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Port of Savannah logistics news, drayage guides, warehousing tips, and freight industry insights from the SLS team.

Forklift operators moving palletized freight during container unloading services at a Savannah warehouse.
Container Unloading Services and Devanning: A Savannah Guide
Container unloading services turn a sealed import container into freight that can be counted, staged, and moved to its next destination. ...
Drayage definition illustrated: container moved from vessel through the terminal gate by truck to a warehouse
Drayage
Drayage Definition: Meaning, Types, and How It Works | SLS
Every ocean container touches a truck at least twice before it reaches a shelf. Here is the drayage definition in plain terms, the seven ...
Out Of Gauge
Heavy Haul Trucking at Port of Savannah: Capacity & Compliance
Most freight moving through the Port of Savannah rides in a standard ocean container. It comes off the vessel, gets matched to a chassis, ...
Port worker in safety vest and hard hat directing crane operations as a container ship docks at a marine terminal, with a chassis and trailer staged dockside
Project Cargo
What It Takes to Move Project Cargo Through the Port of Savannah
Project cargo shipping is not a bigger container move. The construction schedule sets the delivery order, and everything at the terminal ...
What Is Project Cargo? A Port of Savannah Shipper's Guide
Most shippers hear the term “project cargo” before they ever move a project cargo shipment. It comes up in a quote request, an engineering ...
Heavy Haul
Heavy Haul vs. Standard Drayage at the Ports of Savannah & Charleston
Discharging oversize cargo at Garden City Terminal or Wando Welch Terminal is not the same job as a standard container move — and shippers ...
Out Of Gauge
Project Cargo at the Port of Savannah: From Vessel to Final Placement
In my previous article on out of gauge freight at the Port of Savannah, I discussed vessel discharge, flat racks, open tops, permits, route ...
Out Of Gauge
Out of Gauge Freight Excellence at the Port of Savannah
Every week at Garden City Terminal, a vessel discharges cargo that does not fit.