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AAPA, Georgia Ports Authority 2011

Top 5 U.S. Container Ports

Calendar Year 2010 - U.S. Ranking

U.S. Rank (World Rank) Container Port Container Volume (in 000 TEUs)
1 Los Angeles 7,831
2 Long Beach 6,263
3 New York/New Jersey 5,292
4 SAVANNAH 2,825
5 Oakland 2,330
Source: APPA/GPA 2011 (loads and empties)

Port of Savannah

Specifications Port of Savannah (Garden City and Ocean Terminals)
River, Lake or Ocean River
Channel Depth 42' (12.8 M) at MLW. Expansion to 48' (14.6 M) at MLW by 2013
Turning Basin King's Island Turning Basin 1,500FT x 1,600FT (457.2 M x 487.7 M)
Marsh Island Turning Basin 900FT x 1,000FT (274.3 M x 304.8 M)
General Cargo Facilities Garden City Terminal: Containers
Ocean Terminal: Breakbulk, RoRo, Containers, Heavy-Lift, Project Cargo
Containerized Facilities The Port of Savannah ranks fourth among U.S. container ports in volume. At the end of Fiscal Year 2010 (ending June 30, 2010), the Port of Savannah moved 2,637,743 TEUs.
Storage Facilities Yes, 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 Port I-95, I-16, I-516
Railways Serving Port CSX and Norfolk Southern (Both Class 1) with ICTF facilities
# of Freight Forwarders & Import/Export Brokers 73
# of International Courier Firms Serving Area 5: Fed-Ex, DSL, UPS, Airborne, USPS
Georgia Ports Authority, 2011

Custom Port of Entry

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

Warehouses

Bonded & Public Warehouses Total
Bonded Warehouses in the Area 4
Public Warehouses in the Area 49
SEDA, 2011

Foreign Trade Zone

Designation Savannah Foreign Trade Zone 104, Alternative Service Framework (ASF)
Number 104
Site/Location Savannah Hilton Head International Airport and multiple subzones throughout Chatham County and surrounding counties.
# of Acres 7,000 Total (Chatham and surrounding counties)
Operator Savannah Airport Commission
Savannah Airport Commission, FTZ