COLONEL's Island Terminal at the Port of Brunswick has continued its record-setting pace in March, handling 77,236 units of roll-on/roll-off (roro) cargo, an increase of 13,438 units or 21 per cent over the same month last year.

Among the Georgia Ports Authority's (GPA) March roro volumes, 4,210 units were high and heavy cargo. Fiscal Year 2024 machinery volumes now total 20,113, an increase of 6,887 units or 34 per cent through the first nine months of the fiscal year, which ends June 30, 2024.

From July 2023 through March 2024, GPA has moved 628,937 total units of roro cargo, an increase of 88,200 or 16 per cent. The monthly average is 69,882 units, meaning Georgia Ports could handle an all-time record of 800,000 units by the end of its fiscal year in June.

Twenty-three carmakers and seventeen heavy machinery producers use the Port of Brunswick, which handled approximately 723,515 roro units last fiscal year.

Colonel's Island handled a record 52 vessels in March, up 11 vessels or 27 per cent compared to March 2023, according to London's Port Technology.

To better accommodate growing trade, GPA is increasing its infrastructure for processing autos and high and heavy equipment.

Colonel's Island is undergoing a US$262 million infrastructure programme that is nearing completion. Projects are expanding capacity by adding 122 acres of roro storage and 640,000 square feet of new processing space.

These projects are more than 85 per cent complete and should be finished in late summer 2024. Another three hundred acres are available for development.