Smithsonian’s ‘How Did They Fix That’ features Port of Savannah, Episode airing Sunday, June 30

The Georgia Ports Authority will be featured on “How Did They Fix That” at 9 p.m., Sunday, June 30, on the Smithsonian Channel.

In the episode, host Mike Davidson works with teams at the Port of Savannah to repair and maintain massive cargo-handling machines.

“We’re happy to see the Smithsonian Channel highlighting behind-the-scenes workers at GPA who are out there every day, making sure our operations are running smoothly and safely,” said GPA President and CEO Griff Lynch. “The technicians and mechanics at Georgia Ports are some of the best in the industry, and a major reason our Konecranes ship-to-shore cranes have an up-time of 99.6 percent.”

Major upgrades are taking the port’s container ship operations to a whole new level.

In the episode, Davidson is on the team with specialized crews to lift and move three, retired 3 million-pound cranes to make room for even bigger ones. He also digs in with crew on major repairs to the cranes, vehicles and machines that keep goods flowing.

The shipments of essential goods moving through the Port of Savannah never stop, and neither does the pressure to keep these machines up and running.

The episode will also be available on Paramount Plus for streaming in mid-November.

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