepwater berthing, approximately 1.5 million square feet (138,164 square meters) of covered storage and 96 acres (38.8 ha) of open, versatile storage.

• Target Corporation Facility: On September 21, 2005, Governor Sonny Perdue announced that Target Corporation will build a two million-square-foot import warehouse at the Savannah River International Trade Park, four miles from the Garden City Terminal at the Port of Savannah.

• IKEA Facility: On December 13, 2005, Governor Sonny Perdue and IKEA officials announced that IKEA, the world’s largest home furnishings retailer, will build a 1.7 million-square-foot distribution center on 115 acres at the Savannah River International Trade Park, four miles from the Garden City Terminal at the Port of Savannah. The first phase of the project consists of a 785,000 square-foot facility, which IKEA anticipates will be operational by summer 2007. The company plans to expand the initial facility by approximately 975,000 square feet once the building is operational.