June 03, 2026
Port of Savannah handled 443,650 twenty-foot equivalent container units in April
The Georgia Ports Authority (GPA) announced that the Port of Savannah handled 443,650 twenty-foot equivalent container units in April, a decrease of 71,850 TEUs or nearly 14 percent compared to the same month last year, when GPA achieved its busiest April on record. Port officials said April 2025 was a record volume month where customers were front-loading their cargo prior to tariffs.
"Our customers are managing through a softer market with higher operating costs. The Georgia Ports Authority remains focused on delivering capacity for the longer term so when the market changes we are ready to seamlessly absorb their growth," said Georgia Ports President and CEO Griff Lynch.
GPA's ten-year plan forecasts 54 percent growth with a $5 billion investment plan to add five new container berths in Savannah and one new Rollon/Rolloff berth in the Port of Brunswick. No other U.S. port is expanding at that scale.
The Port of Brunswick handled 64,305 units of Roll-on/Roll-off cargo in April, an increase of 1,367 units or 2 percent. In that overall number, heavy equipment accounted for 4,694 units, an increase of 308 units or 7 percent. For the fiscal year to date, Brunswick has handled 639,574 RoRo units, a decrease of 85,213 units or 11.8 percent.
Source: GPA