Posted on June 25, 2025
Container cargo at the Port of Savannah has more than weathered the volatile tariff landscape so far this calendar year.
May cargo came in 2.2% above volumes for the same month in 2024, putting this year’s May volume at just over 500,000 twenty-foot-equivalent container units, according to a GPA press release. The totals marked the second-busiest May in GPA history.
Tuesday’s announcement came after GPA had three consecutive months with month-specific cargo records in February, March and April.
“Three months in a row over half a million TEUs is a testament to customers’ trust in Savannah,” said Georgia Ports Authority President and CEO Griff Lynch in the press release. “I’d like to thank GPA employees and our partners at Gateway Terminals and the International Longshoremen’s Association for delivering world-class supply chain efficiency, even during market disruptions.”
Midway through May, President Donald Trump reduced “reciprocal tariffs” on China from 145% to 30%. GPA’s post-COVID-19 investments in storage capacity at the Port of Savannah has enabled “greater flexibility in timing supply chain movements,” Lynch said. Tariffs do not typically hit until goods move through U.S. Customs at port gates.
