The Georgia Ports Authority celebrated the official opening of the Appalachian Regional Port in northwest Georgia on Aug. 22.
Gov. Nathan Deal, state officials and more than 350 business and civic leaders attended the inland port event, GPA officials said.
Located in Murray County, the facility will provide logistics solutions for customers in a four-state region and remove an estimated 50,000 trucks and 15 million truck miles from local highways every year, GPA officials said.
“The ARP is part of our Network Georgia initiative that brings services from the coast to communities around the state,” GPA Executive Director Griff Lynch said. “The new inland terminal will provide the same superior quality services our customers have come to rely on: congestion-free, easy access, expedited handling and reliability.”