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AAPA, Georgia Ports Authority 2010

Top 5 U.S. Container Ports

Calendar Year 2009- U.S. Ranking

U.S. Rank (World Rank)Container PortContainer Volume (TEUs)
1Los Angeles5,028,998
2Long Beach3,765,560
3New York/New Jersey3,587,740
4SAVANNAH1,914,751
5Oakland1,398,420
Source: GPA 2010: U.S. Port Rankings- PIERS (loads only)

Port of Savannah

Nearest Port (Name, City, Miles from Area)Port of Savannah (Garden City and Ocean Terminals)
River, Lake or OceanRiver
Channel Depth42' (12.8 M) at MLW. Expansion to 48' (14.6 M) at MLW by 2013
Turning BasinKing's Island Turning Basin 1,500FT x 1,600FT (457.2 M x 487.7 M) and Marsh Island 900FT x 1,000FT (274.3 M x 304.8 M)
General Cargo FacilitiesGarden City: Containers and Ocean Terminal: Breakbulk, RoRo, Containers, Heavy-Lift, Project Cargo
Containerized FacilitiesThe Port of Savannah ranks fourth among U.S. container ports in volume. At the end of Fiscal Year 2008 (ending June 30, 2008), the Port of Savannah moved 2,687,592 TEUs.
Storage FacilitiesYes, 2.7 million square feet of on-terminal warehousing (1.2 million square feet at Garden City Terminal and 1.5 million square feet at Ocean Terminal)
Highways Serving PortI-95, I-16, I-516
Railways Serving PortCSX and Norfolk Southern (Both Class 1) with ICTF facilities
# of Freight Forwarders & Import/Export Brokers73
# of International Courier Firms Serving Area5: Fed-Ex, DSL, UPS, Airborne, USPS
Georgia Ports Authority, 2009

Custom Port of Entry

NameLocation
Port of Savannah U.S. Customs and Border Protection (USCBP) is centrally located within the Port of Savannah's Garden City Terminal and Ocean Terminal
Georgia Ports Authority

Warehouses

Bonded & Public WarehousesTotal
Bonded Warehouses in the Area4
Public Warehouses in the Area33
Georgia Ports Authority, 2009 and SEDA, 2009

Foreign Trade Zone

DesignationSavannah Foreign Trade Zone 104
Number104
Site/LocationSavannah Hilton Head International Airport (50,000 SF warehouse) and 9 subzones throughout Chatham County and surrounding counties.
# of Acres7,000 Total (Chatham and surrounding counties)
OperatorSavannah Airport Commission
Savannah Airport Commission, FTZ
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