Georgia Ports Authority Gets Federal Permit for $2.3 B Savannah Container Terminal

The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers approved a permit for the Georgia Ports Authority’s $2.3 billion Savannah Container Terminal, with construction slated for January 2028 and completion in the mid‑2030s.

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The Georgia Ports Authority secured a federal permit from the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers for the Savannah Container Terminal on Hutchinson Island, Georgia.

The Corps completed a three‑year review of the 350‑acre, 3.5 million TEU facility, clearing the way for construction to begin in January 2028 and for the terminal to become operational in the mid‑2030s.

GPA says the new terminal will add 3.5 million TEU of annual capacity, roughly 45 percent of the Port of Savannah’s current 7.75 million TEU handling capability.

The terminal will include three big‑ship berths and is part of a broader plan to reach a 12 million TEU gateway, complementing a $1.6 billion Ocean Terminal upgrade that will lift that facility to 1.75 million TEU by the end of 2028.

GPA announced the permit approval at its State of the Port of Savannah event on Oct. 14, with President Kevin Price highlighting the terminal’s central role in the authority’s growth strategy.

The project footprint has been reduced from an earlier 395‑acre plan to 350 acres, and groundbreaking is scheduled roughly five months after CEO Griff Lynch retires on Aug. 1, 2027.

While the permit confirms the site’s location on the roughly 2,000‑acre Hutchinson Island, the authority has not disclosed the design team, contractors or the number of construction jobs expected.

GPA estimates that port and inland investments over the past decade total $4.13 billion and support about 651,000 full‑ and part‑time jobs in Georgia, roughly one in eight workers in the state.