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Savannah River can apparently handle new port

By Bruce Smith
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Savannah River can apparently handle new port

CHARLESTON, S.C. (AP) — It appears the Savannah River can handle a second major container port.

A joint board from South Carolina and Georgia developing a $3 billion container ship terminal learned Thursday that a capacity study indicates the river can handle ships from both the existing Georgia ports and the planned Jasper Ocean Terminal. The study should be finalized this summer.

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