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53 USMX PORT ASSOCIATION MEMBERS GPA'S MASON MEGA RAIL TERMINAL PROJECT UPDATE • This $126.7 million expansion project will increase the Port of Savannah's rail lift capacity to 1 million containers per year, opening new markets spanning an arc of cities from Memphis to St. Louis, Chicago to Cincinnati • The expansion will add 97,000 feet of track at Garden City Terminal • Ground is expected to be broken in early 2018, with completion in 2020 When this project is completed, the Garden City Terminal will have a total of 180,000 feet of rail, 18 working tracks and the capability of building 10,000-foot unit trains on terminal The Mega Rail Expansion is funded in part by a $44 million U.S. Department of Transportation FASTLANE grant administered by the Maritime Administration SAVANNAH SERVES LARGEST VESSEL EVER TO CALL ON EAST COAST • The CMA CGM Theodore Roosevelt, the largest container ship ever to serve the U.S. East Coast at 14,414 TEUs, called the Port of Savannah on September 1, 2017. Working the vessel with seven cranes at the Garden City Terminal, the Port of Savannah moved ap- proximately 8,000 TEUs on and off the ship, with the GPA working six other vessels simultaneous to the Roosevelt. SAVANNAH HARBOR EXPANSION PROJECT (SHEP) UPDATE • Savannah is now 2 ½ years into the $973 million SHEP, reaching its halfway mark • Once completed, SHEP will provide 47 feet of water at MLW for the entire length of the 40-mile project • SHEP is projected to provide a 7 to 1 financial benefit to the state of Georgia, which means a $7 return on every $1 spent

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