Port of Savannah racks up rise in container throughput for fiscal year 2019
But Griff Lynch, executive director of the Georgia Ports Authority, warned: ‘If the tariff situation doesn’t get resolved, I think we will certainly feel it for the year forthcoming, on the exports especially’
While there may be potential signs of a fall-off during the second half of 2019, figures for Savannah’s first-half imports are actually running a robust 8.45% higher than in 2018, while its exports are down by only 0.37%