BF Location Video: Georgia Ports Authority: Celebrating 75 Years
The Georgia Ports Authority was created on March 9, 1945 when the Georgia Legislature, anticipating the post-World War II economic boom, created the Georgia Ports Authority, with control over the deepwater ports in both Savannah and Brunswick. The GPA’s purpose was — and remains — to operate state-owned port facilities and “to do any other things necessary or proper to foster or encourage the commerce of the state, the United States of America or of the several sister states.” Today, the Port of Savannah is the fastest-growing and single largest container terminal in the country, accounting for nearly 10 percent of Georgia’s economy. Learn more.