Job fair, business expo set for Hinesville

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Updated: Mar 2, 2014, 9:30 PM

Published: Feb 28, 2014, 3:06 PM

The Liberty County Chamber of Commerce will host a job fair and business expo from 10 a.m.-2 p.m. April 9 at the Shuman Recreation Center in Hinesville.
The event is hosted in partnership with the Georgia Department of Labor and the Liberty/Long Employer Committee.
Job-seekers and employers looking to hire, as well as businesses that want to market their services and products, may participate. Job seekers can bring their resumes and fill out applications on-site, while vendors participating in the business expo will showcase their wares.
“We are looking forward to our first Liberty County Job/ Vendor Fair in the past three years and are excited about the industries that will be attending with job opportunities with some of the largest employers in Liberty County,” chamber Chairman Daniel Clark said. “These are good quality jobs, with good businesses that offer great benefits and advancement opportunities to every employee.”
Booths for the business expo are $200 for chamber members and $300 for non-members.
The early bird registration fee is $175 for chamber members who register by March 25.
A business-expo booth will allow vendors to market their business, wares and services.
The job-fair portion will allow businesses to speak with potential new hires. Businesses seeking employees can bring applications and have representatives on-site.
The fee for a job-fair booth is $100 for chamber members and $150 for non-members.
The chamber will supply a table and two chairs for each booth. Vendors with an expo booth may pay an additional fee, to be added to the Passport to Winnings ticket, to assure attendance at their booth by each attendee who registers to win a cash prize of $250. In return, vendors also will receive a spreadsheet after the event with contact information for the attendees who registered to win. The fee is $50.
Space is limited. To register and reserve a booth, email director@libertycounty.org or call 368-4445.

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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