With nearly 13% growth in container traffic over the first two months of the fiscal year, the Georgia Ports Authority has made a strong start to FY2015.
For July and August 2014, the GPA moved 595,711 20-foot equivalent container units, up 12.9% or 68,246 TEUs compared with the same period a year earlier. Both months set consecutive TEU records, with 293,889 TEUs crossing GPA docks in July and 301,822 TEUs in August. The August number grew by 21,009 TEUs, or 7.5% versus the same month in 2013. Containers moved by rail also reached record levels in August, at 52,711 TEUs.