AnchorAge, Vol. 49, no. 4- Vol. 50, no.1 (4th quarter, 2009; 1st quarter 2010)

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RO/RO VOLUME
Returns to Brunswick
Savannah Becomes Port of Choice for Suez Services Maritime Safety Council Retrofits Container for River Rescue

In This Issue
Fourth Quarter 2009 Volume 49 First Quarter 2010 Volume 50
Ro/Ro Volume Returns to Brunswick..................................6

Russ Bryant

Port News
Coby Electronics Moves East Coast Distribution Center Operations to Savannah........................ 12 ABRO Industries Opens New Distribution Center ...................................................................................... 13 Mitsui-Soko (U.S.A.) Inc. Opens East Coast Distribution Center .......................................................... 13 Terminal Upgrades Improve Capacity for Refrigerated Container Volume ...................................... 15 Maritime Safety Council Retrofits Container for River Rescue .............................................................. 16 Half-Million-Pound Generator Part Ships Through Port of Savannah ................................................ 18 Georgia Foreign Trade Conference 2010 ...................................................................................................... 20 Redefining the Face of Trade .............................................................................................................................. 21 GPA Executive Director Marchand Retires .................................................................................................. 30
Portfolio
Mercedes-Benz USA Opens Vehicle Processing Center at the Port of Brunswick .......................... 7 Mitsubishi Power Systems to Build on Pooler Megasite .......................................................................... 10 Savannah Celebrates Opening of New Southeastern Distribution Center for Diageo Beer Brands Guinness, Harp, Red Stripe and Smithwick's .............................................. 14
Economic Development
Economic Impact Spotlight: Metro Atlanta .................................................................................................. 24
Profile
Speak Softly and Drive a Big White Truck: Suzanne Sitherwood, President of Georgia Chamber of Commerce ................................................ 26
Carrier Services
Savannah Becomes Port of Choice for Suez Services ................................................................................8 Port of Savannah and the Suez Canal................................................................................................................9 Maiden Voyages ......................................................................................................................................................28
Community Involvement
The Hardest Vacation You'll Ever Love .......................................................................................................... 22
Noteworthy
In Memoriam: Thomas J. Dillon, Sr. .................................................................................................................. 36
Sailing Schedule .......................................................................................................................................... 32
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About the cover:
First shipment of Mercedes-Benz autos coincides with the opening of Mercedes-Benz USA's (MBUSA) South Atlantic hub's operations at the Port of Brunswick.
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AUTHORITY MEMBERS
Georgia Ports Authority

STEPHEN S. GREEN
Chairman
SAVANNAH

ALEC L. POITEVINT, II
Vice Chairman
BAINBRIDGE

JAMES R. LIENTZ, Jr.
Secretary/Treasurer
ATLANTA

JAMES S. BALLOUN
Member
ATLANTA

MAXINE H. BURTON
Member
BOGART

DONALD E. CHEEKS
Member
AUGUSTA

ROY H. FICKLING
Member
MACON

A.J. (JOE) HOPKINS, III ROBERT S. JEPSON, Jr.

Member

Member

FOLKSTON

SAVANNAH

BARTOW MORGAN, Jr.
Member
LAWRENCEVILLE

JOHN J. NEELY, Jr.
Member
RICHMOND HILL

SUNNY K. PARK
Member
ATLANTA

HUGH M. TARBUTTON
Member
SANDERSVILLE

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Perspective: Curtis J. Foltz
Poised for Recovery

PERSPECTIVE

A

s you know, 2009 was a difficult year in every business sector, including international trade.

While many other ports across the country

faltered under the duress of a volatile

shipping market, Georgia's ports held

steadfast and found new ways to leverage our

resources and relationships to drive growth.

Now that the country is showing signs of

new growth, I am proud to report that the

Port of Savannah remains the fourth largest in

the nation, and the Port of Brunswick remains

one of the top ten U.S. auto ports. While the

GPA experienced a 10.3 percent decline

compared to FY2009 in the first quarter of

this fiscal year, the second quarter showed

positive growth of 3.6 percent over the same

time last year.

The GPA remains cautiously optimistic

about the remainder of the current fiscal year.

Our strategic development planning has

ensured that Georgia's deepwater ports are

prepared to handle the growth demands

necessary to advance economic development

and opportunity.

Also, I am pleased to report that the

Georgia General Assembly has approved

funding for the Savannah Harbor Expansion

Project, as well as significant infrastructure

improvements that will enhance access to the

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Port of Savannah and increase Georgia's role in global commerce.
The state's approved FY2011 budget includes bond funding of $68,435,000 for the Savannah Harbor Expansion Project (SHEP) and $200 million of additional funding through the Georgia Department of Transportation for statewide transportation enhancements. The Jimmy Deloach Parkway Extension, a $121 million project, is Governor Perdue's top priority for this funding.
On behalf of the GPA Board of Directors we appreciate the Governor's support of port infrastructure for long-term economic growth. The completion of these projects will improve Georgia's competitiveness in the international marketplace and ensure the efficient and timely access of Georgia-based products to markets around the world.
The completion of the SHEP, which will deepen the Savannah River's navigational channel from its current 42-foot depth to as much as 48 feet, is one of the most important and productive civil works projects in the country. The project will maintain and create jobs and commerce throughout the supply chain in the Southeast, parts of the Midwest and Gulf Coast states.
The completion of the Jimmy Deloach Parkway Extension will provide a fast, reliable and direct connection between I-95 and the Port of Savannah. This funding will complete the three-mile limited access roadway that is critical to long-term freight mobility and future growth.
Both of these projects will prepare the Port of Savannah to become a regional hub for economic activity. Indirect impacts created by these projects will have significant effects on Georgia's retail, agriculture, manufacturing, and real estate sectors.
Curtis J. Foltz, GPA's Executive Director

Executive Staff
CURTIS J. FOLTZ Executive Director CLIFFORD R. PYRON Chief Commercial Officer MARIE H. ROBERTS Chief Financial Officer LISE MARSHALL Senior Director of Human Resources ROBERT C. MORRIS Senior Director of External Affairs WILSON TILLOTSON Senior Director of Engineering and Facilities Maintenance JOHN D. TRENT Senior Director of Operations and Maintenance JOHN M. WHEELER Senior Director of Trade Development DOUG J. MARCHAND Executive Advisor
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COVER STORY

RO/RO VOLUME RETURNS TO BRUNSWICK

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olonel's Island Terminal at the Port of Brunswick has experienced growth in its roll-

on/roll-off (Ro/Ro) auto and machinery

units the past four months, compared with

the same time period last year:

December 2009: 46.7 %,

January 2010: 2.7 %,

February 2010: 15.17 % and

March 2010: 54.8 %

Volume gains can be attributed to a

number of factors including the economic

recovery, a renewed consumer market for

automobiles and the addition of a

Mercedes-Benz vehicle-processing center

on Colonel's Island Terminal. Mercedes-

Benz and other automotive manufacturers

have more than 700 acres available for

expansion, as well as immediate access for

unit trains with additional rail planned for

the terminal.

Earlier this year, maintenance dredging

in Brunswick was completed, bringing the

Port of Brunswick's entrance channel back

to its authorized depth and width, 38 and

500 feet respectively. The inner harbor is

authorized at a depth of 36 feet and width

of 400 feet. A combination of FY2009

stimulus funds through the American

Reinvestment and Recovery Act, or ARRA,

were used with FY2010 operations and

maintenance funds to complete the

$10-million project.

Returning the Brunswick Harbor to its

Mercedes-Benz USA marked the official opening of its new vehicle preparation center on May 5, 2010. Pictured (left to right): Georgia's Lt. Governor Casey Cagle, MBUSA's President and CEO Ernst Lieb, Former U.S. Senator and GPA Chairman of the Board Mack Mattingly, GPA's Chairman of the Board Stephen S. Green and GPA's Executive Director Curtis J. Foltz

authorized width and depth could not have been accomplished without the hard work and leadership of Congressman Jack Kingston and Senators Saxby Chambliss and Johnny Isakson. Their dedication to this project has enabled the Port of Brunswick to begin realizing the tax revenues and job creation that was anticipated in the project's benefitcost analysis.
"The Port of Brunswick is an important economic engine for our state and the support of our delegation was critical," said Foltz. "Returning this harbor to project dimensions is vital to meeting the current and future requirements of our customers, and is a powerful factor in maintaining and

stimulating job growth throughout the state. I cannot thank Congressman Kingston and Senators Isakson and Chambliss enough for their assistance."
In other news:
Volkswagen recently renewed its commitment to the Port of Brunswick by signing a new five-year contract with International Auto Processing effective May 1, 2010.
Three ocean carriers that once called on the Port of Brunswick as a charter stop, now call regularly. NYK, MOL and K-Line all have started calling Colonel's Island Terminal to bring Mercedes-Benz imports to the new facility.

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he Port of Brunswick's newest vehicle processing center for Mercedes-Benz USA (MBUSA) opened its doors on

January 11, 2010 with the arrival of more than 1,600

Mercedes-Benz autos. This shipment marks the first

delivery of import Mercedes-Benz autos to

Brunswick's Colonel's Island Terminal. Ports

America, Inc. was the stevedore for the MOL vessel,

M/V Paradise Ace.

"We would like to thank Mercedes-Benz USA for

its confidence in our terminal and operations to

handle not only its export but also import traffic

through the Port of Brunswick," said Georgia Ports

Authority's (GPA) Executive Director Curtis J. Foltz.

"We are pleased to welcome MBUSA's additional

business to Colonel's Island Terminal and the new

jobs and economic opportunities it represents."

Volume from MBUSA's import autos will increase

the overall total units at Colonel's Island Terminal by

more than 16 percent in 2010. The Port of Brunswick

is one of the nation's top six auto ports.

"The opening of our new Vehicle Processing

Center in Brunswick, Georgia is a milestone for our

company that aims to increase efficiencies in our

distribution process which will ultimately benefit

our customers and dealers," said Mercedes-Benz

USA's Vice President, Sales Operations Michael

Slagter. "Bringing imports into Brunswick is a great

match for our exports from our manufacturing

center in Tuscaloosa, Ala., that have been

shipping from the Port since 1997. We look

forward to strengthening our relationship with the

Georgia Ports Authority."

