Savannah Container Terminal Receives Army Corps Permit
SAVANNAH, Ga. — The Georgia Ports Authority has received a permit from the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers for the planned Savannah Container Terminal on Hutchinson Island, clearing a major regulatory step for the $2.3 billion project.
The Corps’ approval follows a three-year review of the proposed terminal. Construction is scheduled to begin in January 2028, with completion expected in the mid-2030s.
The 350-acre terminal will include three berths capable of handling the largest containerships and will add 3.5 million 20-foot-equivalent units of annual container capacity. The project will increase the Port of Savannah’s current annual container capacity of 7.75 million TEUs toward a long-term capacity of 12 million TEUs.
Georgia Ports Authority President Kevin Price announced the permit approval at the authority’s annual State of the Port of Savannah event.
“We’re excited about the Savannah Container Terminal’s role in our future growth and investment plans to take us to a 12 million TEU gateway container port, serving customers in Georgia and our nation with the best infrastructure in a high growth region,” Price said.
The terminal is part of a broader infrastructure investment program by the Georgia Ports Authority. The authority also is carrying out a $1.6 billion redevelopment of Ocean Terminal, which will increase its annual container capacity from 200,000 TEUs to 1.75 million TEUs. More than 60 percent of the Ocean Terminal project was complete at the end of September, with the container yard scheduled for completion by the end of 2028.
The Savannah Container Terminal was first proposed by Georgia Ports in 2020, when the planned facility was designed for 2.5 million TEUs of annual capacity. The current plan increases that capacity to 3.5 million TEUs.
Georgia Ports Chairman Alec Poitevint has described the authority’s current infrastructure program as a $5 billion investment in future port capacity, following $4.13 billion invested in port and inland infrastructure during the previous decade.
