The Port of Savannah had its busiest April on record, handling nearly a half-million 20-foot containers — nearly one of every nine passing through an American port, according to officials at the Georgia Ports Authority.
That trade activity — the third-busiest month the port has ever had — came despite gaps in global shipments caused by China's continued struggle with the coronavirus, an effort that has often roiled manufacturing and transit around the world's largest port in Shanghai.
That disruption has meant fewer ships arriving, but the possibility of labor trouble on the West Coast has meant some vessels being re-routed to Georgia, said Griff Lynch, the authority's executive director.
