Home / Home / Congressional Visits / Georgia / District 1 Corps of Engineers Projects / Value to the Nation Savannah Harbor

Value to the Nation: Savannah Harbor

  • Savannah Harbor is designated as a strategic port on the East coast and is the primary port of embarkation for the 3rd Infantry Division. 
  • The Port of Savannah is the fourth busiest container terminal in the nation, the second largest container port on the East Coast, the second busiest harbor for American export tonnage, the largest single container port in North America, and the fastest growing container port in the nation over the last 10+ years. 
  • The port has two Class 1 railroads on terminal (CSX and Norfolk Southern) and is within 6 miles of two interstate highways (I-16 and I-95) with a through-put of 4.6M TEUs in 2019. 
  • The port supports over 496,000 jobs, $28.6B in income and $1.7B in taxes annually in GA and over 19,700 jobs, $959M in income and $147M in taxes in SC annually. 

Latest   Available   Traffic   Information  (2019)

Commodity

Tons (1,000)

Coal, Petroleum & Petroleum Products

1,796

Chemicals and Related Products

3,417

Crude materials, Inedible Except Fuels

9,352

Primary Manufactured Goods

6,616

Food and Farm Products

6,741

Manufactured Equip, Machinery & Products

12,928

Unknown/not classified

1,095

Total

41,945

 

 

ALLOCATION

FY18

FY19

FY20

FY21

FY22

FY23

Total ($000)

$77,796

$59,836

$49,940

$32,246

$35,323

$47,611