The Port of Savannah loaded and unloaded a milestone 4 million shipping container units for the first time in 2017 as larger cargo ships fueled double-digit growth at its docks, the Georgia Ports Authority announced Monday.
That makes Savannah only the fourth U.S. seaport to handle that many container units — each equal to one-half a standard 40-foot shipping container — of combined imports and exports in a single 12-month period.
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