MBUSA's 70,000-square-foot facility is the

second vehicle processing center to locate on the

south side of Colonel's Island Terminal. The new

center consolidates MBUSA's Southeastern shipping

operations and makes the Port of Brunswick

MBUSA's South Atlantic hub. The facility will bring

more than 40,000 Mercedes-Benz vehicles into the

port annually.

The U.S. Maritime Administration's Port Impact

economic model estimates the additional

automobiles through Brunswick will create 122 new

jobs (78 direct and 44 indirect), generate $1.5

million in state and local taxes and add $5.5 million

to Georgia's gross state product.

The center will process vehicles headed for

Mercedes-Benz dealers throughout the Southeast,

as well as Texas and Oklahoma. It will be equipped

with advanced computerized control systems and

inspection facilities designed to ensure the high

quality of each new vehicle. The center will also

be capable of accessory installation, full body

shop operations, vehicle detailing and

distribution operations.

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PORTFOLIO
MERCEDESBENZ USA
OPENS VEHICLE PROCESSING CENTER AT THE PORT OF BRUNSWICK
First Shipment of Autos Coincides with New MBUSA's South Atlantic Hub's Operations
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CARRIER SERVICES
SAVANNAH BECOMES PORT OF CHO
New Services Add Direct Connection with Growing Vietnamese Market and

L

ong a champion of the all-water route through Panama from Asia, the Port of Savannah has again

expanded its South Asian trade through

the Suez Canal. Suez services via Savannah

have increased from two services in 2006

to eight services in 2010 with the addition

of two new services.

The Indamex service, covering the Indian

sub-continent and Eastern Mediterranean

began calling Savannah in December 2009.

The recently modified Suez service, the

AWE4, covering Southeastern Asia,

Vietnam and South China will begin in

June 2010.

Indamex
With the addition of the Indamex, Savannah now provides service to all major Indian ports and will better fill that country's growing demand for U.S. export commodities such as fabrics, cotton, paper, paperboard and woodpulp. U.S. imports such as rugs, sheets, towels, blankets and apparel will reach growing consumer markets such as Atlanta, Ga., Orlando, Fla., and Memphis, Tenn., with greater efficiency

Turnaround Days Frequency
Number of Vessels Avg. TEU Capacity per Vessel

56 Weekly
8 4,300

and savings. "We welcome the Indamex service to
Savannah and look forward to working closely with the consortium of shipping lines and cargo owners that make up this
NY/NJ Norfolk Charleston
Savannah

Savannah Charleston Port Said
Jeddah Karachi (Pt. Qasim)
Nhava Sheva Mundra Damietta NY/NJ Norfolk
Savannah

Days To Next Port 2 15 3 6 3 2 7 12 2 2 0

excellent new opportunity," said The Georgia Ports Authority's (GPA) Executive Director Curtis J. Foltz.
Indamex, or India America Express service, providers include CMA CGM and

Port Said Damietta
Jeddah

Karachi (Port Qasim) Mundra
Nhava Sheva

To Savannah From
37 34 28 25 23 16 4 2 0

From Savannah To 0 2 17 20 26 29 31 38

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CARRIER SERVICES

OICE FOR SUEZ SERVICES
d Enhance South Asian Trade

Grand Alliance Members: Hapag-Lloyd, NYK and OOCL. The service will make weekly calls using eight 4,300-TEU (twenty-foot equivalent unit) vessels.

Ports of call for the service include Savannah, Port Said, Jeddah, Port Quasim, Nhava Sheva, Mundra, Damietta, New York/New Jersey, Norfolk and Charleston.

Halifax NY/NJ
Norfolk
Savannah
Jacksonville

Shekou Yantian Hong Kong
Ho Chi Minh Singapore

AWE-4
Kawasaki Kisen Kaisha, Ltd. (hereinafter called "K" LINE), a member of CKYH Alliance (COSCON, "K" LINE, Yang Ming, Hanjin Shipping), will make modifications to one of its Asia - North America East Coast service loops, named AWE-4, in middle of May 2010.
"We welcome the AWE-4 service to Savannah, which has become the port of choice for Suez services," said Foltz. "With this service we will participate in eight of the ten services transiting the Suez Canal to the United States East

Coast and in both of the direct services to the important growth market of Vietnam."
The new AWE-4 service will deploy nine vessels with 5,500-TEU capacity under cooperation with Mitsui O.S.K. Lines (MOL). Port rotation includes: Ho Chi Minh, Shekou, Hong Kong, Yantian, Singapore, Halifax, New York, Norfolk, Jacksonville, Savannah, Singapore, Ho Chi Minh.

Turnaround Days Frequency
Number of Vessels Avg. TEU Capacity per Vessel

63 Weekly
9 5,500

Port of Savannah and the Suez Canal
I n 2009, the top five exports via the Suez Canal from Savannah were waste paper (26,909 TEUs), food-mostly poultry (24,609 TEUs), wood pulp (24,242 TEUs), cotton (16,923 TEUs), and automotive (16,624 TEUs). The top five imports via the Suez Canal to Savannah were apparel (33,637 TEUs), furniture (27,179 TEUs), food-mostly fish and coffee (15,838 TEUs), retail goods (15,309 TEUs), and rugs, sheets, towels, & blankets (6,663 TEUs). The Port of Savannah now has eight services that transit the Suez Canal. Five of these eight services make calls in Southeast Asia, such as Singapore where transit times to Savannah are as fast as 25 days. Five services call on the Indian Subcontinent where transit times are as fast as 22 days. Three of these services cover ports in China. Of the eight services, four stop in the Red Sea and four of them stop in the Persian Gulf.

Savannah Singapore Ho Chi Minh
Shekou Hong Kong
Yantian Singapore
Halifax NY/NJ Norfolk Jacksonville Savannah

Days To Next Port 26 2 3 1 1 3 19 2 1 2 1 0

To Savannah From
33 30 29 28 25 6 4 3 1 0

From Savannah To 0 26 28 31 32 33

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PORTFOLIO

MITSUBISHI POWER SYSTEMS TO

M itsubishi Power Systems (MPSA) announced in September 2009 that it will locate a new, state-ofthe-art manufacturing facility near Savannah, ultimately creating 500 jobs and investing $325 million. Governor Sonny Perdue and MPSA Senior Vice President Dave Walsh made the announcement at the plant's ground-breaking on the Georgia megasite in Pooler. The facility significantly boosts the next-generation energy solutions developed by one of Georgia's most strategic industries.
"Georgia delivered all the items on Mitsubishi's list: a skilled and deep labor pool, easy access to the ports and interstates, and the ideal site to facilitate the company's global growth and expansion," said Governor Perdue. "We welcome Mitsubishi Power Systems to Georgia's international business community and look forward to contributing to its continuing innovations in energy generation."
Mitsubishi will produce advanced steam and gas turbines on the site, and will also service turbines and related components for power generation. The Pooler plant, which will be constructed in three phases, will

serve the company's customers in North and South America.
"We are especially thankful for the support provided to us by Governor Perdue and his economic development staff, the Savannah Economic Development Authority, Georgia Power and countless other agencies and officials who joined forces to make Georgia and Savannah an extremely attractive site for our project," said MPSA President and CEO Koji Hasegawa, who attended the groundbreaking. "This marks another key milestone in our long-term goal of locating equipment manufacturing and critical service support much nearer to our important customers."
Construction began 2009 on the first phase of the plant, which will manufacture gas turbine combustor components to support operating units in the Western Hemisphere and new turbines worldwide. The company will begin hiring in early 2010, and Quick Start, Georgia's top-ranked workforce training program, will provide training on the assembly and service of the turbines. It expects to begin making components as early as the fall of 2010.
In Phase Two, Mitsubishi will build

comprehensive service capabilities to support turbine rotor, rotor balancing, valve and other large component repairs and upgrades for gas and steam turbines. During the third and final phase, the company will manufacture and assemble the next generation of high-efficiency, lowemission gas turbines.
Mitsubishi chose the Savannah site after an extensive search throughout the Southeastern U.S. that began in late 2007. The 119-acre site, located near the intersection of Interstates 95 and 16 near Pooler, is part of the Chatham County Industrial Site, also known as Georgia's megasite, and has been ranked by KPMG as the top such location in the Southeast. Its major advantages include ready access to the Port of Savannah, a nearby rail spur, extensive modern infrastructure availability and its status as a "shovel ready" location.
Georgia Department of Economic Development (GDEcD) Senior Project Manager Scott McMurray assisted the company with its location, as did the Savannah Economic Development Authority (SEDA).
"SEDA could not be more proud to

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PORTFOLIO

O BUILD ON POOLER MEGASITE Access to Port of Savannah Brings Jobs to Georgia

welcome Mitsubishi to Savannah, knowing the addition of this world-class company will invigorate the local economy and put Chatham County squarely in the ranks of an international movement towards the production of clean energy," said SEDA Board Chairman Brian Foster.
Energy is one of the industries singled out by the Commission for a New Georgia as an area of strategic growth for the state. In 2006 Governor Perdue instituted an energy strategy for the state, providing a roadmap that balances economic growth through traditional and alternative energy sources, with a long-term goal of energy independence for Georgia. As a global leader in the development of power generation technology, including an expanding line of proven renewable energy technologies, Mitsubishi will be a major contributor to Georgia's innovation economy.
Mitsubishi Power Systems Americas, Inc. (MPSA) was established in 2001 and is headquartered in Lake Mary, Florida with key operations in Orlando, FL, Newport Beach, CA, Houston, TX, and Juarez, Mexico. MPSA provides a wide variety of products

and services for the electric power generation industry including gas, steam, wind, geothermal and hydroelectric turbines, boilers, selective catalytic reduction systems and solar energy. The company is a subsidiary of Mitsubishi Heavy Industries, Ltd. (MHI), a diversified Fortune

"Global 150" company with more than $30 billion in annual revenues and 40,000 employees worldwide. MHI is an international leader in the design and supply of energy, aerospace, machinery, transportation, and environmental systems and equipment.

MPSA President and CEO Koji Hasegawa addressed the group: "This marks another key milestone in our long-term goal of locating equipment manufacturing and critical service support much nearer to our important customers."

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PORT NEWS

Coby Electronics moves East Coast Distribution Center Operations to Savannah

C

oby Electronics, a privately held corporation with world headquarters in New York, has

moved its East Coast distribution operations

to Savannah.

