NYT: Flurry of Freight Spurs New Commercial Building Construction in Georgia
Wednesday, March 25th, 2015
The business of marine transport here at the nation’s fourth-largest container port is a study in numbers.
Thirty-one oceangoing container vessels berth at the nearly 10,000-foot-long Garden City terminal each week. More than 8,000 trucks arrive and depart from the terminal daily. Garden City handled 3.3 million 20-foot containers last year, over 10 percent more container cargo than in 2013, and a record.
There are other numbers that are just as vital to this growing business, but not nearly so visible. Hidden behind the green curtain of Georgia pine forest that surrounds the terminal are 45.3 million square feet of logistics, storage and distribution centers, according to the Georgia Ports Authority, the terminal’s owner and operator.
