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Issue 6 2019 - FBJNA


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selecting these sites in order to efficiently serve key markets by successfully integrating rail and truck intermodal services with our partners’ distribution centers and warehouses at one convenient location,” said Tanner. “The logistics park concept uses an intermodal hub to anchor distribution centers for shippers as well as terminals and operations for our service partners.” LPKC and other logistics


parks have all seen growth in e-commerce fulfillment centers largely due to their strategic proximity to large population centers and convenient access to multiple dynamic markets,


noted Tanner, pointing to other examples of success at LPKC such as DeLong Co., which uses the intermodal facility to export grain from the Midwest. CSX, which has found


considerable success in applying


the inland port


concept to Southeastern markets, is eyeing the Midwest for a similar approach. The company


has inland


///MIDWEST INLAND PORTS ports


at Bessemer, Ala., Dillon, SC, and Chatsworth, GA., and is currently developing inland port capabilities at Syracuse, NY, and metro Raleigh, NC.


Partnerships


Arguing that inland ports are a productive way for railroads to consolidate density to make


efficient use of trains, CSX officials have anchored their approach on partnerships with key importers like Mercedes Benz and Harbor Freight Tools, which provide a base load of traffic. They also work with the local port authority or a logistics company to fill the export capacity with local exports. “We are confident a similar


model can be duplicated in the Midwest. Relying solely on trucking increases lead times between a seaport and an inland port. An inland port provides the opportunity to create a buffer for inventory and enhances fluidity to the end destination or port,” according to a company spokesperson.


Corridors Fund to modernize the Westport area of the port. Several projects will be completed over the next year as part of the port’s Westport Modernization project, including a 56,000 sq. ft expansion of Fluke Transportation’s warehousing facility.


PORT OF OSHAWA • Oshawa, Ontari0 • •


508,211 metric tons Steel, salt, cement, asphalt


• Oshawa boasts an airport, rail lines, a regional deep-sea port and 400-series highways, all within close proximity. The port’s loading dock is located just 2 km from the 401 and offers access to world markets via the St. Lawrence Seaway.


• QSL and Sollio Agriculture recently announced they will partner on the construction of a state-of-the-art grain handling terminal at the port. The new build will be a Canadian Grain Commission-approved export facility and is expected to be fully functional by next winter.


Illinois International Port District


• Chicago, Ill. • •


1.8 million tons


Steel, lumber, sugar, precious metals (copper, zinc, aluminum), bulk storage


Midwest Terminals of Toledo


Port of Cleveland •


• •


• Toledo, Ohio •


Cleveland, Ohio 13.5 million metric tons


• General cargo, iron ore, salt, limestone, project cargo, containerized cargoes, cement


First major US port of call on the Great Lakes once vessels transit through St. Lawrence Seaway


• Primary markets: central and northern Europe for international cargo; upper Great Lakes for domestic cargoes. Works closely with partners and customers to develop new initiatives to provide efficient and cost- effective methods to move their cargoes, such as the development of the Cleveland-Europe Express -- the only regular container service on the Great Lakes.


Port of Duluth-Superior


• Duluth, MN; Superior, WI • • •


35+ million tons Iron ore, grain, coal, limestone, cement, salt, breakbulk cargo


Offers global shipping service through the Great Lakes St. Lawrence Seaway, free-flowing major highways and direct Class I rail service from four providers to and from the East, West and Gulf Coast. The westernmost port in the Seaway, it reaches into the heartland of North America.


• The Great Lakes’ top overall tonnage port and the nation’s leading tonnage port for iron ore, Duluth-Superior accommodates the maritime transportation needs of a wide range of industries from Midwestern grain fields, northern forest products and Iron Range mines to Montana- Wyoming coal and energy-related breakbulk cargoes from around the world.


Hamilton-Oshawa Port Authority PORT OF HAMILTON


• Hamilton, Ontario • •


11.6 million metric tons Iron ore, coal, grain, soybeans


• The Port of Hamilton is located within reach of major North American consumer markets and provides access to shipping locations around the world, with two class-1 railways, full seaway depth, easy highway access one hour to the US border.


• In 2018 port received a $17.7 million investment from the National Trade Port of Thunder Bay


• Thunder Bay, Ont. •


9 million metric tons


• Grain, coal, potash, liquid bulk, project cargo • Furthest west inland port in Canada, with service from CN and CP railroads • Construction projects expected to be completed by the end of the year include expanded facilities to permit steel imports, a new railyard and more area for cargo storage.


Port of Toledo


• Toledo, Ohio; Western Basin of Lake Erie, including Maumee Bay and spanning seven nautical miles up the Maumee River to I-75 9-12 million tons


• •


Coal, iron ore, grain, breakbulk, project cargo, dry bulk, liquid bulk


• Access to Norfolk Southern and CSX Rail, crossroads of I-75 and I-80/90 • The Port of Toledo is home to a diverse array of marine cargo terminals and a full-service shipyard, featuring heavy haul truck routing, mobile harbor cranes, Foreign Trade Zone #8, and full Seaway draſt with access to Great Lakes St. Lawrence Seaway System.


1 million tons


• Aluminum, coke, aggregate; bulk, breakbulk and project cargo. • Located at the western end of Lake Erie, near the intersection of I-75, I-90 • Recent improvements include rehabilitation of rail facilities in the terminal. “We continue to update to meet changing markets and commodities,” said marketing manager Chris Blessing.


Port Milwaukee •


• • •


Milwaukee, Wis. 2.4 million tons


Salt, cement, steel, grain


Infrastructure investment includes state rail grant and fully refurbished liquid bulk pier. Port is seeing a significant uptick in water-to-rail initiatives, particularly for steel handling.


• Cost and time-saving alternative to large port cities. Two major


construction projects, by Komatsu and Michels Corp., have been announced in immediate proximity to Milwaukee harbor.


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