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The infrastructure improvement will increase berth capacity at Garden City Terminal by 25 percent (1.5 million TEUs,) to 7.5 million TEUs per-year.
By Irwin Rapoport
As part of its ongoing expansion of the Port of Savannah, the Georgia Ports Authority (GPA) began renovations of Berth 1 at the Garden City Terminal (GCT) in April 2021, a project that will be completed this July by The Industrial Company (TIC). The $138 million project, now 75 percent complete, is being financed by GPA’s internal capital funds and a federal grant by the Maritime Administration. “When Berth 1 improvements are finished in July, the port will be able to simultaneously serve seven vessels, including
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four 16,000-TEU ships,” said Chris Novak, GPA’s senior director of engineering. “The improved berth will add 1.5 million 20-foot equivalent container units of annual berth capacity. Eight new ship-to-shore cranes are on order, among the largest such machines in North America. Four have arrived and are being commissioned. Another four are on order, two of which will serve Berth 1 and two will work the upriver end of the dock. For customers, the expanded berth and crane fleet will provide faster vessel service and better accommodate the big ships calling on Savannah.” Berth 1 is located at the southern, downriver end of
Garden City Terminal. The project realigns the dock face to straighten a bend. “Renovations to Berth 1 will provide additional dock space for the largest vessels calling the U.S. East Coast,” said Novack. The infrastructure improvement will increase berth capacity at Garden City Terminal by 25 percent (1.5 million TEUs) to 7.5 million TEUs per-year. The largest ship-to-shore cranes that will operate at Berth 1 are manufactured by Finland-based Konecranes and will see PORT page 6