Starting 8 May, Seaboard Marine will begin running ships between Central American and the Port of Savannah.

The Miami boxship operator announced the new service this week, which will run both dry and refrigerated cargo.

“We are excited about the opportunity to connect our brand of premium service forged over our 35-year history in Central America to this new domestic port,” said Jose Concepcion, Seaboard's vice president of central america.

Ships will run from the southern Georgia port to Santo Tomas, Guatemala; Puerto Cortes, Honduras; Managua, Nicaragua and San Salvador, El Salvador. Ships will depart each Wednesday and arrive Tuesday with 6 day travel times, save Santo Tomas, which will arrive on Monday on a 5 day trip.