Georgia Freight
The goal of the Department is to use a strategic approach to provide well-planned transportation investments to accommodate freight growth and logistics needs statewide. Freight and logistics demand is a critical component in Georgia’s economy. As described in the Governor’s Task Force on Freight & Logistics Final Report, the logistics industry in Georgia makes up 18 percent of the State’s gross state product (GSP). There are 5,000 companies providing logistics services. These companies employ 110,000 Georgians and generate over $50 billion in sales annually. Additionally, there are over 30,000 companies in Georgia that rely on the logistics industry to move goods through supply chains. These companies employ over 700,000 people and generate over a half trillion dollars of annual revenue.
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The importance of freight and logistics supply is demonstrated by the high levels of goods movement activity using the freight infrastructure for each mode.
- In March 2015, the Port of Savannah handled
27.8% more container cargo than in the same month in the previous year. The
333,058 Twenty-Foot-Equivalent Units moved is the most ever in a single month for the port. (source GPA)
- Automobile imports and exports by the Georgia Ports Authority, led by the Port of Brunswick, have set a new record for each of the past
three years. The
700,702 units moved in FY 2014 represented a
10% increase over the previous year. (source GPA)
- In 2014, CSX handled
1.8 million carloads of freight on Georgia’s rail network. In 2015, Norfolk Southern expanded its “Railroad University” in McDonough, Georgia, which will be capable of training up to
900 employees working as conductors, engineers, and track and signal workers. (sources CSX and Norfolk Southern)
- In 2014, Georgia experienced its
fifth straight year of record-setting increases in international imports and exports. Georgia is now the
eleventh largest exporting state and
seventh largest importing state in the country. (source Georgia Center of Innovation for Logistics)
