G&W’s Savannah Port Terminal Railroad Broadens Agreement With Georgia Ports; Services to Include Mason Mega Rail Terminal
Thursday, April 22nd, 2021
Genesee & Wyoming Inc. (G&W) today announced its subsidiary Savannah Port Terminal Railroad, Inc. (SAPT) has broadened its long-term rail services agreement with the Georgia Ports Authority (GPA) to include GPA’s new Mason Mega Rail Terminal.
The new agreement is especially significant as rail container capacity at the port, which already has the country’s largest and fastest-growing container terminal, is expected to double to two million TEUs per year with the completion of the Mason Mega Rail project later this year.'
"We are confident in the ability of Genesee & Wyoming’s SAPT railroad to consistently provide the safe, efficient rail services needed to match our growth trajectory," said GPA Executive Director Griff Lynch. "With the near completion of Garden City Terminal’s Mason Mega Rail project, intermodal trade via the Port of Savannah is expected to play an increasing role in our business."
Founded by G&W in 1998, SAPT provides the Port of Savannah’s rail intermodal and merchandize service, railcar switching and yardmaster services, and interchange with connecting railroads CSX and Norfolk Southern, as well as track inspection and maintenance. SAPT currently operates 24/7 over 18 track-miles inside the Port, which is increasing by an additional 15 track-miles serving the Mega Rail Terminal. When completed later this year, the new terminal will have the ability to build and receive six 10,000-foot trains simultaneously and cut transit times to the Midwest by 24 hours.
"After 23 years of providing rail services to the Port of Savannah, it is an honor for SAPT to extend its relationship with Georgia Ports Authority for the long term and be entrusted with the doubling of rail capacity at such a vital component of U.S. transportation infrastructure and the nation’s economy," said G&W Chief Executive Officer Jack Hellmann. "To support their success, customers demand that we provide safe, highly responsive service that is constantly adapting to new business conditions, and there is no better illustration of that close partnership than the phenomenal growth at the Port of Savannah."
