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Property transfers for March 30
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Property transfers through March 28:

JG Dixon Properties, LLC to Landmark 24 Homes of Savannah, LLC, 35 Whitaker Way N, $43,824, March 28.

Landmark 24 Homes of Savannah, LLC to Joann G. Johnson and James Johnson, 143 Whitaker Way N, $285,717, March 28.

Mark Gjekaj to Julie Wammock, 704 River Oaks Drive, $267,000, March 28.

Kevin A. Cowart to Chad E. Billman, 325 Bonnie Circle, $118,000, March 28.

Joseph D. Weed, III to Samantha C. Rybin, 525 Strathy Hall Drive, $240,000, March 16.

Jeffrey Ahern to Douglas E. Piper, 659 Lou Page Lane, $350,000, March 17.

Philippe E. Allard to Evelyn E. Neville, 2711 River Oaks Drive, $270,000, March 21.

Vicki B. Coggin to Robert G. Thompson, 240 Oak Ridge Circle, $201,900, March 20.

Katherine Stausberg Jacques to Ryan Poythress, 60 JR Drive, $141,900, March 20.

Keller Enterprises, LLC to Andrew M. Rex, 25 Walker Court, $151,500, March 20.

K Hovnanian Homes at Creekside, LLC to Victoria R. Thompson and Jabe Thompson, 40 Gentry Way, Richmond Hill, $254,990, March 20.

Victoria Renee Thompson to Matthew T. Harvey, 169 Bald Eagle Drive, $159,000, March 20.

Scott Micheal Merrifield to Robert Spellerberg and Susan Spellerberg, 124 Waverly Lane, $286,500, March 20.

Bruce A. Kieffer to Meagan Beth O’Neal, 111 Rambling Creek Road, $52,000, March 20.

Black Creek Development, Co., LLC to Horizon Home Builders of Savannah, LLC, 105 JR Drive, $18,500, March 23.

Jennifer Lee Alexander to John S. Micali as Trustee of the John S. Micali Revocable Trust, 367 Ogeechee Drive, $525,000, March 23.

Gordon R. Backus to Prishenna S. Joyner and Garrett Joyner, 95 Creekside Circle, Ellabell, $125,000, March 23.

K. Hovnanian Homes at Creekside, LLC to Kelly Ann Guzzi and Christopher Guzzi, 105 Gentry Way, $234,990, March 23.

Matthew Karl Hube to Jeni Walden, 59 Harry Hagan Road, Pembroke, $133,000, March 23.

William Norwood, LLC to Seth A. Norwood and Whitney G. Norwood, 214 Harbour Lane, $389,000, March 23.

Thomas Tinker to Justin Tinker and Alana Tinker, 40 Bradley Drive, Richmond Hill, $260,000, March 23.

Marcus Oliver Goins to Curtis Edward Winter, 99 Church Street, Pembroke, $86,000, March 22.

Black Creek Development Co., LLC to Horizon Home Builders of Savannah, LLC , 475 Abigail Circle, $18,500, March 22.

Mungo Homes of Georgia, LLC to Sephra Leger and Mathew Leger, 1518 Castleoak Drive, $270,582, March 27.

Stephen Stroman to Jeanine Davidson and Jeremy Davidson, 531 Miner Drive, $197,500, March 27.

Cory D. Jeans to Lisa M. Stafford, 50 Aspen Lane, $181,000, March 16.

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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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