The Georgia Ports Authority moved 5.7 million twenty-foot equivalent units (TEUs) during the last fiscal year, an 8.6% increase over fiscal 2024, the agency reported Tuesday.
The Port of Savannah accounted for most of that growth, posting its second busiest year on record.
“Georgia ports continue to grow U.S. East Coast market share,” said Griff Lynch, the authority’s president and CEO. “With the shifting of trade patterns in Asia and India, that bodes well for our future.”
Savannah moved 410,400 TEUs in June, while averaging more than 475,000 TEUs per month for all of fiscal 2025. March, April, and May each came in with more than 500,000 TEUs.
At the Port of Brunswick, volume was flat compared to fiscal 2024, an all-time record year. Brunswick handled 870,775 units of autos and heavy equipment in fiscal 2025.
The ports authority completed $470 million in projects during the last fiscal year, including eight new ship-to-shore cranes at Savannah, the largest on the East Coast, and additional warehousing and storage space at Brunswick.
The coming fiscal year will see construction of a new berth at Brunswick’s Colonels Island Terminal designed to ensure future capacity keeps pace with demand. The $100 million berth is due to open in 2027.
The redevelopment of Savannah’s Ocean Terminal will add 1.5 million TEUs of annual capacity. The project will include a new overpass linking the terminal to Route 17 designed to keep terminal truck traffic away from local neighborhoods.
Dave Williams | Capitol Beat News Service
Dave Williams is the Bureau Chief for Capitol Beat News Service. He is a veteran reporter who has reported on Georgia state government and politics since 1999. Before that, he covered Georgia’s congressional delegation in Washington, D.C.
