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Think US, think Savannah - Savannah has posted strong and consistent growth in its cargo-handling volumes, bucking in many respects the wider US trend in recent years. John Powers explains why.

Powers, John - In: Containerisation international 38 (2009), pp. 15

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Furniture flows - John Powers reports on Savannah's increasing role in the all-important furniture trade and the reasons behind this commodity sector's strong performance.

Powers, John - In: Containerisation international 38 (2009), pp. 13-14

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Savannah's coolest market - John Powers takes a look at Savannah's growing role in the import and export of perishable products and investigates the Georgia Ports Authority's initiatives to raise capacity and productivity levels.

Powers, John - In: Containerisation international 38 (2009), pp. 11-12

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A cut above - Textile and apparel imports have surged through the Port of Savannah, with well over 300,000 TEUs being handled annually. Moreover, as John Powers reports, the Georgia Ports Authority is keen to get its hand on more and has an active development programme in place for this sector.

Powers, John - In: Containerisation international 38 (2009), pp. 10

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Green paths - Recent years have seen the Georgia Ports Authority embrace a raft of green measures, particularly at Savannah's container-handling facilities, in a bid to reduce its carbon footprint.

Powers, John - In: Containerisation international 38 (2009), pp. 9

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The 'port retail' approach - A main reason for Savannah's success, and ongoing success, is its ability to attract companies to invest in regional distribution centres close to the port. And as John Powers reports, substantially more warehousing capacity is being developed which bodes extremely well for the future.

Powers, John - In: Containerisation international 38 (2009), pp. 4-6

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Well trained - Savannah is the only port in the US east coast which features two on-dock intermodal container transfer facilities. Not only has this boosted the volume of cargo moved by rail, but it has also given the port's customers highly competitive oncarriage options.

Powers, John - In: Containerisation international 38 (2009), pp. 2-3

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