"We want to thank Coby Electronics for

its selection of Savannah and its confidence

in our ability to handle its cargo through our

port," said Georgia Ports Authority's Chief

Commercial Officer Clifford R. Pyron.

"Welcoming Coby Electronics' new East

Coast distribution center is further evidence

of the strategic value of Savannah as the

key Southeast distribution location in the

South Atlantic."

Coby, best known in the consumer

electronics industry for its portable audio

and video products, began operations in

120,000 square feet of space in the former

CrossDock USA facility in September 2009.

Coby's primary reasons for selecting

Savannah were proximity to the deepwater

port, the immediate availability of first-class

warehousing facilities and a skilled work force. The project, represents an investment of about $500,000 during the first year, is expected to bring about 25 new jobs initially.
While it is leasing only part of the building, the company has the option to expand into all 156,000 square feet and is looking at the possibility of eventually establishing a separate retrofitting operation in the additional space, according to Coby's Director of Operations Daniel Song.
Coincidentally, one of Coby's three manufacturing plants is located in Jiangxi Province, China, a Savannah sister city.
"Coby is a prominent name in the electronics business, both as a manufacturer and a distributor," said Former President of Savannah Economic Development Authority Rick Winger. "We've just begun to scratch the surface of the relationship we expect to have with China."

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PORT NEWS

ABRO Industries Opens New Distribution Center

A BRO Industries, Inc. has selected Savannah as the site of its new distribution center, adding to the Port of Savannah's impressive list of local distribution warehouses.
"We want to thank ABRO for their confidence in the Port of Savannah," said Georgia Ports Authority's Executive Director Curtis J. Foltz. "This announcement is further evidence of Savannah's strategic value as the key South Atlantic location for distribution services."
ABRO's 157,000-square-foot facility opened in January. Initially, it will export nearly 1,000 containers per year, primarily to Eastern Europe, the Middle East and Asia. With distribution in more than 165 countries, ABRO Industries has attained worldwide recognition and prominence for the excellence and

competitiveness of its products.
"The Port of Savannah gives us the best opportunity to provide the highest level of service to our customers worldwide," said ABRO Industries President Peter Baranay. "This new location will significantly reduce our inland freight costs, while greatly increasing our vessel sailing options."
For nearly 70 years, ABRO Industries has provided quality industrial, automotive and consumer products to the international

marketplace. ABRO Industries success is attributed to an intense customer-oriented philosophy with management, manufacturing, sales and distribution all dedicated to serving distributors.

Mitsui-Soko (U.S.A.) Inc. Opens East Coast Distribution Center
Japanese Logistics Company Ties Future Growth to Georgia's Ports

M itsui-Soko (U.S.A.) Inc., a worldwide leader in the logistics industry, recently opened a new distribution center in Bloomingdale, Ga., near Savannah, that will serve as the company's primary East Coast distribution center. The company will create ten jobs initially and has plans for further development as demand for services increases.
"We welcome Mitsui-Soko's investment in Georgia, which attests to the critical role the Georgia Ports play in the state's economy," said Georgia Department of Economic Development Commissioner (GDEcD) Ken

Stewart. "As the ports grow, so will the strength of our logistics sector and companies like Mitsui-Soko (U.S.A.)."
Mitsui-Soko (U.S.A.) Inc. has an office and warehouse complex in Lawrenceville, Ga., and is branching out to the Savannah area to better serve key clients in need of specialized local services. The new facility will initially consist of 60,000 square feet of space in the Bloomingdale complex, which is the first speculative industrial development in the Southeastern United States built to LEED certified Silver Standard, ensuring environmentally efficient operations and maintenance.
"This location is ideal for our company as we continue to expand our services to meet the anticipated increase in cargo volume through Georgia's ports due to the Panama Canal expansion project," said Mitsui-Soko (U.S.A.) President Ryuji Ikeda. "Long-term, we are interested in using the environmentally-friendly method of water transportation through the Georgia Ports Authority (GPA) in Savannah as an alternative to the routing of eastbound cargo from the West Coast by rail and/or truck."

"We are very pleased to welcome Mitsui Soko to the Savannah Area," said GPA's General Manager of Economic & Industrial Development Stacy Watson. "Mitsui Soko's expansion into Savannah is a testament to the Port of Savannah's efficient terminal operations, diverse carrier selection, and competitive port-proximate real estate market. Savannah's proven logistical advantages continue to add value to growing companies like Mitsui Soko."
"The Savannah Economic Development Authority (SEDA) worked with our partners at the Georgia Ports Authority to help Mitsui Soko realize the full potential of locating their operation in Savannah," said SEDA Vice President Lynn Pitts. "Joining the ranks of other Japanese heavy hitters already in the area, like Fuji Oil and Mitsubishi Power Systems, Mitsui's decision to locate here further reinforces the global appeal of operating a business in Savannah."
Pat Dinon, director of West Coast business development, assisted the company on behalf of the GDEcD and the GPA, as did Coastal Region GDEcD Project Manager Tonya Cooper.

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PORTFOLIO
Savannah Celebrates Opening of New Southeastern Distribution Center for Diageo Beer Brands Guinness, Harp, Red Stripe and Smithwick's

T

he Port of Savannah recently welcomed additional cargo when Diageo opened its new

Southeastern distribution center for

imported beer. The distribution center will

be operated by Matson Global Distribution

Services, a third-party logistics provider.

"We want to thank Diageo for its

selection of Savannah and its confidence in

our ability to handle its cargo through the

port, " said Georgia Ports Authority's (GPA)

Executive Director Curtis J. Foltz. "This

announcement is further evidence of

Savannah's position as the key Southeast

distribution location in the South Atlantic."

"We are excited to work with the Georgia

Ports Authority. Savannah not only boasts

one of the nation's largest St. Patrick's Day

celebrations, but is also a perfect location

for our regional distribution of Diageo-

Guinness brands," said Erik Snyder, Diageo's

Vice President of Logistics. "We look

forward to a strong relationship there as we

continue to optimize our supply chain."

The first Diageo shipment to its new

Savannah distribution center arrived on

January 14, 2010. This distribution center

will primarily handle beer including

Guinness, Harp, Red Stripe and Smithwick's.

Previously, Diageo had shipped its Red

Stripe brand from Jamaica through the Port

of Savannah. Initially volume will be

approximately 3,000 twenty-foot

equivalent units or TEUs annually.

The distribution center's expedited

opening was facilitated by the Georgia

Department of Revenue, Alcohol and

Tobacco Tax Division, the City of Pooler, the

GPA and Matson Global Distribution

Services, Inc.

Diageo (Dee-AH-Gee-O) is the world's

leading premium drinks business with an

outstanding collection of beverage alcohol

brands across spirits, wines and beer

categories. These brands include Johnnie

Walker, Guinness, Smirnoff, J&B, Baileys, Cuervo, Tanqueray, Captain Morgan, Crown Royal, Beaulieu Vineyard and Sterling Vineyards wines. Diageo is a global company, trading in more than 180 countries around the world. The company is listed on both the New York Stock Exchange (DEO) and the London Stock Exchange (DGE).
Matson Global has more than 100 quality associates based on business seasonality at its warehouse campus environment operating in more than one million square

feet, servicing retail, toy, food and beverage clients. Matson Global operates both a dedicated and shared warehouse environment maximizing all warehousing and distribution efficiencies for its clients and their customers. Additionally, Matson Global has experience in VAP, FTZ, Supply Chain Design and complete domestic and international logistics capabilities. Matson Global is part of the Matson family with more than 125 years experience as a leading provider of transportation and logistics solutions worldwide.

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PORT NEWS
Terminal Upgrades Improve Capacity for Refrigerated Container Volume
New Refrigerated Container Racks Reduce Emissions and Accommodate Increasing Export Demand

In TEUs
4,462 22,626 6,075 22,608 8,104 28,544 10,304 38,274 11,667 42,114

Refrigerated Cargo Throughput: 5-year History by Fiscal Year

50,000 40,000

30,000 20,000 10,000

0
FY 2005

2006
Imports

2007

2008
Exports

2009

T

he Georgia Ports Authority's (GPA) newest set of electrified refrigerated container racks were

completed and brought online at the Port

of Savannah in March 2010. With the ten

new racks, Garden City Terminal now has a

total of 44 racks, which accommodate

1,056 containers.

"The completion of these refrigerated

container racks reduces diesel

consumption and increases our capacity for

cold-storage exports," said GPA's

Executive Director Curtis J. Foltz. "We've

continued to expand our export capacity,

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while reducing emissions." As the leading U.S. East Coast port for
refrigerated containerized export cargo, the GPA has more than doubled its refrigerated cargo volume in the last six years with an increase of 120 percent. In the past two years alone, volume has increased 19.8 percent.
"Bringing these new racks online allows ocean carriers and shippers additional access and efficiencies for the export of their products," said Foltz.
Before electrified refrigerated container racks were brought online in 2008, diesel generators were used to power refrigerated

containers in tandem with wheeled parking spots with electrical hookups. Now, for every ten racks placed into service, the GPA saves about 540,000 gallons of diesel fuel annually, which would have been used to power diesel generators. With a total of 44 racks online, the GPA avoids using more than 2.376 million gallons annually.
"Once again, the GPA is demonstrating its commitment to the environment," said GPA's Chairman of the Board Stephen S. Green. "Improvements like these ensure Georgia's role in global commerce as a gateway for American-made products."
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Maritime Safety Council
RETROFITS CONTAINER FOR RIVER RESCUE

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he Georgia Ports Maritime Safety Council (GPMSC) is a collaboration between the

Georgia Ports Authority (GPA)

management team, the Georgia

Stevedores Association and other port

stakeholders to increase safety

on terminals.

"Nothing is more important than the

safety of our employees and all those

who use our ports," said GPA's Executive

Director Curtis J. Foltz. "The Georgia

Ports Maritime Safety Council (GPMSC)

was designed to elevate the focus

on safety."

During one of its monthly meetings,

the council reviewed an incident at a port

on the West Coast, and discussed how a

rescue would be conducted if someone

inadvertently fell into the river. The group

decided to develop and execute a river

rescue action plan.

