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Updated: Aug 22, 2007, 9:03 AM

Published: Aug 7, 2007, 9:49 PM

Florist

Richmond Hill Florist has just opened a new full service "location," open 24 hours a day, seven days a week. Customers can now access the shop’s web site at www.myfsn.com/richmondhillflorist. The new site is partnered with FlowerShopNetwork.com, a directory dedicated to helping consumers finding real florists in their area, and features flowers for all occasions, including holiday and seasonal arrangements. In addition to the web site, orders can be placed in person, Monday through Friday 10 a.m.-6 p.m., Saturday and Sunday by appointment, or over the phone at 756-3838 or 1-800-294-4062.

Cafe

What’s the Scoop Café is the newest shop to open in the Crossroads Center off Hwy. 17. The café offers 100 percent juice smoothies by Dr. Smoothie, blended with nutritional supplements, boosters, and meal replacements; a selection of locally homemade Tradewinds icecream; and slushies, specialty coffee beverages, panini sandwiches, Chicago-style hotdogs, bagels, muffins, and more. What’s the Scoop also offers Wi-Fi. Call 756-7747, email luckfoley@coastalnow.net, or stop by and get the scoop in person.

Farm bill

The House of Representatives recently approved the 2007 Farm Bill, 231 to 191. The bill extends the direct payment, counter-cyclical payment, and marketing loan peanut programs contained in the 2002 Farm Bill.

The new bill was drafted with no additional money for agricultural commodities. The Georgia Peanut Commission also included a new peanut four-year crop rotation program for peanut producers, which could provide further assistance to producers, improve the environment, adhere to trade restrictions and improve yields, said Armond Morris, chairman of the Georgia Peanut Commission.

The bill sets the marketing loan rate for peanuts at $355 per ton, and the target price at $495 per ton. It also prevents the Farm Service Agency, Rural Development Agency, or the Natural Resources Conservation Service from closing any county or field offices for one year after the enactment of the overall Farm Bill.

The House Agricultural Committee approved the 2007 Farm Bill on July 19. For more information, visit www.AmericanPeanuts.com.

Compiled by Jessica Holthaus. To get us your business news, call Holthaus at 756-2668 or email her at jholthaus@bryancountynews.net.

Record April boosts Savannah's container trade at port

The Port of Savannah moved 356,700 20-foot equivalent container units in April, an increase of 7.1 percent. - photo by Provided

GardenCityTerminal — The Port of Savannah moved 356,700 20-foot equivalent container units in April, an increase of 7.1 percent. - photo by Provided

Bryan County News

Updated: May 23, 2018, 1:59 AM

Published: May 23, 2018, 2:00 AM

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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