The Georgia Ports Authority is on target to record its most successful year. State officials announced that the ports handled a total of more than 21.4 million tons of cargo for the first 10 months of fiscal year 2008. That represents an increase of over 20-percent for the period from July of last year through this April. The cargo processed includes through the terminal facilities of Bainbridge, Brunswick, Columbus and Savannah. The Port of Savannah now stands as the fourth-busiest and fastest-growing container terminal in the U.S.
