Garden City Terminal
Georgia Ports Authority · Savannah · USSAV
Georgia Ports Authority operates Savannah as one very large terminal rather than a set of competing operators, so storage is a single published tariff and disputes usually turn on chassis supply rather than gate access.
Which clock is whose
GPA publishes a single storage tariff for the whole terminal; carrier demurrage runs separately under each line filing.
Gate & appointments
Extended gates most weekdays, so a "gate closed" defence rarely applies here.
Chassis
Chassis availability, not congestion, is the usual driver of detention overruns in Savannah.
What is usually reversible
Where the delay was chassis supply and the terminal gate was open, detention is still contestable against the equipment provider rather than the terminal. US import: under the FMC rule (46 CFR 541) a demurrage or detention invoice must carry specified information and the charge must serve a genuine incentive purpose. A defective invoice eliminates the obligation to pay.
Services normally calling
- All major alliances calling Savannah
Gate hours, appointment rules and the storage tariff are published by the operator: Georgia Ports Authority. Also searched as: GPA Garden City, Savannah container terminal.
Check a charge from this terminal
Work out the last free day, then see whether the days billed survive the tariff.