Ballard Pacific chooses Port of Savannah for East Coast distribution

Ballard Pacific Resources, the primary distributor of Hyper Bicycles, has chosen the Port of Savannah as its gateway to the U.S. Southeast, the Georgia Ports Authority's press release said.

Ballard Pacific’s Savannah operation will serve major retail markets across the Southeast.

The Port of Savannah forms a distribution center hub, with more than 4 million square feet of local warehouse space available, with an occupancy rate greater than 88 percent. There are 102 distribution centers across Georgia that are 500,000 square feet or larger.

Hyper has selected Matson Logistics to assist in managing its expanded transportation and distribution network. Matson is a leading provider of multimodal transportation, warehousing, and distribution services throughout North America.

Ballard Pacific Resources is an award-winning domestic supplier to Walmart and other major retailers.

Georgia’s deepwater ports and inland barge terminals support more than 352,000 jobs throughout the state annually and contribute $18.5 billion in income, $66.9 billion in revenue and $2.5 billion in state and local taxes to Georgia’s economy. The Port of Savannah was the second busiest U.S. container port for the export of American goods by tonnage in FY2011. It also handled 8.7 percent of the U.S. containerized cargo volume and 12.5 percent of all U.S. containerized exports in FY2011.