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CenturyLinks Standard named GTA president
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Durand Standard, CenturyLink Inc.s vice president and general manager for the companys Georgia and South Carolina operations, recently was named the 2012-2013 president of the Georgia Telecommunications Association. - photo by Photo provided.
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Updated: Aug 11, 2012, 11:00 AM
Published: Aug 8, 2012, 7:06 PM

Durand Standard, CenturyLink Inc.’s vice president and general manager for the company’s Georgia and South Carolina operations, recently was named the 2012-2013 president of the Georgia Telecommunications Association.

“Durand has provided key leadership to a number of GTA committees and initiatives,” GTA Executive Vice President John Silk said. “His peers appreciate the experience and insight Durand, vice president of one of our largest member companies, will bring to the entire state’s association.”

Standard has worked in the telecommunications industry for more than 25 years. He also serves on the Liberty County Consolidated Planning Commission, First Presbyterian Christian Academy school board and Friends of Liberty and Southeast Georgia board.

GTA’s membership includes 30 independent telephone companies that serve more than half of Georgia. The association provides a vehicle through which member interests can be represented in legislative, regulatory and public areas.

CenturyLink’s Georgia service area includes Liberty and parts of Long and Bryan counties.

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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
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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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