U.S. East Coast port
Shipping heavy equipment from the Port of Savannah
Savannah is a container port: containers and flat racks load at Garden City Terminal, while the Georgia Ports Authority moved RoRo and breakbulk to the Port of Brunswick, 90 minutes south, making Savannah a 100% container facility[1][2].
Official website: Georgia Ports Authority. Terminal names and figures on this page come from its own publications, listed under Sources.
Container, flat rack, RoRo and breakbulk here
| Method | At this port | Where |
|---|---|---|
| Container | Yes | Garden City Terminal, 1,345 acres, the largest single-operator container terminal in the U.S.[2]. |
| Flat rack | Yes | Flat racks are containers, so they load at Garden City Terminal with standard boxes[2]. |
| RoRo | No | Not at Savannah. RoRo ships moved to Colonel’s Island Terminal at the Port of Brunswick[1]. Use the Port of Brunswick |
| Breakbulk | No | Not at Savannah. The Georgia Ports Authority handles breakbulk and project cargo at Brunswick’s Mayor’s Point and Colonel’s Island terminals[1]. Use the Port of Brunswick |
Terminals and rail
CSX and Norfolk Southern both run on the terminal at Garden City[2]; the Georgia Ports Authority moved 541,405 containers by rail through its Mason Mega Rail yard in FY2026[3]. Ocean Terminal, Savannah’s other berth, is being rebuilt to handle containers[5].
For a machine that will not fit a container or a flat rack, or one that drives, the Georgia move is to Brunswick, not Savannah. We price both ports on the same quote when a machine could go either way.
Questions about shipping from Savannah
Does the Port of Savannah handle RoRo?
No. The Georgia Ports Authority moved RoRo and bulk ships to the Port of Brunswick, 90 minutes south, and Savannah is now a container-only port.
Can I ship a flat rack from Savannah?
Yes. Flat racks are containers and load at Garden City Terminal.
Where do I ship oversized machinery in Georgia?
Through Brunswick: Colonel’s Island Terminal takes RoRo and Mayor’s Point takes breakbulk and project cargo.
Auction yards that ship through this port
Equipment auction yards for which the Port of Savannah is one of the recommended export ports, by road distance from the yard (OSRM, OpenStreetMap).
- Iron Horse Auction Company, RockinghamRockingham, North Carolina233 mi, about 4.5 h
- Ritchie Bros. Atlanta, GeorgiaAtlanta (Newnan), Georgia253 mi, about 5 h
- Yoder & Frey AuctioneersKissimmee, Florida301 mi, about 6 h
- Ritchie Bros. Orlando, FloridaDavenport (Orlando), Florida314 mi, about 6.5 h
- JM Wood AuctionMontgomery, Alabama340 mi, about 7 h
- Ritchie Bros. Raleigh-Durham, North CarolinaRaleigh-Durham (Butner), North Carolina349 mi, about 7 h
- Ritchie Bros. Nashville, TennesseeNashville (Lebanon), Tennessee493 mi, about 10 h
- Ritchie Bros. Columbus, OhioColumbus (South Vienna), Ohio692 mi, about 14 h
Sources
Every figure on this page comes from the documents below, each checked on the date shown. Carriers and authorities revise them, so we confirm the current figure when we book.
- [1]Georgia Ports Authority, Georgia Ports anniversary highlights 80 years of growing and connecting, checked October 18, 2026
- [2]Georgia Ports Authority, Garden City Terminal, checked October 18, 2026
- [3]Georgia Ports Authority, Port of Savannah volumes up 18% in June (FY2026), checked October 18, 2026
- [4]Georgia Ports Authority, Port of Savannah fact sheet (2026), checked October 18, 2026
- [5]Georgia Ports Authority, Ocean Terminal, checked October 18, 2026
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