As part of its river rescue initiative, the

GPMSC developed a comprehensive river

rescue program to establish procedures

to safely retrieve victims by providing

the best chance for survival through

planning, training and designated gear

for safe recovery.

One of the initiatives involved building

a river rescue basket from a 20-foot ISO

container. This basket is designed to

extract a victim from the river who is on

the offshore side of a berthed vessel, as

well as to transport EMS to a victim

aboard a vessel and to assist with the

extraction of injured personnel from the

vessel. The basket is designed to be

safely secured onto a crane's spreader

bar where it can be hoisted and brought

to the river surface or to the deck of

a ship.

John Walsh, Vice-President SSA

Cooper and a member of the GPMSC,

worked with a fabrication shop to modify

the container and create a basket. At the

time of completion, the rescue basket

was the only one of its kind on the U.S.

East Coast.

"The whole river rescue program was

born from a cooperative effort by all

members of the GPMSC," said Walsh.

"The modified rescue container is safer and more efficient for emergency medical responders."
The rescue basket, aka "Rescue One," was introduced to the maritime and emergency personnel community at a demonstration hosted by the GPMSC at the Port of Savannah. During the demonstration, feedback about the container prompted some modifications, such as the addition of doors on the ends of the basket and signage to explain procedures.
Rescue One was recently deployed to remove a crewman from a ship. "Instead of worrying about hooking up a stokes basket or having emergency personnel carry all the equipment up the gangway, wasting valuable time, we were able to safely transport emergency personnel and first-aid gear to the victim located on the deck of the ship," said GPA's Safety and Loss Control Manager John Bloess. "Then we were able to bring the injured crewman immediately to the dock where he was transported via EMS."
Another device created and used as part of the River Rescue Plan involves the Maritime Personnel Rescue System. Tommy Sidener, Safety Manager for Ports America, worked with a fabricator to develop this piece of rescue equipment. This device attaches and secures to the blades of a forklift so it may be

transported to any part of the dock in order to be used for extracting a victim(s) from the river. The device can be used to lower either a ladder or winch down a stokes basket to the victim.
Once the tools were in place, the GPMSC hosted training seminars for port police, local emergency medical personnel, ILA members and management for the Ports of Savannah and Brunswick.
"The tools we have in place bridge the gap between landside rescue, waterside rescue and all parties involved," said Sidener. "By bringing everyone together to ask questions and give feedback allows the GPMSC to enhance our rescue resources."
In addition to the Rescue One and the Maritime Personnel Rescue System, the GPMSC has invested in a ResQmax, a pneumatic gun that shoots a selfinflating life preserver up to 400 feet across the water. Port Police Sergeants have been trained to use these devices in the event a victim is not within reach from the dock or vessel to throw a life ring.
"Through signage, training and other methods, the council has really heightened safety for every person who comes through our gates," said Foltz. "Safety has truly become a way of life here."

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Half-Million-Pound Generator Part Ships Through Port of Savannah

TEAMWORK RESULTS MAKES OVERSIZED CARGO MOVEMENT SEAMLESS

T

he Georgia Ports Authority's (GPA) Ocean Terminal recently received a 269-ton piece of

heavy-lift cargo, bound for the SCANA

electric plant in Jasper County, S.C.

"The Port of Savannah's Ocean Terminal

specializes in handling heavy-lift project

cargos through its berth and yard

configurations," said GPA's Executive

Director Curtis J. Foltz. "The highly skilled

workforce of both GPA operations

personnel and stevedoring agencies, as

well as our on-terminal rail capabilities,

allow massive pieces of cargo to be

moved seamlessly from the dock to

the customer."

The stator, built by in Poland by Alstom

Power, Inc., is a replacement piece for a

generator turbine at SCANA's Jasper

plant. The plant has a generating capacity

of 875 megawatts, which is enough

energy for more than 700,000

average homes.

"The stator's replacement is being

made to give us a new design, which is more suitable for our operations and maintenance objectives," said the SCANA Jasper Plant Manager Steve Palmer. "This unit will allow the utility to reliably provide Jasper's low-cost, gas-fired generation to its customers, keeping electric rates and emissions low."
Efficient movement of this type of cargo requires a proactive approach. Six months prior to the stator's arrival, the parties involved began meeting to discuss the move. The collaboration included GPA personnel, Turner Transfer, Wallenius Wilhemsen Logistics and Alstom Power, Inc.
The physical movement of the part was made by Turner Transfer, a heavy cargo mover that has the capability of handling cargoes weighing up to 1.5 million pounds.
"We have the capability to move large project cargoes through the operation of our gantry systems, hydraulic trailers,

cranes and by working with the railroad," said Turner Transfer spokesperson Jerry Burroughs. "In planning for the stator's move, we calculated the axle weights for the trailer for transportation from the ship to the dock area, and used calculation drawings for lifting of the stator, which indicated the rigging and load per gantry legs."
Ocean Terminal is the Port of Savannah's dedicated breakbulk and Ro/Ro terminal that handles a wide range of rolling stock cargoes.
GPA's General Manager of Breakbulk, Warehouse and Crane Operations Craig Kessler said the delicate task of moving such a unique piece of cargo comes through collaboration and close communication. "Safety is our numberone priority, and these teams worked together to ensure this piece was delivered to the customer without injuries or damage to the cargo," said Kessler.

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The half-million-pound stator, built by Alstom Power, Inc., in Poland, is a replacement piece for a generator turbine at the SCANA electric plant in Jasper County, S.C. The stator was offloaded on a 29axle hydraulic-lift truck. Then, it was placed onto a railcar with a four-point hydraulic gantry lift system.

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GEORGIA FOREIGN TRADE CONFERENCE 2010

M ore than 200 senior level logistics professionals, site selectors, developers and an impressive array of beneficial cargo owners convened on Sea Island, Ga., for three days this February at the 2010 Georgia Foreign Trade Conference (GFTC).
Attendees were drawn by the opportunity to interact with panelists and decision makers from the upper echelons of every sector of the logistics industry to attend the 42nd annual event. They spent business sessions hearing expert analysis on a wide array of key economic and trade issues.
Keynote speakers for the event included Georgia Governor Sonny Perdue, Dr. Walter Kemmsies, chief economist for port designengineering consulting company Moffat & Nichol and Alberto Aleman Zubieta, the CEO of the Panama Canal Authority.
Kemmsies spoke about recovering from near depression, long-term trends for imports and exports and the possibility of bulk commodity trade exceeding container volume growth as emerging market economies mature.
A self-sustaining recovery requires financial system stabilization and an adjustment of China's policies, according to

Kemmsies. Long-term trends remain intact for imports and demographics matter more than balance sheets. He projects if the global economy begins to rebalance, bulk commodity exports should grow faster than manufactured good imports.
"Now is the time to make investment decisions," said Kemmsies. "Transportation is a `first-mover advantage' industry." Then he cautioned: "But remember that in a

4,400 twenty-foot equivalent units (TEUs) leaving only two feet of clearance on either side up to 12,600 TEUs. With water savings basins, the new locks will use seven percent less water than existing locks.
In addition to these addresses, the GFTC included round table discussions that provided a fresh perspective from beneficial cargo owners, as well as service providers. The round tables' theme, "We're all in this

" Now is the time to make investment decisions. Transportation is a `first-mover

advantage' industry.

"

- Dr. Walter Kemmsies, Moffat & Nichol Chief Economist

rebalancing economy, what worked then, won't now."
Zubieta gave the second day's keynote address. He provided an overview and progress update for the Panama Canal's expansion.
All of the necessary dredging has and will be done in-house by the Panama Canal Authority to increase the current 39-foot draft allowance to 50 feet once the expansion is complete. According to Zubieta, the ship capacity will increase from

together" could not have been more appropriate, according to 2010 GFTC Chairman Doug J. Marchand. "There is not a single one of us in this room today that hasn't been impacted by tough global economic conditions."
Many who attended the event rated it as the best conference to gauge the future of international trade investment. For more information about the 2011 GFTC, visit www.gaforeigntrade.com

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Redefining the Face of Trade

GPA Announces Reorganization of its Trade Development Group

T

he speed of modern commerce continues to transform maritime trade to meet the increasing

demands of the global marketplace. As of

March 2010, the Georgia Ports Authority

(GPA) operates under a newly configured

trade development team as part of its

continuing strategy to create efficiency

and opportunities in its port system and

build stronger relationships with those

who operate through it.

This proactive effort will help ensure

Georgia's ports remain attractive, ports-

of-choice to users, while preparing for

greater cargo flow to the East Coast after

the Panama Canal expansion is complete

in 2014.

The new trade development team will

be configured around three specific

divisions focusing on GPA's core

segments of ocean carriers, beneficial

cargo owners (BCO) and industrial

developers. This alignment will enable the

GPA to provide more focused attention

and greater value to those within these core segments.
"With 2014 representing a veritable sea of change in the maritime industry, it is incumbent upon our commercial team to dedicate resources to specific customer segments to assist and respond to each group's unique needs," said GPA's Executive Director Curtis J. Foltz. "That will, in turn, enhance productivity, efficiency and consistency throughout our port system and help us continue to grow market share."
Ocean carriers and BCOs will receive focused personal services and enhancements to all customer programs to meet the needs of today's market. Economic industrial developers will receive additional personal services and enhancements to all customer programs that meet the needs of marketing our ports, area, and state.
This major administrative restructuring will also create three new director

positions aimed at significantly expanding the ports' trade development team.
GPA's former Director of Trade Development John Wheeler will assume the post of senior director of trade development, focusing on ocean carriers. GPA's former General Manager of Sales John Petrino will become director of business development and will work on the industrial development side of the business. A yet-to-be-named senior director of sales will concentrate on beneficial cargo owners.
All three new positions will report to GPA's Chief Commercial Officer Clifford R. Pyron.
"I'm very excited by these changes," Pyron. "This focused approach will truly allow us to get closer to our customers. Taking a diversified approach to trade development will create better efficiencies and help us attract more business for the port and the state."

