The Port of Savannah is one of several major East Coast ports that's investing in infrastructure and dredging in anticipation of the Panama Canal's expansion, which will be completed in 2014.
The Port of Savannah has the Panama Canal to thank for its status as the fastest-growing container port in the U.S. That was a central message the Georgia Ports Authority delivered last week to a delegation of more than 25 Panamanian government leaders, logistics experts, canal employees and businesspeople in Atlanta. … As the economy and global trade patterns have begun to pick up, 2010 could be the “best year ever” for year-over-year growth in Savannah.