Port of Savannah congestion eases after November volume drops
With seventeen container ships sitting in a vessel queue outside of the Port of Savannah, Georgia’s harbor, it’s a pleasant relief after the reported thirty ships in line in October. November’s dip in container flow is assisting the Georgia Port Authority after the overwhelming rush of rerouted containers to the East Coast during the holiday season.
The container traffic is born out of shippers’ unease regarding potential west coast labor disruptions and the economic conditions have now caused a reduction in container demand. It’s weirdly hoped by experts - including GPA Executive Director Griff Lynch - that the container trade at the United States ports is beginning to return to a more sustainable pattern of growth after a wild pandemic-driven couple of years. The 43% decline in the month of November for Savannah’s port is an indication of that normality.
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