[3] The GPA has until September, 2021, to state whether it will develop the port with Jasper County officials.

[3] The project has been in various stages of planning since 2007[4] and in 2008 the GPA and SCPA signed an early agreement to jointly build and operate the facility.

[6][1] In November 2015, the ports authorities signed an updated agreement to develop the terminal,[5] and in late 2016 a new round of design work began, with an estimated $100 million cost.

[1] In January 2017, the Army Corps of Engineers began the environmental impact statement for the dockside portion of Jasper Terminal.

[6] It will be dredged to a 55 feet (17 m) depth, able to accommodate ships carrying as many as 20,000 TEU containers,[6][1] with an annual capacity of seven million TEUs.