APICS Savannah Chapter

CHAPTER LEADERSHIP

• APICS Savannah Chapter leadership includes a collection of business experts with more than 50 years of prior APICS BOD experience and three (3) past APICS Chapter presidents

SAVANNAH AREA

• Savannah’s growth prospects are among the best in the nation.

• Nearly 30 Fortune 500 companies are located in Chatham County (Savannah area)

• Georgia is the nation’s seventh largest importing state and 11th largest exporting state due to the ports

• The Savannah area’s manufacturing sector - - with a local economic impact of $2.3 Billion - - produces a variety of consumer goods that range from corporate jets to baked goods to dental equipment

LABOR & EDUCATION

• With close to 416,000 in a strong 16-county labor draw within 60 miles, Savannah’s talent pipeline is diverse, young, highly skilled and plentiful

• Among those contributing to Savannah’s workforce are graduates of the area’s 19 area colleges and universities, which enroll 60,000 students, and the more than 4,000 servicemen and women who transition out of the local military each year

• The Savannah-Chatham County Public School System is ranked No. 1 in Georgia and third in the nation for innovative technology use

PORT OF SAVANNAH

• The Port of Savannah is the fastest-growing and fourth-largest port in the nation

• It is the LARGEST single-terminal container facility of its kind in North America

• Savannah Harbor Expansion Project positions the port for long-term growth with the first of eight Super Post-Panamax ship-to-shore cranes and rubber-tired gantry cranes operational starting in 2016

PORT FEATURES

• Nine deep-water berths with 9,693 feet of continuous berthing
• Two Class 1 Railroads on terminal with on-dock rail and line haul services
• Immediate access to major interstates I-16 and I-95 with 150-plus trucking options
• An average single move time of 33.8 minutes and double move time of 55.8 minutes
• 116 rubber-tired gantry cranes, 27 ship-to-shore cranes
• More than 4 million square feet of warehouse space available within 30 miles
• 1.4 million square feet of covered storage
• 2,016 Reefer Rack Slots
• Dedicated RoRo facility of 19 paved acres
• Largest concentration of import distribution centers on the East Coast
• Balanced trade with 52 percent in exports and 48 percent in imports

Marine cargo handling

1,000-4,999

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