“This new offering from ONE is a recognition of
India’s growing role as a manufacturing hub,” said Georgia Ports Authority President
and CEO Griff Lynch. “As the world’s most populous country,
with a growing consumer class and significant infrastructure investment, India
represents a remarkable opportunity for trade via Savannah.”
Lynch
said deliveries from India to the U.S. East Coast are more efficient than U.S.
West Coast routes. Even with current vessel diversions
around Africa, GPA reaches inland markets across the U.S. Southeast and Midwest
three to five days faster than U.S. West Coast ports.
“The WIN Service offers our valued customers a weekly
routing from Nhava Sheva and Mundra to the U.S. East Coast. This new service to
the Port of Savannah demonstrates ONE’s commitment to this important and
growing market, providing reliability and flexibility to our customers,” said Dan Sheehy, ONE Senior Vice
President, Product & Network.
The
new WIN service offers a weekly route from Bin Qasim, Hazira, Nhava Sheva and
Mundra to New York and Savannah.
The addition of the WIN service from ONE brings the
Georgia Ports Authority’s direct weekly India services to four, while a total
of eight services connect Savannah to the Indian Subcontinent. The service is provided by a fleet of nine
vessels, all of which are operated by ONE.