Georgia Ports Authority officials say an offshore bottleneck at the Port of Savannah has peaked.<\/p>\n
Incoming holiday cargo and diversions from other ports have caused record volumes and kept ships offshore.<\/p>\n
GPA Executive Director Griff Lynch said more than 40 ships were waiting to come into the port Tuesday morning.<\/p>\n
\"The vessels have plateaued and we have that under control,\" Lynch said. \"We've invested a significant amount of money into creating new capacity on our facilities.\"<\/p>\n
The authority has about $1 billion in projects underway to increase capacity, including new berths and cranes on the ship side.And on land, the port recently completed a massive rail upgrade and announced earlier opening hours for truckers.<\/p>\n
It's all designed to ease the bottleneck, which exacerbates supply chain issues throughout the economy.<\/p>\n
\"This is unprecedented volume,\" Lynch said. \"We just need to continue to build our facilities to increase our capacity to adjust to the new level of volume.\"<\/p>\n
On Monday, GPA announced that July cargo traffic was up 18% over July last year, making it the fastest-ever start to a fiscal year at the Port of Savannah.<\/p>\n
The Port of Savannah handled 530,800 twenty-foot equivalent units, or TEUs, a measure of container cargo, last month.<\/p>\n
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