News

2017

  • WTC Savannah Delegation Visits Germany - SAVANNAH, GA, USA - November 6-10, World Trade Center Savannah (WTCSav) led a delegation of regional economic development executives to Bremen, Halle (Saale) and Munich, Germany for an unprecedented Regional Business Development Initiative. The group of 11 pitched the qualitie... more

  • WTCSav Partner International Business of the Year - SAVANNAH, GA, USA - On November 2, D. J. Powers, was named the World Trade Center Savannah (WTCSav) International Business of the Year at the Savannah Area Chamber of Commerce Business Awards Banquet.  This award recognizes companies that excel in international trade and ackn... more

  • Netherlands Delegation Visits WTCSavannah - Savannah, GA, USA – On September 28, World Trade Center Savannah (WTCSav) hosted a delegation from the Netherlands. The group was mainly logistics focused, consisting of companies interested in making business connections in the Coastal Georgia region. Organized by the Holland... more

  • GA #1 in Aerospace Manufacturing Attractiveness - Georgia was ranked #1 by PricewaterhouseCoopers (PwC) for Aerospace manufacturing attractiveness. This PwC ranking looks at cost, labor, infrastructure, industry, economy and tax policy. This boost in ranking comes as WTCSav partner Gulfstream Aerospace celebrates 50 years in ... more

  • WTCSav Interns Excel - Nipuna Ambanpola is an Economic Research intern at World Trade Center Savannah (WTCSav). He is also a college student and Founder and Chairman of IVolunteer International, a national non-profit organization operating to elevate the quality of human life across the globe. When... more

  • WTC Savannah Hosts Delegation from Ireland - Savannah, GA- A delegation from Wexford Enterprise Centre (WEC) in County Wexford Ireland spent six days in Savannah, Georgia learning about ways to facilitate international trade between the two cities. The delegation included Chairman Eamonn Murphy and Group CEO Brendan Enni... more

  • SAVANNAH PORT MARKS BUSIEST JUNE, RECORD YEAR - The Georgia Ports Authority has on order 10 new ship-to-shore cranes that will dramatically increase vessel loading capacity at Garden City Terminal to 1,300 containers per hour – more than any other single terminal in North America. (GPA photo) Savannah, Ga. – July 24, 2017... more

  • WTC Savannah Hosts Secretaries of Agriculture - SAVANNAH, GA, USA – When U.S. Secretary of Agriculture Sonny Purdue wanted to host his Canadian and Mexican counterparts, he looked to his home state, Georgia and the city of Savannah for the trilateral meeting. Held over a three-day period, World Trade Center Savannah was t... more

  • Largest Ship Ever Calls on U.S. East Coast - SAVANNAH, GA, USA – On May 12, Georgia Ports Authority (GPA), a World Trade Center Savannah Founding Investor Partner, welcomed the largest containership to ever to call on the U.S. East Coast. The COSCO Development vessel has a capacity of 13,092 twenty-foot equivalent contai... more

  • WTC Savannah Hosts Delegation from Ireland - SAVANNAH, GA, USA – On April 3, World Trade Center Savannah (WTCSav) in partnership with Georgia Power, welcomed a delegation from Ireland that included members of the Wexford County Council, the Wexford Chamber of Commerce, the John F. Kennedy Trust and Enterprise Ireland. Th... more