The Georgia Ports Authority experienced its third busiest October on record, handling 494,261 twenty-foot equivalent container units (TEUs), the agency reported Thursday.
That number fell short only of October 2021 and October 2022, when more than half a million TEUs crossed the docks at the Port of Savannah.
Last month’s numbers were driven in part by record trade though the Appalachian Regional Port near Chatsworth. The inland port set an October high of 3,666 rail lifts, up 4.4% over October of last year…