In anticipation of growth in demand, the Port of Savannah plans to invest $6.2 million to increase its reefer container capacity at the Garden City Terminal. The Georgia Port Authority (GPA) announced that its board approved the construction of seven additional refrigerated container racks at the Port of Savannah. According to a press release, this investment will increase the number of cold cargo slots to 3,506 Garden City Terminal. The project will also increase reefer warehouse spaces in the facility by 11% to reach more than 204,000 square meters. “Expansion among our cold storage partners in the Savannah market will drive greater volumes of chilled cargo crossing our docks,” said GPA Executive Director Griff Lynch. “While the Port of Savannah already accommodates the most refrigerated containers on the South Atlantic and Gulf coasts, enhancing our on-terminal capacity will better support the jobs and opportunity sparked by private investment.” In addition to this initiative, GPA announced that four new ship-to-shore cranes are expected to arrive at the Port of Savannah on 9 February. The cranes will be installed at Container Berth 1 in Garden City Terminal, which is currently under renovation. “The cranes are large enough to handle vessels with a capacity of 20,000+ twenty-foot equivalent container units,” according to the press release. Commenting on congestion and operations at the port, Lynch reported that vessel service had returned to normal operations with no backlog. Savannah Port handled 5.9m TEU in 2022, marking a 5% growth year-on-year. The Garden City Terminal renovations will allow the facility to handle 16,000+ TEU vessels, and the overall infrastructure developments at the port are expected to expand its annual capacity from 6 million to 7.5 million TEU in 2023 and to 9 million by 2025.