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Property transfers for Jan. 12
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Property transfers filed with the Bryan County Clerk of Courts at the courthouse in Pembroke.

Property transfers filed with the Bryan County Clerk of Courts at the courthouse in Pembroke through Jan. 9:

Melanie H. Smith to Jason B. Heath, 3445 Hwy 280 East, $86,500, Dec. 29.

Sinkhole, LLC to Wayne Stamp and Wavelene Stamp, 169 Countryside Drive, $35,000, Dec. 29.

Andrea A. Taylor to Graeme Thom, 79 E. Cranston Drive, $403,000, Dec. 29.

Michael R. Barr to Brooks L. Julius, 10 Vining Way, $250,000, Dec. 28.

Timothy S. Colmer to Roberto Lopez and Alexa Isabel Lopez, 930 Groveland Nevils Road, $23,000, Jan. 2.

Monica A. Herbert to Allen Lancaster, 51 Blue Wing Drive, $138,000, Jan. 2.

Todd Eric Twiggs to Rigoberto Reyes Hernandez and Erica Reyes, 25 Oscar Court, $174,900, Jan. 2.

Horizon Home Builders of Savannah, LLC to Paul R. Gaeth and Candice M. Gaeth, 260 Smoke Rise Road, $264,020, Jan. 2.

Kay A. Miller to Juan M. Nazariconde and Nicole Nazario, 250 Red Oak Drive, $170,000, December 2.

Thomas C. Lapp to Clinton Kevin Kearney DBA Procuts Landscape Management, 1399 Wildwood Church Road, $210,000, Jan. 2.

Willie P. Johnson to Brandon M. Shepp, 40 Chey Hill Lane, $199,500, Jan. 2.

Matthew A. Ratliff to Matthew Kilmer, 84 Saddlebrush Road, $208,000, Jan. 8.

Sandra N. Roldan to Diane Ouimette, 28 Glue Wing Drive, $141,000, Jan. 5.

Christopher Lee Nash to Hetal Patel, 215 Fairview Drive, $435,000, Jan. 5.

Selene Finance, LLP to Travis S. Morrison and Rebecca A. Morrison, 17 Oak Pointe Drive, $188,650, Jan. 5.

Jake Ransom Reynolds to Christopher Toan Tan Nguyen and Sarah Pate Nguyen, 2384 Garden Hills Loop, $279,900, Jan. 5.

Tiffany A. Medlock to Nathaniel Paul Bryant, 460 Dalcross Drive, $327,500, Jan. 5.

Andrew D. Kirby to Tracey Michelle Marquez, 150 Summer Hill Way, $187,900, Jan. 5.

Brandi Faye Mayne and michael Thomas Mayne to Michael W. Forsythe and Laura L. Buckingham, 9 Oak Creek Court, $275,000, Jan. 5.

Jayantkumar Patel, Sweeney Patel and Bhagtiben Patel to Loanne Tran, 285 Cypress Pointe Drive, $128,000, Jan. 5.

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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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