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NeSmith gives $1,500 to youth baseball
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From left: Sgt. Maj. Robert McRae, Garrison Commander Col. Kevin Milton, CYSS coordinator Dagmar Olinger, recreation and fitness director Larry Laughlin, NeSmith Chevrolet executive manager Mike Reed, LCRD director Jimmy Martin, MWR community sponsorship coordinator Angela Wilson and Fort Stewart team sports director Wendy Thompson pose for a photo during a donation ceremony at NeSmith Chevrolet in Hinesville. - photo by Photo provided.
Special to the Couirer
Updated: Jun 4, 2010, 2:40 PM
Published: Jun 4, 2010, 2:45 PM
Nesmith Chevrolet executive manager Mike Reed of Hinesville presented $500 donations May 20 to each of the youth baseball programs on Fort Stewart and the Liberty County Recreation Department. This is the second year the dealership has participated in the Chevy Youth Baseball Initiative, a national program that runs every March through July.
“We were pleased to help out the kids and coaches again this year. We have some fantastic kids in our community and it’s a great thing to keep giving back,” Reed said.
In addition to the donation, NeSmith Chevrolet provides players and coaches with baseball equipment, instructional clinics and the opportunity to raise an additional $10,000 through a Chevy vehicle giveaway fundraiser. Sponsored leagues across the country will each receive 2,000 fundraiser entry tickets to distribute for suggested donations. The leagues keep 100 percent of the proceeds.  At the end of the fundraiser, five people will win a Chevy Equinox or Chevy Malibu, and in each participating market a home entertainment center will be awarded as a secondary prize.
“At some point, we hope the kids or their parents will consider a Chevrolet as an official vehicle of their household,” Reed said. “These vehicles are safe, dependable, and ideal for transporting families, teams and their gear.”
Chevrolet has expanded its support of MLB to the youth baseball players in communities across the country through the Chevy Youth Baseball Program, which began in Atlanta in 2006. Now in its fifth season, the initiative is in more than 20 states. The program has raised more than $7 million for community youth baseball leagues.

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GPA grows trade, market share
Intermodal volume up 20 percent
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Rubber tired gantry cranes handle cargo at the Chatham Intermodal Container Transfer Facility at the Port of Savannah. The Georgia Ports Authority's Mason Mega Rail project will double rail lift capacity to 1 million containers per year by 2020 - photo by Provided
Staff Report
Updated: Apr 17, 2018, 1:07 PM
Published: Apr 17, 2018, 1:08 PM

The Georgia Ports Authority achieved 14 percent growth in March container volumes, moving 355,208 20-foot equivalent unit (TEU) containers.

From July 2017 to March, TEU container trade grew by 9 percent, or 255,786 additional units for a total of 3.08 million, a new record for Savannah.

"Savannah's continued strength is a reflection of our customers' commitment, Georgia's leadership, and the many dedicated service providers, GPA employees and ILA members who come together every day to achieve great things," said GPA Executive Director Griff Lynch. "March marked our 17th consecutive month of business expansion thanks, in part, to a strong economy and growing market share."

Intermodal rail volumes jumped by 20 percent in March and 15.4 percent for the fiscal year to date, for a total of 318,454 containers handled over nine months – another record for the GPA.

"As the numbers show, our rail cargo is growing at a faster pace than our overall trade," GPA Chairman Jimmy Allgood said. "This is important because rail is playing a key role in our responsible growth strategy. We anticipate our rail infrastructure investments to take 250,000 trucks off the road each year by 2020."

The GPA recently broke ground on its Mason Mega Rail Terminal, on which the Port of Savannah will build 10,000-foot unit trains within its own footprint. From the expanded rail infrastructure at Garden City Terminal, Class I rail providers CSX and Norfolk Southern will provide direct rail service to major Southeast and Midwestern markets from Memphis to St. Louis, Chicago to Cincinnati.

An added benefit is that the Mason Mega Rail project will move all rail switching on terminal – improving vehicle traffic flow around the port.

In August, the GPA will open its Appalachian Regional Port in Murray County. Located in an industrial belt, including the production and export of carpet and flooring, automobiles and tires, the ARP will provide an alternative to all-truck transit to Northwest Georgia.

Each round-trip container moved via the Appalachian Regional Port will offset 710 truck miles on Georgia highways.

March was also a strong month for roll-on/roll-off auto and machinery units at the Port of Brunswick and Ocean Terminal in Savannah. Colonel's Island Terminal in Brunswick handled 66,144 cars, trucks and tractors, while Ocean Terminal added 4,050, for a total 70,194, a 17.2 percent increase.

"The global economy is thriving and our volumes are following suit," Lynch said. "As existing accounts grow their footprint in the expanding auto facility in Brunswick, Georgia's competitive logistical advantages are drawing additional business across all of our docks."

Lynch noted that for the fiscal year to date, Mayor's Point breakbulk terminal in Brunswick grew by 44 percent (34,515 tons) to reach 112,728 tons of forest products. At East River Terminal, bulk cargo expanded by 34 percent July-March (189,918 tons) for a total of 750,384 tons.

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