The story
The fourth-busiest container port in North America and the fastest growing. Handles $130+ billion in trade annually. Watching massive container ships glide past River Street — so close you could almost touch them — is a uniquely Savannah experience. The port has been the city's economic engine since 1733.
Everything that was here
- 1945–present · still open
Port of Savannah / Georgia Ports Authorityport
The fourth-busiest container port in North America and the fastest growing. Handles $130+ billion in trade annually. Watching massive container ships glide past River Street — so close you could almost touch them — is…
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Port of Savannah (Colonial / Antebellum)Port
Savannah's port has been the city's economic lifeline since founding. In the antebellum era it was the largest cotton exporting port in the world. Ships carried rice, timber, and naval stores alongside the "white gold"…
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Connected places
Rousakis Riverfront Plaza
Factors Walk
Savannah Cotton Exchange
River Street Cotton Warehouses
Huey's on the River
River Street Sweets
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Nearby history
Huey's on the River
Savannah Cotton Exchange
River Street Sweets
The Bootlegger Speakeasy
Rousakis Riverfront Plaza
Factors Walk
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