SAVANNAH, Ga. — After decades of political wrangling and environmental roadblocks and nearly seven years of dredging muck from the river bottom, one of Georgia’s most anticipated economic development projects — the nearly $1 billion deepening of the Savannah River channel — finally is complete.
April 15, 2022Michael E. Kanell
Government, Business, Logistics, TCA 
Port of Savannah by Georgia Ports Authority
Port Completes Project to Deepen Savannah River
Port of Savannah by Georgia Ports Authority Government, Business, Logistics, TCA 
A containership operated by Cosco moves toward the Port of Savannah's Garden City Terminal in May 2017. (J. Scott Trubey/The Atlanta Journal-Constitution)
Georgia Ports Authority OKs $205 Million for Savannah Expansion
A containership operated by Cosco moves toward the Port of Savannah's Garden City Terminal in May 2017. (J. Scott Trubey/The Atlanta Journal-Constitution)The board of the Georgia Ports Authority voted March 29 to spend $205 million to expand the Savannah facility, adding to $100 million authorized several months ago.
March 30, 2021