Georgia Ports Authority’s executive director Curtis Foltz announced that GPA handled more than 2.63 million TEUs, added new services and maintained its position as the fourth highest volume container port in fiscal year 2010.
For the month of June, the GPA posted a 34 percent increase with 240,734 TEUs compared with 179,451 TEUs handled in June 2009.
“The second half of the year was particularly strong with signs of economic recovery, retail sector inventory replenishment and continued strong demand for US produced products boosting export volumes,” said Foltz.
“The 9.7 percent increase in TEUs for the year allowed the GPA to fully recover from decreases experienced in fiscal 2009 and return to the record levels reached in fiscal 2008.”
June 2010 was the third highest volume overall for the GPA in terms of both TEUs and containers moved. In June 2010, the GPA moved 135,297 containers compared with 100,660 containers in June 2009.
In Brunswick, the GPA surpassed 2.3 million tonnes, a 15.4-percent increase compared with the previous year. Autos and machinery units at Colonel’s Island Terminal totaled 332,100 units, posting a 16.2-percent increase compared with the previous year.
These volume gains can be attributed to a number of factors including a renewed consumer market for automobiles and the addition of a Mercedes-Benz USA vehicle-processing centre on Colonel’s Island Terminal, which opened in January 2010.
Additionally, the Port of Brunswick recorded its best performance to date in the movement of agri-bulk cargo in fiscal 2010, handling more than one million tonnes at Colonel’s Island Terminal, a 38.7-percent increase compared with fiscal 2009.
For the month of June, the GPA posted a 34 percent increase with 240,734 TEUs compared with 179,451 TEUs handled in June 2009.
“The second half of the year was particularly strong with signs of economic recovery, retail sector inventory replenishment and continued strong demand for US produced products boosting export volumes,” said Foltz.
“The 9.7 percent increase in TEUs for the year allowed the GPA to fully recover from decreases experienced in fiscal 2009 and return to the record levels reached in fiscal 2008.”
June 2010 was the third highest volume overall for the GPA in terms of both TEUs and containers moved. In June 2010, the GPA moved 135,297 containers compared with 100,660 containers in June 2009.
In Brunswick, the GPA surpassed 2.3 million tonnes, a 15.4-percent increase compared with the previous year. Autos and machinery units at Colonel’s Island Terminal totaled 332,100 units, posting a 16.2-percent increase compared with the previous year.
These volume gains can be attributed to a number of factors including a renewed consumer market for automobiles and the addition of a Mercedes-Benz USA vehicle-processing centre on Colonel’s Island Terminal, which opened in January 2010.
Additionally, the Port of Brunswick recorded its best performance to date in the movement of agri-bulk cargo in fiscal 2010, handling more than one million tonnes at Colonel’s Island Terminal, a 38.7-percent increase compared with fiscal 2009.