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Aimee Harris - Attorney
Aimee Harris has been appointed to head up the new Jones, Osteen and Jones in Richmond Hill. - photo by Photo provided.

Local attorney Aimee Harris has been appointed to head up the new Jones, Osteen and Jones location in Richmond Hill at 10221 Ford Ave., suite 4.
Harris is a native of Savannah and graduate of the University of Georgia and Mercer University.  She practices in the areas of family law (including divorce, child support, child custody and visitation), real estate, business law and litigation, probate, wills and trusts and general civil practice.  
“I am delighted to have joined Jones, Osteen and Jones to build our business in the Richmond Hill area,” Harris said. “I have always admired the integrity of our firm and know that, like me, they are committed to treating each client as if they were our only client.”
Harris is past president of the Rotary Club of Richmond Hill, is a board member of the Bryan County Bark Park and has served as an adviser to the Richmond Hill Convention and Visitors Bureau, Arts on the Coast Inc. and Richmond Hill Dance Theater.
She lives in Richmond Hill with her husband, Jason, and their three children.
Jones, Osteen and Jones was established in 1959 and has two offices in Hinesville.  Since its inception, the firm has secured in excess of $160 million in jury verdicts and negotiated settlements for its clients.

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Record April boosts Savannah's container trade at port
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The Port of Savannah moved 356,700 20-foot equivalent container units in April, an increase of 7.1 percent. - photo by Provided

The Georgia Ports Authority's busiest April ever pushed its fiscal year-to-date totals to more than 3.4 million 20-foot equivalent container units (TEUs), an increase of 8.8 percent, or 280,000 TEUs, compared to the first 10 months of fiscal 2017.

"We're on track to move more than 300,000 TEUs in every month of the fiscal year, which will be a first for the authority," said GPA Executive Director Griff Lynch. "We're also anticipating this to be the first fiscal year for the Port of Savannah to handle more than 4 million TEUs."

April volumes reached 356,700 20-foot equivalent container units, up 7.1 percent or 23,700 units. As the fastest growing containerport in the nation, the Port of Savannah has achieved a compound annual growth rate of more than 5 percent a year over the past decade.

"As reported in the recent economic impact study by UGA's Terry College of Business, trade through Georgia's deepwater ports translates into jobs, higher incomes and greater productivity," said GPA Board Chairman Jimmy Allgood. "In every region of Georgia, employers rely on the ports of Savannah and Brunswick to help them become more competitive on the global stage."

To strengthen the Port of Savannah's ability to support the state's future economic growth, the GPA Board approved $66 million in terminal upgrades, including $24 million for the purchase of 10 additional rubber-tired gantry cranes.  

"The authority is committed to building additional capacity ahead of demand to ensure the Port of Savannah remains a trusted link in the supply chain serving Georgia and the Southeast," Lynch said.

The crane purchase will bring the fleet at Garden City Terminal to 156 RTGs. The new cranes will support three new container rows, which the board approved in March. The additional container rows will increase annual capacity at the Port of Savannah by 150,000 TEUs.

The RTGs will work over stacks that are five containers high and six deep, with a truck lane running alongside the stacks. Capable of running on electricity, the cranes will have a lift capacity of 50 metric tons.

The cranes will arrive in two batches of five in the first and second quarters of calendar year 2019.

 Also at Monday's meeting, the GPA Board elected its officers, with Jimmy Allgood as chairman, Will McKnight taking the position of vice chairman and Joel Wooten elected as the next secretary/treasurer.

For more information, visit gaports.com, or contact GPA Senior Director of Corporate Communications Robert Morris at (912) 964-3855 or rmorris@gaports.com.

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