GEORGIA PORTS AUTHORITY ANCHORFALL 2015 VOLUME 68 | GAPORTS.COM AGE SAVANNAH HARBOR EXPANSION UNDERWAY ALSO IN THIS ISSUE: GPA MARKS SIXTH RECORD YEAR | SCOTT & SEYMORE ELECTED TO NATIONAL ILA COUNCIL NEW INLAND TERMINAL TO OPEN IN 2018 | SAVANNAH MOVING CITRUS IMPORTS FROM PERU SAVE THE DATE 48TH ANNUAL GEORGIA FOREIGN GFTC2016 TRADE CONFERENCE February 7-9, 2016 · The Cloister · Sea Island, Georgia Visit gaforeigntrade.com for current information and conference updates. Media Sponsors include: © 2013-2015 Georgia Foreign Trade Conference and the Georgia Ports Authority. All rights reserved. 15GA01792_GFTC_AnchorAge.indd 1 3/2/15 11:52 AM CONTENTS ABOUT THE COVER: Dredging for the Savannah Harbor Expansion began Sept. 10. Cover photo by Stephen B. Morton. ANCHORAGE ROBERT C. MORRIS Editor EDWARD FULFORD Managing Editor EMILY GOLDMAN 10 Associate Editor JULIE KAUFMAN DEBBIE RHODES Copy Editors DEBBIE RHODES Advertising Associate The Georgia Ports Authority ANCHORAGE is Photo by Stephen B. Morton published quarterly and distributed free of Savannah Harbor Expansion Underway charge to more than 9,000 readers worldwide. This publication is not copyrighted and BUSINESS BRIEFS permission is given for the reproduction or SAVE THE DATE Reefer Express Goes Green ......................................................................6 use of any original material, provided GPA’s Corporate Communications Office is contacted. Kia Motors Earns Best Ever Ranking ......................................................6 Port Logistics Group Enters Savannah Market ...................................7 GEORGIA PORTS AUTHORITY Ocean Terminal Moves Heavy Lift Crane ..............................................7 ANCHORAGE P.O. Box 2406 Mercedes-Benz Exports 1M Vehicles Through Brunswick, IAP .....7 Savannah, GA 31402 48TH ANNUAL CSX Announces Leadership Changes ...................................................8 Phone: (912) 964-3855 Tico Recognizes Breast Cancer Awareness Month ............................8 Toll Free: (800) 342-8012 Fax: (912) 964-3921 GEORGIA FOREIGN CPE America Adds Georgia for U.S. Headquarters ............................8 [email protected] TRADE CONFERENCE IAP Wins Governor’s International Trade Award ...............................9 6 GFTC2016 Twiggs County New Warehouse Project ...............................................9 February 7-9, 2016 · The Cloister · Sea Island, Georgia PORT NEWS Visit gaforeigntrade.com for current information and conference updates. Savannah Harbor Expansion Underway .............................................10 GPA Marks Sixth Record Year ................................................................12 Seymore, Scott Tapped for National ILA Council ............................14 8 New Inland Terminal to Open in 2018 ................................................15 Media Sponsors include: S avannah Receives First Citrus Imports From Peru ........................16 GPA Signs MOU Extension With Liberia .............................................19 SAVANNAH: Sailing Schedule ...............................................................20 BRUNSWICK: Sailing Schedule ............................................................22 16 3 GAPORTS.COM © 2013-2015 Georgia Foreign Trade Conference and the Georgia Ports Authority. All rights reserved. 15GA01792_GFTC_AnchorAge.indd 1 3/2/15 11:52 AM AUTHORITY MEMBERS JAMES A. WALTERS JAMES L. ALLGOOD A. J. (JOE) HOPKINS, III H. KENNETH CRONAN BEN H. HALL, JR. JULIE HUNT ROBERT S. JEPSON, JR. Chairman Vice Chairman Secretary/Treasurer Member Member Member Member GAINESVILLE DUBLIN FOLKSTON GAINESVILLE DUBLIN TIFTON SAVANNAH WILLIAM D. MCKNIGHT ALEC L. POITEVINT, II JOSEPH W. ROGERS CHARLES K. TARBUTTON DAVID WERNER JOEL WOOTEN, JR. Member Member Member Member Member Member AUGUSTA BAINBRIDGE ATLANTA SANDERSVILLE ATLANTA COLUMBUS PERSPECTIVE Investing in the Future of Trade he ports of Savannah and Brunswick are, respectively, the second busiest EXECUTIVE STAFF container port on the U.S. East CURTIS J. FOLTZ T Coast and the top port in the nation Executive Director for the import of new vehicles. GRIFFITH LYNCH The volume of cargo moved through Chief Operating Officer these facilities far outweighs anything that can CLIFFORD R. PYRON be consumed in local markets. They are ports Chief Commercial Officer of national significance, supporting American manufacturing and retail in a region that is home BART GOBEIL Director of Statewide Economic to 138 million people — representing 44 percent Development & Governmental Affairs of U.S. consumers and businesses. To better serve that market, the state GEORGE HEARN Senior Director of Trade Development of Georgia and the GPA are increasing capacity (Carrier and Non-Container Sales) for trade