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COMMUNITY INVOLVEMENT

The Hardest Vacation You'll Ever Love:

Sunburn, Sweat and Sea Turtle Eggs with the Caretta Research Project

By K. W. Oxnard

T

hey come under the cover of night, emerging from the salty Atlantic and sneaking onto

Georgia's beaches as quietly as the mist that

sometimes envelops these pristine sea

islands. Creatures from another world, their

sole purpose is to lay hundreds of eggs, then

send their offspring crawling back into the

briny sea. But for a few holes above the high

tide mark, scattered bits of white eggshell

and the tell-tale arcs in the sand left by their

scaly flippers, you would never even know

they'd been there at all.

No, I'm not talking about aliens from

another planet, but the fascinating--and

threatened--marine reptiles that nest and

fledge in our very state: the celebrated

loggerhead sea turtles. If not for the dogged

work of the staff and volunteers at the

Caretta Research Project (CRP) on Wassaw

Island, the comings and goings of these

beautiful animals wouldn't merely be silent,

but nonexistent.

Kristina Williams, CRP's project director,

explains: "Without the protection [we offer],

most of the nests would be lost to erosion or

predation by ghost crabs, raccoons and

other species, and few hatchlings would

enter the ocean." Williams, who has been

with CRP since 1996, grew up in and around

the waters of Long Island and, despite a brief

academic foray into accounting, she ended

up with both a bachelor of arts and a master

of arts in biology. She elucidates the mission

of the project as follows: learn more about loggerhead population levels, trends and nesting habits; protect eggs and hatchlings where loss to predators and beach erosion have historically been high; and educate and involve the public in loggerhead research and conservation efforts.
That last goal is where the volunteers come in. And boy do they come in. Each week of the 16-week nesting and fledging season, Caretta easily fills six volunteer slots--this despite sometimes quite challenging conditions.
"The bulk of the labor is performed by paying volunteers," Williams says. "Over 50 percent have participated in previous years, so they have a good handle on the work that needs to be done. With up to six volunteers per week, it's a small, intimate crew and everyone works. They are taught how to fill out datasheets, how to help process samples, how to help relocate and protect nests and excavate the nests after they hatch." Where do these admirable folks come from? Williams answers that they hail primarily from all over the United States, "but we've had participants from Canada, Denmark, France, Switzerland and England as well," with ages ranging from 13 to 78.
So what do these volunteers do all day-- or more accurately, all night long during their six-day stint on Wassaw? I spoke with Dave Cahoon, a Washington, DC, resident who's worked with CRP at least four times since 2000, sometimes with one daughter, sometimes with another or a friend. Cahoon says that during nesting season, "you get up about 1 p.m., take a walk, read a book and

enjoy yourself until 5 p.m., then you get involved with meal prep. You might have a good conversation or enjoy some board or card games until dark, when you gas up the Kawasaki mules and head to the beach" for the evening shift.
The benefits of this sometimes exhausting work are myriad. "In the moonlight," Cahoon says, "if you're lucky enough to have a moon, you often find that a turtle has crawled out of the ocean. If you see those signs, you'll check tags. If it's a neophyte (a turtle that's never been tagged before), you'll tag it, maybe take biopsies or blood, depending on the research CRP is doing. Then you'll see if the turtle will lay eggs or not." When I asked how you can tell this crucial fact, Cahoon matter-of-factly explained, "It goes catatonic as it moves into the egg-laying process. Sometimes you'll have to count the number of eggs being deposited. Finally, you mark the location of the nest, then go look for another one. Every 45 minutes you control your part of the beach.
"Finally, you stagger back in at about dawn, after making six to eight runs overnight. You'll catch some shuteye, then go back to the beach, and wake up at 1 p.m. to GPS the nests you've seen the night before, fill out the logs and then do it all over again!"
As Williams explains, "Nesting season-- May through end of Julyish--we patrol all night long, every night looking for signs of nesting turtles. We come in at dawn, or after [the turtles'] nesting activity for the night is over, and try to sleep during the heat of the day. Sometimes people sleep through late morning, then they are up and out, exploring the island. Others have to be awakened for dinner at 5 p.m.--they can sleep right through the heat. I don't know how they do it--wish I could!"
Indeed, Cahoon assures me that though the first night on the turtles' schedule takes some adjustment, the rest of the shifts are "easy." In fact, he says that when he gets back to D.C., he often has a hard time readjusting to normal life. "It usually takes a couple days," he says, joking, "it's like going to Europe and dealing with jet-lag."
So what would make a sane person leave

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his nice, air-conditioned home in the heat of the summer to come down and fight off mosquitoes, adopt a wonky sleep schedule and dine on peanut butter and jelly sandwiches with a bunch of strangers?
Even through the phone, you can hear the smile on Cahoon's face as he thinks back on his many weeks on Wassaw Island. "The conditions are rustic at best," Cahoon admits, "and the hours can be long; but the reward is that you have conversations with good people from all parts of the U.S., and you have seven miles of pristine beach to yourself. Where else on the Atlantic can you find that? Plus it's a national wildlife refuge, so you can see amazing sights. The first time I went in 2000, I was waiting on the dock for a supplies delivery, when a pod of porpoises went by so close you could almost touch them. That kind of experience makes it worthwhile."
For Cahoon and others who bring their children, there are other rewards as well. He says that it was his daughter who suggested the first trip, and "When your daughter is 14 years old, there are very few things she would ask you to do with her. My daughter knew a lot more about turtles than I did, and it was because she wanted to go down that we took our first trip. The next year I went down with our other daughter, and at other times I've been back with one or other daughter. It's good family time." Why is this kind of activity such a draw for families like Cahoon's? He explains that it's a great intergenerational activity: young people enjoy it as much as older folks."
So, it's clear that the Caretta Research Project provides crucial data on the habits of the loggerhead turtle, even helping to save and protect many of the vulnerable offspring. And it provides a rich and rewarding bonding experience for volunteers of all ages. But what about the larger significance? How does this small organization fit into the ecosystem of the sea islands and coastal Georgia as a whole? And why is the CRP so successful, despite a rather lopsided ratio of trained staff scientists and inexperienced volunteers?
Jane Griess, project leader at the Savannah Coastal Refuges Complex for the U.S. Fish & Wildlife Service, feels that it's all about the staff and organization. "On Blackbeard Island"--where there is similar turtle monitoring operation, she tells me-- "we have far more staff; but Wassaw is a
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non-profit with a small staff--which creates a great experience that very few people have in their lifetime. It's a unique opportunity to be on the beach at night with large turtles."
When I ask about the status of the loggerhead, she tells me that "loggerheads are a threatened species, but we still treat them as if they were endangered. They are protected in all national wildlife refuges, with penalties for stealing eggs, disturbing nests, etc." Though they are relatively stable on the Georgia coast, loggerhead populations are declining nationwide. And she warns that "climate change and sea level rise will have an impact on nesting turtles. We are already seeing accelerated erosion on beaches, which doesn't bode well for the turtles. Even on Wassaw, the beach has eroded, which creates deep escarpments where the turtles can't access land. As a result, "even if it's just a small part, volunteers have a hand in helping keep this species alive."
Griess praises the CRP up and down, lauding Kris Williams as "one of the most dedicated people I've ever met. Her job is not easy: it's hard physically, and she has to be very organized with six new volunteers a week out there. Scheduling work, meals, research, pulling blood--it all adds up to one incredibly hard worker. To get a group with limited to no experience, then train them to work bizarre hours, with pretty rustic accommodations...and then they come back! So you know they had a great experience the first time. The volunteers feel like they're contributing, plus Kris is delivering the data. That says a lot about the CRP staff."
Williams emphasizes that without funding from the GPA, the Caretta Research Project would have a hard time financially: "Our volunteers pay fees to participate, which cover about 50 percent of our annual budget. The GPA matches the fees of 15 volunteers each year, which goes a long way in supporting the work of the CRP."
And the CRP does not work in a vacuum, but cooperates with universities and institutions all over America to further knowledge of the loggerhead turtle. "Caretta is one of the longest running loggerhead research organizations engaged in saturation tagging--and therefore identifying--each turtle that nests on Wassaw," Williams explains. "The CRP has amassed 37 years of data to date. As a result, Caretta is regularly sought out by research institutions to collaborate on research projects that require

a reproductive record of individual turtles. The CRP has collaborated with many educational organizations and institutions on numerous research projects, including Georgia Southern University, UFL, UGA, U. of Alabama, Duke University, Scripps and Armstrong Atlantic."
Still, with conditions as rustic as they are on Wassaw--no electricity or air conditioning, basic food, crazy work schedule--Williams insists that most volunteers love every minute of it.
"I can tell that some volunteers are glad they did it once, but they probably won't return!" she jokes. "The accommodations are very rustic: no electricity, and all of the volunteers stay in one cabin, which is essentially one large room with a small divider with two bunks and two single beds. There is an indoor toilet and an outdoor, cold water shower. The bugs are horrendous, the humidity stifling and there is no privacy. But, if you can stand the conditions, the experience you get with the turtles is amazing."
As five-time volunteer Dave Cahoon says, "Each one of us has to find his own niche in helping to preserve the environment, whether you're not wasting shopping bags or whatever, so being involved in this project makes me feel like I'm doing something worthwhile. Sea turtles' survival mechanism is to produce a tremendous amount of eggs; they might lay 120 in each nest and nest up to six times a season. But only a small fraction will survive to adulthood to lay again. When they started CRP in 1970s, 100 percent of all nests on Wassaw were being destroyed by pigs or raccoons, so now [with the volunteers], at least more turtles are getting back in water. I hope that means more are being preserved to grow old enough to lay eggs. Plus, you're gathering info for the studies done through Georgia Southern or other universities that will lead to action that might help preserve the species. The more we know, the better chance they'll have."
So next time your friends ask you what you did on your summer vacation, wouldn't you love to be able to say you helped save a species?
For more information about the Caretta Research Project and how to get involved, contact Kris Williams at wassawcrp@aol.com, or visit http://www.carettaresearchproject.org/.
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Economic Impact Spotlight: Metro Atlanta

Metro Atlanta and surrounding counties imported and exported cargo valued at $6.3

B usiness environment and quality of life consistently rank Atlanta at the top of major U.S. metropolitan areas for working, living and playing. The region is noted for its job creation, investment advantages, pro-active business environment and various quality-oflife indicators.
The Metro-Atlanta area and its surrounding counties imported and exported cargo with an estimated total value of $6.3 billion in FY2009. This means hundreds of millions, if not billions, of dollars of business for the local economy.

