A study by Georgia Tech researchers has found that shippers can save money, boost reliability and achieve comparable average transit times when they land Atlanta-bound cargo at the gateway port of Savannah, instead of a West Coast port. To reflect true supply chain dynamics, the independent study considered end-to-end transit time and cost.
“While vessel transit from China to the U.S. West Coast is shorter than East Coast transits, supply chain rehandling and congestion can lead to delays,” said Benoit Montreuil, Executive Director, Supply Chain and Logistics Institute at Georgia Tech. “Containers routed via West Coast ports are often trucked to local warehouses for transloading into 53’ domestic containers and then drayed to railheads for transit to Atlanta which can add further delays and transit variability.”
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