b'28American Journal ofTransportation ajot.com(MAGNETcontinued fromtric. We will source only zeroIntermodal growth at South Carolina portspage 24) emission, clean energy, said on a strategy to secure its placeStraubel.Wewillnoteven in the EV ecosystem. Earlierpull a gas line to the site.By Peter Buxbaum, AJOTthis year and in 2022, SouthStraubelalsonotedthat CarolinaGovernorHenrysome of Redwoods existingIn mid-October, the South Carolina PortsCEO of Palmetto Railways, The Navy Base McMaster signed two execu- customers,suchasToyota,AuthoritybrokegroundontheNavyBaseIntermodal Facility will add more fluidity and tiveorderswhichcreatedanVolvo, Panasonic, and Envi- Intermodal Facility which will provide near- capacity to our supply chain. The projects are interagency group to plan thesionAESC,arealreadydock rail and an inner-harbor barge operationslated to open in July 2025.deployment of electric vehiclelocatedintheregion,andto the Port of Charleston. SC Ports is already well-known for its suc-infrastructures across the statethatthePortofCharlestonTheNavyBaseIntermodalFacilitysitscessfulintermodaloperations,havingdevel-andawebsite,launchedinand ready rail access provideaboutonemilefromLeathermanTerminal.opedrail-servedinlandportsinGreerand February 2023, which servesstronglogisticsopportuni- ContainerswillbemovedtoandfromtheDillon. Inland Port Dillon had a record fiscal as a virtual hub for informa- ties.This strategic locationLeatherman Terminal on a dedicated road. Anyear2023,handling39,143railmoves,an tion about the industry.allows us the opportunity toinner-harbor barge operation will move con- impressive 50% increase from the year prior. Followingonthegov- invest more heavily at home,tainers between the Wando Welch and Leather- Inland Port Greer handled 146,813 rail moves, ernorslead,SCNexus,ahesaid,whilepotentiallyman terminals.down about 3% year over year. public/private consortium ledexporting in the future. With 80,000 feet of rail track and capac- BothinlandportshandledrecordJune by the South Carolina Depart- CirbaSolutions,alsoaity for one-million rail lifts in its first phase,volumes,andthattrendcontinuedintothe mentofCommerce(S.C.batterycompany,announcedthe facility will be used by the Class I railroadsnew fiscal year, which began on July 1. Inland Commerce), recently appliedplans to build a new facilityCSX and Norfolk Southern as well as the shortPort Greer, located in Upstate South Carolina for designation as a Regionalin Richland County. An initialline Palmetto Railways. betweentheCharlotteandAtlantamarkets, TechnologyandInnovationinvestment of over $300 mil- This resolves the last remaining competi- achieved an all-time record month in August, HubunderaU.S.Depart- lionwilljumpstartCirbastive disadvantage we have as a major East Coasthandling 16,857 rail moves, for a 52% increase ment of Commerce program,integratedlithium-ionbat- container port, said Barbara Melvin, presidentyear over year. Inland Port Dillon, which sits which would make the regionterymaterialscampusattheand CEO of the South Carolina Ports Authority.along the North Carolina border and is served eligible to apply for a sharePineviewIndustrialParkinThe inner-harbor barge operation and innova- by CSX, also had a strong month in August, ofthe$10billioninfund- (MAGNETcontinued ontive rail yard will add critical capacity. As morewith 3,439 rail moves, an 83% increase from ingmadeavailablethroughpage 35) cargo moves by rail, added Patrick McCrory,(GROWTHcontinued on page 35)theCHIPSandScience Act of2022.SCNexusmem-bershipof35organizations includesS.C.Commerce, the Savannah River National Laboratory,theSouthCaro-lina Council on Competitive-ness, and several institutions of higher education.SCNexusapplication focusesonadvancedresil-ient energy, which includes energygeneration,distribu-tion,andstorage,andthe developmentoftechnolo-gies related to manufacturing ofenergycomponentsand materialsandnewbattery technologies.Theapplica-tionsdefinedgeographical areas include the Greenville-Anderson,Spartanburg,and Columbia metropolitan areas.SC Nexus will fuel his-toricandinnovativeR&D investments, said Susie Shan-non,president,andCEOof theSouthCarolinaCouncil on Competitiveness, and will buildasustainableenergy ecosystemtopositionSouth Carolina as a global model for powering industry and society for generations to come.Among the planned capi-talinvestmentsintheEV space, one of the largest is the RedwoodMaterialsmanu-facturing facility in Berkeley County. The company makes anodeandcathodebattery componentsandisinvest-ing$3.5billionfora600-acre campus, construction on whichbrokegroundearlier this year. TheNevada-basedcom-panychoseitslocation,said J.B. Straubel, Redwoods CEO, because localizing the produc-tionofbatterycomponents andensuringthesematerials are recycled is the only way to drivedowncosts,emissions, andgeopoliticalriskswhile meeting U.S. battery and elec-trification demand. Located in Camp Hall, 35 miles northwest of the Port of Charleston, Redwood Materi-als facility will be 100% elec-'