Fulton County alone shipped $3.6 billion. "Metro Atlanta is rich in the resources
and competitive advantages for the global business community that help make Georgia a leader in several strategic industries," said Ken Stewart, commissioner of the Georgia Department of Economic Development. "Companies doing business in this region benefit from Georgia's highly-integrated logistics and transportation network, including the state-of-the-art deepwater ports in Savannah and Brunswick."
The top five counties generating cargo

shipped through Georgia's ports in FY2009 were Fulton, Cobb, Gwinnett, Bartow and Coweta.
"The impacts of Georgia's deepwater ports reach every corner of this state," said GPA's Executive Director Curtis J. Foltz. "Our ports connect our state's economy to the markets of the world and spur growth and opportunity for all Georgians."
Distribution centers in Atlanta are economic generators and another way Georgia's ports are driving our economy forward by employing thousands of people in the Metro-Atlanta area's distribution

Georgia's Twelve Economic Development Regions

NORTHWEST

MOUNTAINS

ATLANTA REGIONAL NORTHEAST COMMISSION

THREE RIVERS

CENTRAL SAVANNAH RIVER AREA

MIDDLE

FY09 Exports via Savannah by Companies in Metro Atlanta

Commodities Poultry, Chiefly Fresh & Frozen Paper & Paperboard, Incl. Waste
Kaolin & China Clay General Cargo, Misc.
Automobiles Drilling Mud & Soil CMP
Edible Nuts Wood Pulp Medical Equip. & Supplies Auto Parts Other Commodities
Total

FY09 TEUs 32,036 7,509 4,592 2,896 2,186 2,103 2,017 1,835 1,644 1,510 36,204 94,531

RIVER VALLEY SOUTHWEST

HEART OF GEORGIA ALTAMAHA

COASTAL

SOUTHERN

Georgia's 10 Regional Development Centers were reorganized to be 12 Regional Commissions (RC) in August 2009. These will function as the official regional and development organizations for local governments and citizens. Each Regional Commission Council creates policy direction for the area's short- and long-term comprehensive planning and serves as liaisons between regional communities and the state government.

FY09 Imports via Savannah by Companies in Middle Georgia

Commodities Furniture
Medical Equip. & Supplies Auto Parts
Elec. & Electronic Prods., Misc. General Cargo, Misc. Air Conditioners Granite Plastic Prods., Misc.
Auto & Truck Tire & Tubes Lamps & Parts
Other Commodities Total

FY09 TEUs 8,352 1,829 1,703 1,693 1,647 1,275 1,257 1,187 1,158 1,035
34,654 55,790

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billion in FY2009

centers. There are more than 140 import distribution centers located in the MetroAtlanta area.
In the last decade, businesses in Atlanta have absorbed, on average, more than three million square feet of office space, 11 million square feet of industrial and four million square feet of retail space annually.
Metro Atlanta's extensive railway network makes it a top logistics gateway. Between the GPA's two class 1 rail providers, CSX and Norfolk Southern, there are nine intermodal yards in Georgia with five in metro Atlanta.
CSX, the largest intermodal carrier in the U.S., runs freight to 70 ports and more than 166 bulk intermodal terminals in more than 23 states, D.C. and Canada on 23,400 miles of track. It operates a 24-hour terminal in Fairburn, and its Hulsey yard processes 1,000

trucks and 16 trains daily. Atlanta is CSX's fourth largest metro operation in lift volume.
Norfolk Southern, which operates 21,800 miles of track in 22 states, is investing $11 million to expand its intermodal hub in Cobb County. Inman Yard in Atlanta is its largest intermodal facility, and its East Point Yard is the largest Road Railer hub in the world. At least two stack trains leave Atlanta daily for the West Coast.
Atlanta's roadways and intermodal connections make it the transportation and distribution hub of the Southeast. Three interstates converge in downtown Atlanta, which is circled by I-285. Trucks that originate in Atlanta can make deliveries to more than 80 percent of the U.S. industrial, commercial and consumer markets in two delivery days or less.

Atlanta's central county, Fulton, supports operations for more than 60 motor freight carriers that operate out of 23 terminals in the county. Cobb, Gwinnett and other metro counties also support major carriers and their terminals.

Estimated Volume of Cargo Through Georgia's Deepwater
Ports in FY2009

County Fulton Cobb Gwinnett Clayton DeKalb Henry Fayette Douglas Rockdale Cherokee Total

Value $3,563,052,989
$950,419,350 $911,178,243
$256,686,754 $244,620,203 $229,745,061
$72,200,807 $49,332,609 $31,895,639 $29,752,805 $6,338,884,460
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PROFILE 26

Speak Soft
Suzanne Sitherwood, Pre
By K. W. Oxnard

S

uzanne Sitherwood is a very busy woman, whose myriad hats include president of Atlanta Gas Light

(AGL); 2010 president of the Georgia

Chamber of Commerce; and membership

on numerous corporate and non-profit

boards and committees. AnchorAge caught

Sitherwood between meetings for a

fascinating, wide-ranging conversation.

How do you juggle multiple roles and still find time to sleep?
I learned a long time ago to surround myself with great people. If you met my team at AGL, you would say, "Wow! They're very strong." And, I have a visible and transparent five-year business plan, so our employees know our direction and can provide a lot of support and feedback along the way.
Chamber leadership has created the same with the Georgia Initiative. The Chamber has recently hired a talented senior staff with new perspectives, so there is a more proactive approach to policy matters such as water, education, transportation, etc Which makes the chair's role much easier--so I sleep well!

After over 30 years with AGL, how do you gain perspective on the company that at this point is almost like a family member?
As president, I made a commitment to talk to every employee each year, working with groups of 20 to 50 so I can do more listening than talking and adjust our business plan as necessary. During these visits, I also meet with local editorial boards and chamber members to get their feedback. And, I make stops along the way and just simply chat with Georgians. You'd be surprised what you can learn just pulling into a gas station in a pick-up and striking up a conversation.

You credit your military father with pushing you in a more practical direction. What decisions have you made that reflect this emphasis?
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ly and Drive a Big White Truck
esident of Georgia Chamber of Commerce

every day. That's partly why I understand this business so well. I had great teachers who deliver service every day to our customers. I started my career in the field, and many of the employees, some of whom are still here, took me under their wing and trained me. I am forever thankful for their support and encouragement.
Do you also consider your mother a strong influence?
My mom is an artist who taught us to think outside the lines and imagine what we can be. As a military family, we changed schools every two years, so my mom was very active in the PTA and always made a portrait of the principal--her way of getting us quickly integrated into the school system. All that change has helped me in a business environment: I learned flexibility and adapt well.
Kathryn Bigelow, the first woman to win a directing Oscar, recently said, "I hope I'm the first of many." As a pioneer yourself-- the second woman to head AGL, the first to lead the Georgia Chamber of Commerce--how do you foster the careers of other women and minorities?
When I grew up on military bases, on our right might be a German family, on our left a Japanese family, across the street an African American family. There was no tolerance of separatism based on anything but rank, so I didn't see the turbulence of the sixties. One time, I attended public school near Atlanta--my first exposure to people separating themselves in class and eating separately. I found it very strange.
When I came into this role over five years ago, I focused on our mission of diversity. I'm proud to say that 76 percent of our leadership team--a very talented group--is diverse: female, minority, or both. Employees see us executing on our belief system, and they can identify leaders who reflect their own perspectives. So it's not just, "Do these three things, check the box and we're finished." It permeates our culture.
What do you consider the biggest success
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coming out of the Chamber's Environment and Energy Committee's statewide water plan?
The water plan itself is our biggest success. Through that process, we also helped create water districts and compiled a candidate list from various fields to serve on the committee: conservation, water knowledge, business experience, etc. Over 62 percent of the appointments came from that list, so clearly our efforts were credible. Because of this work, our state has a solid path forward.
What do you miss about your days working the line at AGL? Any interesting anecdotes from those days?
It was the hardest transition I ever made... moving from the field to an office. It's 73 in Atlanta today--it would be great to be outside and interacting with our customers! That said, I started in the early '80s when even on construction sites, women wore pumps, skirts and bows mimicking a man's tie. Hideous! I destroyed more than a few suits and pumps in my career. Women were so foreign on these sites that I was often asked to leave. I always reminded them, "If you want service, you need to let me collect my data." Sometimes--though rarely--they still insisted that I go.
Georgia is a state that values tradition and continuity. How does the Georgia Chamber of Commerce innovate and grow when, at times, there is an environment of resistance?
Georgia's traditions offer both positive and negative opportunities. I greatly appreciate the culture of our state; that's part of Georgia's fabric, and why so many people want to move here or visit or do business. Still, Georgia collectively must tackle the bigger issues or we'll be left behind. We've got to improve our education system, because we're failing our students--and prospective employers will not move here if we don't have workready employees. Transportation: we need an infrastructure plan or logistics won't

work and people cannot get to their place of work. And we need systemic change in our spending, or we won't meet our budget. Doing nothing is not an answer. If we don't change, our economic prosperity will lag.
How important are the ports to Georgia's economy?
The Georgia ports are such a gift to the state and the region! The port is also a strong member of the Chamber, with three representatives on our board: GPA's Executive Director Curtis J. Foltz, Chairman Stephen S. Green and Executive Advisor Doug J. Marchand. The Georgia Chamber is composed of business leaders from across the state, who regularly tour the ports and hold business luncheons to educate leaders on how the GPA affects the state and region. If they're knowledgeable when talking to political leadership, they can better support the port's endeavors.
You and your husband spearheaded the annual gala for the Partnership Against Domestic Violence (PADV), which had an aggressive goal--in the midst of a recession! Did you succeed?
We did! We felt that stopping the annual gala would make it extremely hard to crank back up. And, Georgians have big hearts, especially when there is a need. Economic stress can bring out or exacerbate domestic violence. So though we had to work harder and be more creative, we met our goal, which provided the support needed for PADV's crucial network.
Some have mentioned a possible political career for you. Are you leaning in that direction?
I don't know where those rumors start or who starts them! I enjoy being in the business arena, and I also enjoy being engaged politically through the Chamber, because that's where policy is made.
What else would you like our readers to know?
I think Georgia has a very bright future,
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CARRIER SERVICES
Maiden Voyages

Russ Bryant
The M/V Maersk Kotka made its maiden voyage to the Port of Savannah's Garden City Terminal on March 12, 2010. The vessel is part of the TP3/Columbus Loop service and is 1,040-feet long and 17 containers across.

