US Georgia’s port authority presents nearly $5 billion plan
The US state’s plan includes five container berths in Savannah and a fourth vehicle berth in Brunswick, which is 60% complete and scheduled to open in December 2027.
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The US state’s plan includes five container berths in Savannah and a fourth vehicle berth in Brunswick, which is 60% complete and scheduled to open in December 2027.
The Georgia Ports Authority presented a nearly $5 billion infrastructure program on 10 November 2026 at its annual State of the Port of Brunswick event, with plans for five additional container ship berths in Savannah and a fourth vehicle berth in Brunswick over the next decade. The state authority describes the program as self-financed. It owns and operates Colonel’s Island Terminal and Savannah’s Garden City and Ocean terminals.
The authority had already outlined the program in a 29 September 2026, update. Its board approved $4.13 billion in infrastructure improvements over the preceding decade, a separate total from the investment planned for the next one.
At Brunswick’s Colonel’s Island, the three existing roll-on/roll-off berths, where vehicles can be driven on and off ships, handled 50 vessels in October. The fourth berth is 60% complete and scheduled to open in December 2027. It is designed to accommodate newer vehicle carriers able to carry more than 10,800 car equivalent units, a measure of ship capacity. It is expected to improve ship turnaround times and leave room for growth in vehicle imports and exports, gCaptain said.
Brunswick handles finished vehicles and heavy equipment, while Savannah handles automotive parts and components shipped in containers. The two ports therefore serve different parts of the automotive trade.
Authority president Kevin Price said Georgia’s expanding automotive manufacturing base is supporting growth in other cargo, including construction and farm machinery. As a measure of current operations rather than planned capacity, the authority says Savannah handles approximately 40 vessel calls a week, 15,000 truck-gate transactions a day and 42 double-stack trains a week through Mason Mega Rail, with inland connections via Norfolk Southern and CSX.
The financing will support Project Elkhorn’s modernization of 22 offshore platforms off Louisiana, including the return of idle platforms to service.
In Savannah, the authority’s $1.6 billion Ocean Terminal renovation is part of its port master plan. On 29 September, it said the work was more than 60% complete and that a 2,650-foot berth was finished and handling ships.
The authority forecasts that the renovation will raise the terminal’s annual capacity from 200,000 to 1.75 million twenty-foot equivalent units, a standard measure of container capacity. Those figures describe capacity, not cargo already handled.
The authority said Ocean Terminal would handle smaller ships until the first phase of its container-yard renovation is complete in mid-fall 2027. The entire yard is scheduled for completion by the end of 2028.
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