Bigger Ships Carry Georgia Ports To Record Cargo Volumes

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July 25th, 2017

In this photo provided by the Georgia Ports Authority, the container ship COSCO Development sails up river past the historic district of Savannah, Ga., to the Port of Savannah, on Thursday, May 11, 2017. At 1,201 feet long and 158 feet wide, the ship is the largest vessel ever to call on the U.S. East … Continued

Stephen Morton / Georgia Ports Authority via Associated Press

Bigger ships arriving through an expanded Panama Canal pushed cargo volumes at Georgia’s seaports to record levels in fiscal 2017, the Georgia Ports Authority announced Monday.

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The state agency reports its ports in Savannah and Brunswick handled 33.4 million tons of total imports and exports in the fiscal year that ended June 30. That’s the ports’ greatest tonnage ever and an increase of 8.3 percent over the previous year.

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