Hutchinson Island will deliver three more, for a total of 12. Savannah Container Terminal on Hutchinson Island is slated to open Phase I by 2030, ultimately adding 3.5 million TEUs of annual capacity in phases, based on demand. The facility is currently in the permitting phase. PROVIDING WORLD-CLASS SERVICE “These improvements are necessary to stay ahead of growing demand and to continue providing the world-class service our customers have come to expect at Georgia Ports,” Lynch says. “With $4 billion in investments planned for Ocean Terminal and Savannah Container Terminal, Savannah will be a 12.5 million-TEU capacity port by 2035.” Meanwhile, at the Port of Brunswick, a new railyard is under construction
on the south side of Colonel’s Island Terminal to increase the port’s capacity to export vehicles arriving by rail. “Our growth comes as auto manufacturers seek to increase their business through Georgia,” Lynch says. “This project will expand capacity, improve our ability to serve inland factories, increase the safety of rail operations—both on- and off-terminal— and lessen our community impact with our port neighbors.” Phase I of the new railyard is 50% complete, and will increase the port’s annual rail capacity from approximately 150,000 autos to more than 340,000 by mid-year. Phase II will bring annual rail capacity to 590,000 units, which is nearly four times the current capacity. In 2024, Brunswick became the busiest port in the United States for RoRo cargo, handling 901,912 units of autos and heavy equipment. n
space there as a staging area for big ships,” says Griff Lynch, president and CEO of GPA. “This will drastically reduce the transition time between large vessels departing and arriving, and allow us to work two more big ships per week, or 100 more vessels per year.” A second lay berth at Ocean Terminal will come online in early 2026, increasing Savannah’s vessel capacity by another 100 ships per year. Phase I of the Ocean Terminal yard renovation will be completed in mid-2027, and the second phase by mid- 2028. This will increase capacity by up to 1.5 million TEUs per year. Between 2023 and 2032, GPA will double its big ship berths. Two years ago, the Port of Savannah had six; today it has seven. The Ocean Terminal renovations will add two berths, and the planned Savannah Container Terminal on
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