The CMA CGM M/V Puget visited the Port of Savannah to mark the initiation of the Indamex Service in December 2009.

The captain of the MOL M/V Paradise Ace is pictured with the GPA's General Manager of Operations at the Port of Brunswick Bill Dawson, when it arrived at the Port of Brunswick's Colonel's Island Terminal on January 11, 2010.

Russ Bryant

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PORT NEWS

GPA EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR MARCHAND RETIRES

Joe Byrd

T

he Georgia Ports Authority's (GPA) Executive Director Doug J. Marchand retired after 15 years of service with the GPA in December 2010.

"The port enterprise Doug has built here in Georgia is the envy of

those within our industry," said GPA's Executive Director Curtis J.

Foltz. "Through innovation and leadership, he has laid a strong

foundation that has positioned us for long-term success."

Marchand began his career with the GPA in April 1994 as Director

of Ports and was appointed Executive Director on January 1, 1995.

His managerial accountability included all seaport and inland

terminal activities. He managed the GPA's almost 1,000-person

organization and its $240 million annual budget.

During his tenure, Marchand grew the Port of Savannah to the

nation's fourth largest and fastest growing container port. The

number of twenty-foot equivalent units or TEUs handled more than

quadrupled in the last decade and a half.

Most notably, Marchand is credited with creating the Beneficial

Cargo Owner (BCO) concept, which increased the number of

distribution warehouses and leveraged the presence of the GPA's

ocean carrier customers to attract international retail customers

such as The Home Depot, Wal-Mart, Target, Ikea and others. Through

these efforts, the GPA implemented the industry's first customer

focus operation protocol.

"Doug's focus and determination to attract cargo to Savannah

and his successful implementation of a customer-focused operation

have not only set new standards for the shipping and maritime

industry, but have also helped the GPA attract some of the retail industry's largest and most dynamic players," said GPA's Chairman of the Board of Directors Stephen S. Green.
Marchand's commitment to the Port of Brunswick helped it completed its harbor expansion project with a depth of 36 feet. He also transformed Colonel's Island Terminal into the sixth largest U.S. auto port and the second largest agri-bulk port on the U.S. East Coast.
This growth led the GPA to financial self-sufficiency, ending its reliance on state budget allocations for capital expenditures. According to a study done by the University of Georgia Terry College of Business based on FY2006 data, Georgia's deepwater ports support more than 286,000 jobs statewide. This means that one out of every 14 jobs in Georgia is directly or indirectly tied to Georgia's ports.
"Doug and his team have effectively guided our ports through one of the most economically challenging periods we have faced in recent history," said Green. "While many other ports across the country faltered under the duress of a volatile shipping market, Georgia's deepwater ports held steadfast and found new ways to leverage its resources and relationships to raise revenues and drive growth."
Recently, Marchand was recognized with several distinct honors. He was named Georgian of the Year by Georgia Trend magazine, which also honored him for the fourth time as one of the "Most Influential People in Georgia." He was dubbed "Prince of Ports" by Savannah Magazine. In May 2009, he was inducted into the 16th annual International Maritime Hall of Fame at the United Nations headquarters in New York City.
"These kinds of accolades are not bestowed upon just anyone, but only upon the kind of person who exemplifies the level of leadership Doug has demonstrated this year, and ever year, since he accepted the charge to guide our ports," said Green.
Marchand will remain as Executive Advisor through the end of 2010. In this role he will continue to assist with the Savannah Harbor Expansion Project, strategic growth and development plans, marketing and sales efforts and the Jasper Port planning.

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Sailing Schedule

Visit us online at www.gaports.com to download your copy of the Global Carrier Services Tool for all-water and inland transit times.
It's just one more way the Georgia Ports Authority is "Redefining the Pace of Trade".

Russ Bryant

Port of Savannah
Trade Area/Line

Agent

Frequency

Terminal

Type Service

Savannah
Ocean Carrier Key

Africa (East-South-West) CMA CGM ......................................................CC ......................Weekly ....................GCT ..................................CONT/REF Maersk ............................................................MS ......................Weekly ....................GCT ..................................CONT/REF Safmarine ......................................................SAF ....................10 Days ....................OT ..........BB/CONT/REF/RO/RO ZIM....................................................................ZIM ....................Weekly ....................GCT ..................................CONT/REF
Australia/New Zealand ANL..................................................................USL ..................Bi-Weekly ................GCT ..................................CONT/REF CMA CGM ......................................................CC ..................Bi-Weekly ................GCT ..................................CONT/REF Hamburg Sud ................................................HS ......................Weekly ....................GCT ..................................CONT/REF Hapag-Lloyd ................................................HPL ....................Weekly ....................GCT ..................................CONT/REF Maersk ............................................................MS ......................Weekly ....................GCT ..................................CONT/REF Marfret ..........................................................MAR ................Bi-Weekly ................GCT ..................................CONT/REF Wallenius Wilhelmsen Logistics..........WWL ..................10 Days ....................OT ....................BB/CONT//RO/RO

ACL APL BL C
CC
CCV

Caribbean/Islands of the Atlantic China Shipping ............................................CS ......................Weekly ....................GCT ..................................CONT/REF CMA CGM ......................................................CC ......................Weekly ....................GCT ..................................CONT/REF CSAV ..............................................................CCV ....................Weekly ....................GCT ..................................CONT/REF Hapag-Lloyd ................................................HPL ....................Weekly ....................GCT ..................................CONT/REF Mediterranean Shipping ..........................MSC ....................Weekly ....................GCT ..................................CONT/REF NYK ................................................................NYK ....................Weekly ....................GCT ..................................CONT/REF ZIM....................................................................ZIM ....................Weekly ....................GCT ..................................CONT/REF

Far East/Indonesia/Malaysia ANL..................................................................USL ....................Weekly ....................GCT ..................................CONT/REF APL ..................................................................APL ....................Weekly ....................GCT ..................................CONT/REF China Shipping ............................................CS ......................Weekly ....................GCT ..................................CONT/REF CMA CGM ......................................................CC ......................Weekly ....................GCT ..................................CONT/REF COSCO ..........................................................COS ....................Weekly ....................GCT ..................................CONT/REF Evergreen Line ..............................................E........................Weekly ....................GCT ..................................CONT/REF Hanjin................................................................HJ ......................Weekly ....................GCT ..................................CONT/REF Hapag-Lloyd ................................................HPL ....................Weekly ....................GCT ..................................CONT/REF Hegh Autoliners ........................................HU ....................Monthly ....................OT ..........................................RO/RO Hyundai..........................................................HYU ....................Weekly ....................GCT ..................................CONT/REF Hyundai General Cargo ............................ISS ....................Monthly ....................OT ....................................................BB K-line ..................................................................K........................Weekly ....................GCT ..................................CONT/REF Maersk..............................................................MS ......................Weekly ....................GCT ..................................CONT/REF Mediterranean Shipping ..........................MSC ....................Weekly ....................GCT ..................................CONT/REF Mitsui OSK ....................................................MOL ....................Weekly ....................GCT ..................................CONT/REF NYK ................................................................NYK ....................Weekly ....................GCT ..................................CONT/REF Oldendorff ..................................................WWL ..................Monthly ....................OT ....................................................BB OOCL ............................................................OOC ....................Weekly ....................GCT ..................................CONT/REF

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COS CS E GSS HJ HPL HS HU HYU ISS K MAR MOL

Atlantic Container Line (800) 225-1235 APL (800) 999-7733 Bringer Line (305) 592-5427 Carolina Shipping Company, LP (912) 234-3222 CMA CGM (America) Inc. (877) 556-6308 CSAV (800) 804-9391 COSCO (843) 769-5443 China Shipping (912) 920-2372 Evergreen Line (770) 953-2626 Grieg Star Shipping (770) 226-5900 Hanjin Shipping Co., LTD. (866) 442-6546 Hapag-Lloyd (America) (888) 851-4083 Hamburg Sud (888) 228-3270 Hegh Autoliners Inc. (904) 696-7750 Hyundai (770) 952-2043 Inchcape Shipping (912) 644-7151 K-Line (770) 618-4100 Marfret USA, Inc. (888) 627-3738 Mitsui OSK Lines (678) 855-7700

Savannah
Ocean Carrier Agency Key

Trade Area/Line

Agent

Frequency

Terminal

SAILING SCHEDULE
Type Service

MS MSC NL NYK OOC SAF SFC SS TER TKK TUR UA USL WLS WWL
YM ZIM

Maersk (704) 571-2000 Mediterranean Shipping (843) 971-4100 Norton Lilly International (912) 234-4342 NYK Marine (770) 956-9444 OOCL (USA), Inc. (843) 881-2910 Safmarine (866) 866-4723 Saga Forest Carriers (912) 790-0300 Southern Shipping (912) 644-7083 Terminal Shipping (912) 964-5200 Toko Line (201) 392-0368 Turkon Line (912) 233-7877 United Arab (404) 261-7598 US Lines (866) 651-5847 Westfal-Larsen Shipping (770) 569-5821 Wallenius Wilhelmsen Logistics (912) 233-3239 Yang Ming (America) Corp. (770) 931-9033 Zim American-Israeli (912) 964-3100

