The Georgia Ports Authority (GPA) will be using their underused berth to ‘park’ ships ahead of their unloading at their main container terminal, effective immediately the GPA states in a press release.

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While the GPA is currently revamping Ocean Terminal that berth space will be utilized as a “staging area for big ships,” GPA President and CEO Griff Lynch states. Allowing for a reduction in the “transition time between large vessels departing and arriving” while in turn will allow them to handle more TEUs, Lynch said in the GPA press release.