GPA sets monthly record
The Georgia Ports Authority hit an all-time high for TEUs last month, moving a record 293,889 twenty-foot equivalent container units, or TEUs, a 19.2 percent increase over the previous year.
Ports Director Curtis Foltz cited improved confidence among U.S. retailers, newly added port customers and shifting cargo from West Coast to East Coast as factors fueling the growth.
“Improved confidence among U.S. retailers, newly added port customers and shifting cargo from U.S. West to East Coast are all fueling the growing cargo volumes at Georgia’s deepwater ports,” said GPA Executive Director Curtis Foltz. “Savannah has the space to more than double its throughput as more shippers choose East Coast ports to serve the fast-growing Southeastern U.S.”
July volumes were up across the board, with roll-on/roll-off traffic posting an increase of 8.5 percent, breakbulk tonnage up 7 percent and bulk cargo up 12.8 percent.
World Trade Center Savannah to host training
World Trade Center Savannah will host international protocol and cross-cultural training from 1:30-5 p.m. Aug. 25 at WTC Savannah, 131 Hutchinson Island Road.
The session will provide training to ensure professionals are versed in the basics and nuances of international protocol and etiquette and can avoid mistakes that could stunt or destroy relationships central to successful commercial and cultural exchanges.
Protocol expert Chris Young will conduct the training. He’s the president of Protocol & Diplomacy International-Protocol Officers Association and the former executive director of The Protocol School of Washington, D.C.
The fee is $25 and space is limited. To register, go to wtcsavannah.org. For more information, contact Charisse Bruin at cbruin@seda.org or 912-447-9707.
Furniture store opens in Bluffton
BLUFFTON, S.C. — Timeless Interiors, 4380 Bluffton Parkway, will open its new Bluffton headquarters at 11 a.m. Friday. The shop will be running a no-purchase-necessary giveaway with more than $5,000 in prizes.
The store is housed in a 52,000-square-feet building divided equally between retail space and warehousing.
Features will include $2 million of Drexel Heritage retail furniture acquired during the closing of three North Carolina Drexel Heritage factory stores and facilities and more than 100 vendors of furniture, fabrics, rugs, accessories, home decor, art and gift items.
“It is a dream come to fruition to open our new facility on Bluffton Parkway after owning the property for more than eight years,” said owner Holly Dixon.
Store hours will be 10 a.m. to 7 p.m. Monday through Saturday.