Georgia Ports Authority: Partnership with Konecranes ‘Critical Link’ to Savannah’s Rise Among Container Ports
Georgia Ports Authority: Partnership with Konecranes ‘Critical Link’ to Savannah’s Rise Among Container Ports
4 PagesCASE STUDY IMAGE IMAGE Businesses overuse the term “partnership,” says Curtis Foltz, executive director of Georgia Ports Authority (GPA). But he’s hard pressed to find a better word to describe GPA’s 20-year working relationship with crane manufacturer and service pro- vider Konecranes. “It’s truly a one-of-a-kind partnership in our industry, and it’s one in which Konecranes is a true service-oriented partner, allowing us to better service our customers.” BY THE NUMBERS Numbers alone show that the alliance, like a fulcrum, has lifted both partners: • Konecranes entered the picture at GPA’s Garden City Termi- nal–on the Port of Savannah–in the mid-1990s. In that pe- riod, GPA ordered four Konecranes ship-to-shore container cranes and four rubber tired gantry (RTG) cranes. • Konecran
