Small importers bear the brunt of snarled supply chains; ‘$17,000 and it won’t move until September’. Long waits for merchandise deliveries and crippling costs are hobbling the efforts of small and midsize businesses across the U.S. to benefit from the economic recovery after a difficult year…

Georgia’s interstate system congestion and vehicle travel rate are among the highest in the U.S., a recent report shows. According to a National Transportation Research Group (TRIP) report published in late June, 57% of urban interstate highways in Georgia are considered congested during peak hours, the 12th-highest in the U.S. Georgia also has the 13th-highest rate of daily interstate travel per urban lane-mile, the report showed. Transportation officials said the data highlights the need for more infrastructure spending in the state. “With one of the most successful and fastest-growing ports in the United States,…

(The Center Square) – Georgia’s interstate system congestion and vehicle travel rate are among the highest in the U.S., a recent report shows. According to a National Transportation Research Group (TRIP) report published in late June, 57% of urban interstate highways in Georgia are considered congested during peak hours, the 12th-highest in the U.S. Georgia also has the 13th-highest rate of daily interstate travel per urban lane-mile, the report showed. Transportation officials said the data highlights the need for more infrastructure spending in the state…

The Georgia Ports Authority (GPA) in the US has sanctioned nearly $205m to expand the container capacity of Port of Savannah by 20%. The board approved a terminal development project, called Peak Capacity, which will create 2,100 new grounded container slots. The Peak Capacity project will witness the addition of 650,000 twenty-foot equivalent container units (TEU) of annual container yard capacity. This project will be implemented in two phases, with the first phase commencing in September…

A bill that would change the way Georgia infrastructure and logistics projects are selected for funding has advanced through the Georgia Senate. Georgia Senate Bill 98, sponsored by state Sen. Brandon Beach (R-Alpharetta), would outline eligible expenditures for the Georgia Freight Railroad Program of the Georgia Department of Transportation and provide for amending the procedures and conditions for public and private financing of projects…

Today, Senate Bill 98, sponsored by Sen. Brandon Beach (R – Alpharetta), received passage in the Senate by a vote of 53 to 1. “Over the past two years, the Joint Study Commission on Freight and Logistics held informational meetings across the state to determine how best to leverage and improve Georgia’s logistics infrastructure,” said Sen. Beach. “Senate Bill 98 puts…

ATLANTA — Legislation moving through the General Assembly would let Georgia start drawing down up to $1.5 billion a year needed to move growing volumes of freight smoothly through the state. The Georgia House of Representatives unanimously passed a bill Wednesday that would earmark the state’s 4% sales tax on diesel fuel used in locomotives to help fund freight rail improvements. The tax would raise an estimated $10 million per year, said House Transportation Committee Chairman Rick Jasperse, the measure’s chief sponsor…

ATLANTA — Legislation moving through the General Assembly would let Georgia start drawing down up to $1.5 billion a year needed to move growing volumes of freight smoothly through the state. The Georgia House of Representatives unanimously passed a bill Wednesday that would earmark the state’s 4% sales tax on diesel fuel used in locomotives to help fund freight rail improvements. The tax would raise an estimated $10 million per year, said House Transportation Committee Chairman Rick Jasperse, the measure’s chief sponsor…