Interstate Centre goes 3D

The video "fly-over" of the industrial park shows 3D models of existing structures and allows placement of possible buildings. - photo by Screenshot from video

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Updated: Feb 24, 2012, 4:43 PM

Published: Feb 22, 2012, 4:50 PM

During the Development Authority of Bryan County’s monthly board meeting Thursday, representatives from Georgia EMC unveiled new marketing tools to help the authority attract jobs and investments into its two main industrial parks.
With Georgia EMC’s assistance, Bryan County’s Interstate Centre now has a 3D model with an aerial view to present to potential clients and for other marketing uses. Included in this 3D model is existing structures in the park and conceptual designs for future buildings.
The authority also included conceptual designs for the Interstate Exchange Development, which will add 40 acres to the park. The authority will also be able to take building designs of potential clients and place them into a model to show instead of a traditional two dimensional design.
“We not only wanted to show a new side to Interstate Centre, but our community’s vision for Interstate Centre and the I-16/US280 Interchange,” DABC Executive Dierctor Josh Fenn said. “With the 3D model we will be able to better market our properties with potential clients and show their buildings requirements in the park in a three dimension model.”
Also unveiled to the Authority were new GIS files for the Bryan County industrial parks including key features sought by site selection firms. These files are developed with Technology from ESRI.
“With the GIS files we can show a prospect on the site where utility lines, wetlands and other key site issues in the selection on the site without having to print and roil out maps and drawings,” Fenn. said
Georgia EMC and its members, Coastal and Canoochee EMC, provided these services to Authority at no charge to the authority. Interstate Centre is the first industrial park in the Savannah MSA market to have this 3D technology and one of the few in Georgia. This is the latest enhancement by DABC to the 1,100 acre park located on I-16, 18 miles West of the Georgia Ports Authority terminals. Other recent enhancements include Georgia Ready for Accelerated Development (GRAD) status, and Magnet Site status for Foreign Trade Zone #104.
Belfast Commerce Centre is a 1,200 acre industrial park located on I-95, 16 miles from the Georgia Ports Authority terminals. Once on-line, the site will be the largest fully served rail industrial park within 45 miles of the Ports.
“We appreciate the continued support of our partners Canoochee, Coastal and Georgia EMC for providing this service for our industrial recruitment efforts,” Fenn said. “Without their help we could not continue to be the most aggressive economic development agency in this market.”
To see the 3D aerial tour of Interstate Centre, visit www.bryancountyga.com or http://youtu.be/6qVdM47FQvg.

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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