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State leaders push to keep Savannah port expansion on track

Ga. Congress members seek money to fund harbor expansion

The container ship Maersk Karlskrona, right, sails up river past the 300-foot dredge Alaska on Sept. 14, 2015, as it deepens the shipping channel to the port of Savannah off the coast of Tybee Island. - photo by Associated Press

01072018 SAVANNAH PORT — The container ship Maersk Karlskrona, right, sails up river past the 300-foot dredge Alaska on Sept. 14, 2015, as it deepens the shipping channel to the port of Savannah off the coast of Tybee Island. - photo by Associated Press

Georgia’s congressional delegation is asking the White House to include at least $100 million in its fiscal 2019 budget to keep the Port of Savannah expansion project on track to being completed and “delivering its benefits to the nation.”