across several fronts. Dredging has begun for the Savannah CHRIS LOGAN Senior Director of Trade Development Harbor deepening (See Page 10). We are (Beneficial Cargo Owner Sales) maximizing the space on the 1,200-acre Garden City Terminal, and installing state-of-the-art LISE MARSHALL Senior Director of Human Resources equipment to accommodate the influx of cargo delivered by super post-Panamax freighters. JAMES C. McCURRY, JR. We are planning a fourth berth to support Senior Director of Administration Photo: Russ Bryant record cargo at Colonel’s Island Terminal in RUSS MINCEY Brunswick, and have enough land fully permitted Senior Director of Finance for expansion to double that operation. ROBERT C. MORRIS We are also expanding our statewide rail capacity through our Network Georgia initiative, having Senior Director of Corporate Communications recently announced our next inland port in North Georgia. (See Page 17) Investing in infrastructure sustains Georgia’s place as a logistics hub — a pocketbook issue for families JOHN D. TRENT Senior Director of Strategic and businesses across the U.S. Southeast. Operations and Safety An efficient port and transportation network allow our customers to get their goods to market at lower cost, allowing them to reinvest those savings back into their businesses and the nation’s economy. The GPA — a leader in streamlined logistics — provides savings that can be passed on to consumers at home and abroad. Curtis J. Foltz GPA’s Executive Director 5 GAPORTS.COM Reefer Express Goes Green “We have to protect what we have,” said Rick Redding, Reefer Express general manager. “We only have one environment and if we don’t protect it now we won’t have it.” Health, safety and the The four new electric lifts made environment were by Hyster and distributed by considerations when Reefer LiftOne are environmentally Express upgraded its lift friendly. They don’t produce equipment in use at GPA’s any emissions, unlike the liquid Garden City Terminal. propane (LP) lifts they replaced, On average, this area processes improving air quality for 400 import boxes per week employees and customers. and 1,200 export boxes per “Converting a rider lift truck week, so the four new electric from liquid propane to electric powered lifts are getting good in a 2,000-hour-per-year use. The Reefer Express team application results in the includes Atlantic Container annual carbon reduction of Services, Container Maintenance, approximately 20,000 pounds,” and Coastal Great Southern. said Gary Page of LiftOne. Savannah’s Garden City “That is the equivalent of Terminal offers 84 refrigerated driving from New York City container racks and 733 chassis to Los Angeles approximately plug-ins, powering 2,749 seven times.” the new lifts are favored by “We are following the refrigerated boxes at a time. The new lifts are good for employees for their comfort lead of the GPA with Another 20 racks should be the environment, but also for and safety. The Hyster lifts sustainability,” said Tony added by the end business. The electric lifts require are quieter and produce less Noles, owner’s representative of 2015, adding 480 less regular maintenance and vibration, which reduces for Reefer Express. “And it refrigerated container slots. have less downtime. They don’t operator fatigue, improving is personal to me. I’m an Each refrigerated container use engine oil, transmission fluid, productivity and safety. outdoorsman, and I don’t rack avoids the use of more radiator fluid or filters that Four new electric lifts, making want to go somewhere that than 53,000 gallons of diesel must be changed regularly. up half the fleet, are in use now. isn’t healthy. From a business each year, or a total of 5.5 Not only are they more Reefer Express intends to switch standpoint, it’s better and million gallons saved each year environmentally friendly the other four lifts for electric healthier for our employees once all 104 racks are in service. and more cost effective, versions in 2016. and customers.” KIA MOTORS EARNS BEST EVER RANKING Sorento, Soul awarded for highest scores in compact multipurpose vehicle and midsize SUV segments Kia Motors reached another historic milestone when J.D. Power recognized the brand as the second highest scoring nameplate industrywide in its 2015 Initial Quality Study (IQS). 6 GPA ANCHORAGE FALL 2015 Ocean Terminal Moves Heavy Lift Crane PORT LOGISTICS GROUP ENTERS SAVANNAH MARKET Port Logistics Group has opened operations in Savannah with two MERCEDES-BENZ new distribution customers. EXPORTS 1M Port Logistics Group operates more than VEHICLES THROUGH 5.5 million square feet of warehouse space in BRUNSWICK, IAP and around key U.S. ports, including New York/ New Jersey, Los Angeles/Long Beach, and International