WATCH LIVE online: Curtis Foltz, Executive Director of the Georgia Ports Authority, will deliver the Savannah State of the Port Address to a sold-out crowd and also live online Thursday, September 24, at 12:25 p.m.
Foltz will recap the fiscal year for the busiest container port in the U.S. Southeast, explaining how the Port of Savannah achieved record volumes with no congestion. He will also discuss progress toward deepening the Savannah Harbor.
Find print-quality images of port operations HERE. Georgia's deepwater ports and inland barge terminals support more than 369,000 jobs throughout the state annually and contribute $20.4 billion in income, $84.1 billion in revenue and $2.3 billion in state and local taxes to Georgia's economy. The Port of Savannah handled 8 percent of the U.S. containerized cargo volume and 11 percent of all U.S. containerized exports in CY2014.
For more information, contact GPA's Senior Director of Corporate Communications Robert Morris at (912) 964-3855 or rmorris@gaports.com. Visit the GPA web site at www.gaports.com.
