Facts and Resources

“This additional (EC3 Service) Asia-US East Coast all-water service strengthens our commitment to meet the demand of our customers for all-water space from the growing cargo sourcing areas. We are also glad to have the opportunity to offer this through working with the GPA.”

Stephen Ng
Senior Vice President, Transpacific Trade
OOCL

The Port of Savannah offers more all-water China-U.S. express services than any other U.S. East Coast port.
Savannah provides access to more high-volume retail distribution centers than any other port in the U.S. Southeast.
The Port of Savannah provides direct, convenient access to the largest U.S. consumer markets.
Savannah ranks among the top U.S. ports in terminal efficiency.
Trade between Savannah and China has grown 139% over the last five years.
The Port of Savannah is the biggest portal for China Trade in the U.S. Mid & South Atlantic. In 2005, it handled 44% of total Mid & South Atlantic trade with China.
China accounted for 41% of GPA’s total trade in 2005.
In 2005, Savannah was the number one destination for all of the top five import commodities going into the Mid & South Atlantic from China, as well as four of the top five export commodities going from the Mid & South Atlantic to China.
With the addition of Container Berths 8 and 9, as well as $1.025 billion in planned improvements, Savannah is the best-position port to provide the additional vessel and terminal capacity required for projected U.S. East Coast-China trade growth.
The Port of Savannah is home to the "U.S. China Trade & Logistics Conference" (Visit http://www.joc.com/conferences/ctl for more information.)

The Georgia Ports Authority is pleased to offer you the following downloadable research. The information contained in these files should help you to make the most informed shipping decisions.

Title	Size		Description
"Top 10 Commodities"	98.36 KB	Download	Top 10 U.S. Imports / Exports From / To China via S. Atlantic (Norfolk to Miami)
China and the Port of Savannah	844.77 KB	Download	There's no such thing as "business as usual" anymore. Download this brochure to find out why at the Port of Savannah, better information leads to better decisions.
Garden City Terminal Overview - PDF	3.96 MB	Download	A comprehensive overview of the Port of Savannah's Garden City Terminal in a printable pdf format.
Garden City Terminal Overview-PPS	23.27 MB	Download	A comprehensive ovewview of the Garden City Terminal provided as a PowerPoint slide show. This is a very large file.
GPA, Shanghai Port Sign Historic MOU	70.97 KB	Download	The GPA and the Shanghai International Port Group held a Savannah signing of a new strategic alliance, or Memorandum of Understanding (MOU). *Source: Georgia AnchorAge, 2006, Vol. 46, No. 1*