b'6American Journal of Transportation ajot.comPorts of Indiana enhancingCARING FOR facilities at US crossroadsBy Paul Scott Abbott, AJOT YOUR CARGO With cargo-handling enhance- by $7 million in port funds, isFOR 50+YEARSments at all three of its water- expandingrailinfrastructure frontfacilitiesoneontheandintermodalcapabilities Great Lakes and two on thethroughoutthePortofIndi-OhioRiverthePortsofana-Jeffersonville, across the IndianaisbuildinguponitsOhioRiverfromLouisville, half-centuryoffuel-effi- Kentucky.Thatproject,to ciently, cost-effectively serv- be completed in early 2021, ingshippersatAmericasbodes to double the facilitys crossroads. cargo-handling capacity.Weformedalogis- And, at the Port of Indi-ticsnetworkaroundastate- ana-MountVernon,153 guidedphilosophyandtakebargemilesfromtheOhio fulladvantageofIndianaRiversconfluencewiththeAlbany, NY Eastport, ME Lake Charles, LA Port Manatee, FL Thorold, ONbeingtheCrossroadsofMississippi River, a recentlyBurns Harbor, IN Hamilton, ON Milwaukee, WI Tampa, FLAmerica,VantaE.Codacompleted $2 million under-II,chiefexecutiveofficertakinghasupdatedtermi-of the Ports of Indiana, toldnalinfrastructure,including AJOT. Our organization wasinstallation of a new 60-ton-designed to be a world-classlift-capacity overhead gantry producer of infrastructure andcrane.allowscompaniestoshareWe offer a unique valuefmtcargo.com | 704.714.4644whatIndianadoesexceed- propositionforcompanies ingly wellgrow things andbecause of multimodal trans- AJOT_Sept2020.indd 1 2020-09-01 11:37:01make things. portationconnections,prox-AtthePortofIndiana- imity to the countrys largestPort Milwaukee welcoming Burns Harbor, on Lake Mich- steel-producingregionand igan, 18 nautical miles fromaccesstoriverandoceanhistory-making investmentChicago,afederalgrantisshipmentsintheU.S.Mid-helpingadvancea$20mil- west, Coda said.lionendeavorcreatingtwoIn 2019, Ports of Indiana new railyards, extending railfacilitieshandledarecordBy Paul Scott Abbott, AJOTtrackage,addinga2.3-acreofnearly16.4milliontons cargoterminalwithmulti- ofwaterbornecargo,up11SituatedonthewesternshoreofLakemay be added, the DeLong facility, with mul-modalconnections,expand- percent from 2018. Key com- Michigan 75 miles north of Chicago, Port Mil- timodalcapabilitiesviaCanadianPacificand ing docks by 1,200 feet andmoditiesincludecoal,ironwaukee is looking to enhance its position as aUnion Pacific rails, initially is to focus on exports establishinga6-acretruckore,steelproducts,grain,Midwest transportation hub with developmentof dried distillers grains with solubles, or DDGS, marshaling yard. soybeans,ethanol,distillersof a new agricultural export facility. an animal feed byproduct of ethanol production. A separate federal grant,driedgrains,fertilizer,dryUnder an agreement approved by harborTindall-Schlichtsaidhehopesthefacil-for$10million,augmentedbulks and minerals.commissionersin August,TheDeLongCo.itywillcomeonlinebyMay2022andadd Inc., headquartered in Clinton, Wisconsin, isbetween 200,000 tons and 300,000 tons to the to develop the facility on a 3.9-acre tract alongports annual exports.Port Milwaukees inner harbor and lease it forIncalendar2019,totalcargotonnage at least 30 years. through Port Milwaukees public and private Total investment in the project tops $31docksreached2,668,624,up11.5percent million, with $16 million coming from a fed- from 2018.eralportinfrastructuregrant,$6.2millionAlsoapprovedin Augustwasa99-year fromDeLong,$5millionfromtheStateoflease with Brownsville, Wisconsinbased con-Wisconsin and $4.3 million from port funds. struction contractor Michels Corp. for a 13.5- DeLong is definitely a history-makingacre site on a former Grand Trunk rail property investment at the port, without a doubt, Portadjoining a port-led wetland restoration project.Milwaukeesportdirector,AdamTindall- Tindall-Schlichtsaidthetwolatest Schlicht toldAJOT, noting that the endeavordevelopmentswillcombinewiththeports represents the largest single investment at Portinternationalmarketingstrategyforcargo Milwaukee since opening of the Great Lakesdiversification and its dedication to safe, effi-to international shipping via the St. Lawrencecient operations in a pandemic-impacted world Seaway in the 1950s. to offer a best-practices model for other ports Components for building a $1 billion power plant in Niles, michigan,Whilecornandotherexportcommoditiesthroughout the country.are offloaded from one of six vessels bringing the oversize units to Port of Indiana-Burns Harbor this summer.(TIMELYcontinued fromThe Greer property is the page 4) latestCenterPointproperty oftheOakBrook,Illinois- toearnhonorsforitssus-basedindustrialrealestatetainabilityadvances,having companys overall U.S. strat- earlierthisyeargained egy.CenterPointalsodevel- LeadershipinEnergyand oped the 190-acre CenterPointEnvironmentalDesigncerti-IntermodalCenter-Manteca,fication from the U.S. Green which is an hour east of theBuilding Council. It becomes Port of Oakland, California. ItCenterPoints14thLEED-also built two key hubs in thecertified property.dynamicU.S.Southeast:theCenterPointnotonlyis 230-acreCenterPointInter- committed to offering current modalCenter-Savannah,justand future tenants with myriad 4milesfromthemaingatecost-savingbenefits,butwe ofGeorgiaPortsAuthorityalso are dedicated to doing so containerportfacilities,andat high-performance facilities alogisticscenterinGreer,thatrevolvearoundenviron-SouthCarolina,adjacenttomentallysound,sustainable theSouthCarolinaInlandpractices,McKiernansaid. Port. Each of these intermodalIts yet another reason we at developmentsoffersClassICenterPointproudlysayweDiverse activity at Port milwaukee, including ships delivering salt and european steel, is about to get a further boost rail services. see the world differently. from a new agricultural export facility.'