b'MAY 16 - JUNE 19, 2022GULF COAST PORTS 9Corp., a privately held opera- lion injection of funding via tor of short-line railroads anda Coronavirus Aid, Relief and logistics hubs. Economic Security Actor Known for short as TXLC,CARES Actgrant. The next the Victoria logistics center sitedevelopmentphasecallsfor issituatedwithinaForeign- addition of more than 42,000 Trade Zone and a Texas Enter- feet of track.priseZoneandiswithina2 1/2-hour driving distance fromA rAnsAst erminAlHouston, Austin and San Anto- Located on Harbor Island, nio. More than 2,000 acres arenear the entrance to the Corpus beingtoutedasavailableforChristiShipChannel,just development at the site, which3milesfromopenGulfof is to be served by Union PacificMexicowaters,AransasTer-and BNSF railroads. minal is among the most recent Expansionofrailinfra- additionstoLoneStarState structure at the TXLC site isport facilities. under way, with a 1.9-mile railLikemanyTexasports, loop and a 2,000-foot ladderthe219-acreprivateter-track having been completed(DEMANDScontinued on More than 2,000 acres of land are available for development at the Texas Logistics Center at the Port of Victoria.in April, thanks to a $6 mil- page 10)(DEMANDScontinuedthe first deepwater berth and from page 8) two barge berths is complete, is being paid for by the portand the port began mechanical authoritythroughapublic- dredging for the first deepwa-private partnership with crudeter berth in December at a cost exporter Max Midstream Texasof $7.1 million.LLC.Wideninganddeepen-ing of the channel is projectedP ort ofv iCtoriAto lead to more than $1 billionAbout25milestothe in economic growth and cre- westofPortLavaca,near ation of 1,000-plus jobs overtheterminusofthe35-mile the next decade.VictoriaBargeCanal,link-Meanwhile,theCalhouning to the Gulf of Mexico, the PortAuthorityisproceed- multimodalTexasLogistics ingwithitsSouthPeninsulaCenter at the Port of Victoria Development Project, to entailisemergingthroughcollab-threenewdeepwaterberthsorative efforts of the Victoria and six barge berths plus 45CountyNavigationDistrict acres of backland. Design ofand Dallas-headquartered TNWWind energy blades are offloaded at Aransas Terminal, one of the newest additions to the roster of Texas ports.Buildingwhat your customers needPort Houston is investing in infrastructure now to increase capacity and improve efciency. Our largest-ever STS cranes at Bayport Container Terminal, double the number of truck gate entrances at Barbours Cut Container Terminal and expanding the Houston Ship Channel to accommodate larger vessels arejust the beginning. Get your cargo to your customers faster bywww.porthouston.com choosing Port Houston.www.porthouston.com'