Georgia Ports Authority

The Georgia Ports Authority was founded in 1945, operates port facilities in the US state of Georgia.

Georgia’s primary deepwater ports are located in Savannah and Brunswick, supplemented by inland barge operations in Bainbridge and Columbus.

The Authority is controlled by a thirteen-member Board of Directors, which is appointed by the Governor, from the state at large, to serve four-year, staggered terms. The GPA employs more than 1,000 people statewide.

The Port of Savannah, home to the largest single-terminal container facility of its kind in North America, is made up of two deepwater terminals: Garden City Terminal and Ocean Terminal.

The Port of Brunswick includes three GPA-owned deepwater terminals, two of which are directly operated by the GPA. The port is one of the fastest growing auto and heavy machinery ports in North America.

According to a study by the University of Georgia's Terry College of Business, port-related industry supports more than 369,000 full- and part-time jobs across the state, yielding $20 billion in personal income each year.

This business activity generates more than $84 billion in annual sales, or 9.6 percent of Georgia’s total sales.

In Fiscal Year 2016 alone, port-related manufacturing and logistics companies announced more than half a billion dollars in investment, bringing nearly 3,500 jobs and well over 5 million square feet of development to the state.

In 2015, the Port of Savannah handled 10.3 percent of all U.S. containerized exports along with 8.2 percent of the U.S. containerized cargo volume.