Port of Savannah Continued
Pan Ocean....................................................C/NL................Fortnightly..................OT ....................................................BB Rickmers-Linie ..............................................C ..................Inducement ................OT ....................................................BB Safmarine ......................................................SAF ....................Weekly ....................GCT ..................................CONT/REF Saga ................................................................SFC ....................Monthly ....................OT ....................................................BB Stolt ..................................................................ISS ..................Fortnightly ................GCT ............................................BULK Toko ................................................................TKK ................Fortnightly..................OT ....................................................BB United Arab ..................................................UA ......................Weekly ....................GCT ..................................CONT/REF Wallenius Wilhelmsen Logistics..........WWL ..................10 Days ....................OT ....................BB/CONT/RO/RO Yang Ming ......................................................YM......................Weekly ....................GCT ..................................CONT/REF ZIM....................................................................ZIM ....................Weekly ....................GCT ..................................CONT/REF
Mediterranean APL ..................................................................APL ....................Weekly ....................GCT ..................................CONT/REF China Shipping ............................................CS ......................Weekly ....................GCT ..................................CONT/REF CMA CGM ......................................................CC ......................Weekly ....................GCT ..................................CONT/REF COSCO ..........................................................COS ....................Weekly ....................GCT ..................................CONT/REF Grieg Star Shipping ..................................GSS ....................Monthly ....................OT ....................................................BB Hanjin................................................................HJ ......................Weekly ....................GCT ..................................CONT/REF Hapag-Lloyd ................................................HPL ....................Weekly ....................GCT ..................................CONT/REF K-line ..................................................................K........................Weekly ....................GCT ..................................CONT/REF Maersk..............................................................MS ......................Weekly ....................GCT ..................................CONT/REF Mediterranean Shipping ..........................MSC ....................Weekly ....................GCT ..................................CONT/REF NSCSA ..............................................................C........................21 Days......................OT ..........BB/CONT/REF/RO/RO NYK ................................................................NYK ....................Weekly ....................GCT ..................................CONT/REF OOCL ............................................................OOC ....................Weekly ....................GCT ..................................CONT/REF Safmarine ......................................................SAF ....................Weekly ....................GCT ..................................CONT/REF Turkon ............................................................TUR ....................Weekly ....................GCT ..................................CONT/REF United Arab ..................................................UA ......................Weekly ....................GCT ..................................CONT/REF Yang Ming ......................................................YM......................Weekly ....................GCT ..................................CONT/REF ZIM....................................................................ZIM ....................Weekly ....................GCT ..................................CONT/REF
North Europe/UK/Ireland/Scandinavia/Baltic ANL..................................................................USL ....................Weekly ....................GCT ..................................CONT/REF APL ..................................................................APL ....................Weekly ....................GCT ..................................CONT/REF Atlantic Container Line ............................ACL ....................Weekly ....................GCT ..................................CONT/REF CMA CGM ......................................................CC ......................Weekly ....................GCT ..................................CONT/REF Hapag-Lloyd ................................................HPL ....................Weekly ....................GCT ..................................CONT/REF Hyundai..........................................................HYU ....................Weekly ....................GCT ..................................CONT/REF Jo Tankers ......................................................SS ..................Fortnightly ................GCT ............................................BULK Maersk ............................................................MS ......................Weekly ....................GCT ..................................CONT/REF Marfret ..........................................................MAR ................Bi-Weekly ................GCT ..................................CONT/REF Mediterranean Shipping ..........................MSC ....................Weekly ....................GCT ..................................CONT/REF Mitsui OSK ....................................................MOL ....................Weekly ....................GCT ..................................CONT/REF NYK ................................................................NYK ....................Weekly ....................GCT ..................................CONT/REF OOCL ............................................................OOC ....................Weekly ....................GCT ..................................CONT/REF Rickmers-Linie ..............................................C ..................Inducement ................OT ....................................................BB Saga ................................................................SFC ....................Monthly ....................OT ....................................................BB VOC STEEL ..................................................TER ....................Monthly ....................OT ....................................................BB Wallenius Wilhelmsen Logistics..........WWL ..................10 Days ....................OT ....................BB/CONT/RO/RO

Savannah Terminal and Cargo Service Keys

GCT OT CONT BB BULK RO/RO REF

Garden City Terminal Ocean Terminal Container Breakbulk Bulk Roll-On/Roll-Off Refrigerated

Red Sea/Persian Gulf/India/Pakistan/Myanmar APL ..................................................................APL ....................Weekly ....................GCT ..................................CONT/REF CMA CGM ......................................................CC ......................Weekly ....................GCT ..................................CONT/REF COSCO ..........................................................COS ....................Weekly ....................GCT ..................................CONT/REF Hanjin................................................................HJ ......................Weekly ....................GCT ..................................CONT/REF Hapag-Lloyd ................................................HPL ....................Weekly ....................GCT ..................................CONT/REF Hegh Autoliners ........................................HU ..................Fortnightly..................OT ..........................................RO/RO Hyundai..........................................................HYU ....................Weekly ....................GCT ..................................CONT/REF K-line ..................................................................K........................Weekly ....................GCT ..................................CONT/REF Maersk..............................................................MS ......................Weekly ....................GCT ..................................CONT/REF Mediterranean Shipping ..........................MSC ....................Weekly ....................GCT ..................................CONT/REF Mitsui OSK ....................................................MOL ....................Weekly ....................GCT ..................................CONT/REF
For all-water and inland transit times and services, visit the GPA Global Carrier Service Matrix at www.gaports.com.

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SAILING SCHEDULE
Trade Area/Line

Agent

Frequency

Terminal

Type Service

Port of Savannah Continued
NSCSA ..............................................................C........................21 Days......................OT ..........BB/CONT/REF/RO/RO NYK ................................................................NYK ....................Weekly ....................GCT ..................................CONT/REF OOCL ............................................................OOC ....................Weekly ....................GCT ..................................CONT/REF Rickmers-Linie ..............................................C ..................Inducement ................OT ....................................................BB Safmarine ......................................................SAF ....................Weekly ....................GCT ..................................CONT/REF United Arab ..................................................UA ......................Weekly ....................GCT ..................................CONT/REF Wallenius Wilhelmsen Logistics..........WWL ................Bi-Weekly ..................OT ....................BB/CONT/RO/RO Yang Ming ......................................................YM......................Weekly ....................GCT ..................................CONT/REF

Savannah Terminal and Cargo Service Keys

GCT OT CONT BB BULK RO/RO REF

Garden City Terminal Ocean Terminal Container Breakbulk Bulk Roll-On/Roll-Off Refrigerated

South/Central America APL.................................................................. APL ....................Weekly ....................GCT ..................................CONT/REF Bringer Line ..................................................BL....................Bi-Weekly ................GCT ..................................CONT/REF China Shipping ............................................CS ......................Weekly ....................GCT ..................................CONT/REF CMA CGM ......................................................CC ......................Weekly ....................GCT ..................................CONT/REF COSCO ..........................................................COS ....................Weekly ....................GCT ..................................CONT/REF CSAV .............................................................. CCV ....................Weekly ....................GCT ..................................CONT/REF Evergreen Line ..............................................E........................Weekly ....................GCT ..................................CONT/REF Hamburg Sud ................................................HS ......................Weekly ....................GCT ..................................CONT/REF Hanjin................................................................HJ ......................Weekly ....................GCT ..................................CONT/REF Hapag-Lloyd ................................................HPL ....................Weekly ....................GCT ..................................CONT/REF Hyundai..........................................................HYU ....................Weekly ....................GCT ..................................CONT/REF K-line ..................................................................K........................Weekly ....................GCT ..................................CONT/REF Maersk..............................................................MS ......................Weekly ....................GCT ..................................CONT/REF Marfret ..........................................................MAR ................Bi-Weekly ................GCT ..................................CONT/REF Mediterranean Shipping ..........................MSC ....................Weekly ....................GCT ..................................CONT/REF Mitsui OSK ....................................................MOL ....................Weekly ....................GCT ..................................CONT/REF NYK ................................................................NYK ....................Weekly ....................GCT ..................................CONT/REF Safmarine ......................................................SAF ....................Weekly ....................GCT ..................................CONT/REF Wallenius Wilhelmsen Logistics..........WWL ..................10 Days ....................OT ....................BB/CONT/RO/RO Westfal-Larsen Shipping........................ WLS ..................Monthly ....................OT ....................................................BB Yang Ming ......................................................YM......................Weekly ....................GCT ..................................CONT/REF ZIM....................................................................ZIM ....................Weekly ....................GCT ..................................CONT/REF

Brunswick
Ocean Carrier Agency Key

C
GSS HU ISS NL WWL

Carolina Shipping Company, LP (912) 234-7221 Grieg Star Shipping (770) 226-5900 Hegh Autoliners Inc. (904) 696-7750 Inchcape Shipping (912) 644-7151 Norton Lilly International (912) 234-4342 Wallenius Wilhelmsen Logistics (912) 233-3239

Port of Brunswick
Trade Area/Line

Agent

Frequency

Terminal

Type Service

Brunswick Terminal and Cargo Service Keys

Far East/Indonesia/Malaysia Eukor ................................................................ISS......................Weekly ......................CI ............................................RO/RO Hegh Autoliners ........................................HU ..................Fortnightly ..................CI ............................................RO/RO Wallenius Wilhelmsen Logistics..........WWL ..................Weekly ......................CI ............................................RO/RO
Mexico Volkswagen Logistics..................................C ....................Bi-Weekly....................CI ............................................RO/RO

CI MP BB RO/RO

Colonel's Island Mayor's Point Breakbulk Roll-On/Roll-Off

Northern Europe/UK/Ireland/Scandinavia/Baltic American RO/RO......................................WWL ..................Weekly ......................CI ............................................RO/RO Grieg Star Shipping ..................................GSS ....................10 Days ....................MP ....................................................BB Mitsui OSK Bulk Shipping ........................NL ......................21 Days ......................CI ............................................RO/RO NYK Logistics ..............................................ISS......................21 Days ......................CI ............................................RO/RO Volkswagen Logistics..................................C ....................Bi-Weekly....................CI ............................................RO/RO Wallenius Wilhelmsen Logistics..........WWL ..................Weekly ......................CI ............................................RO/RO

South America (East-North) Volkswagen Logistics..................................C ....................Bi-Weekly....................CI ............................................RO/RO

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NOTEWORTHY
In Memoriam
Thomas J. Dillon, Sr.

A

former chairman of the Georgia Ports Authority Board of Directors and the GPA's longest serving board member Thomas J. Dillon, Sr., 82, died on

December 30, 2009 from a short-term illness.

Prior to his retirement in 1994, Mr. Dillon was the Assistant

Secretary, Associate General Counsel, and officer of Union

Camp Corporation and had been with the company for 29 years.

Prior to that he was a partner with the

law firm of Bouhan, Lawrence,

Williams and Levy.

Georgia Governors Joe Frank

Harris, Zell Miller and Roy Barnes

all appointed Dillon to serve on the

GPA Board of Directors from 1986

through 2004. As a board member,

Dillon also served as chairman of both

the port development and

THOMAS J. DILLON, Sr.

administration committees.

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