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Georgia Ports See Surge In Private Investments, Record Cargo Volumes

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Including these announcements, this new activity will bring Savannah’s industrial inventory to more than 57 million square feet, of which less than 2 percent is currently available. The container ship MSC Chicago sails up river to the Port of Savannah’s Garden City Terminal near Savannah Ga. Louis, Chicago and the Ohio Valley.

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State Focus: Arkansas – Easy To Reach, Easy To Grow

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Major market centers in the region include: Memphis, Chicago, Atlanta, Dallas, Fort Worth, Houston, Kansas City, Oklahoma City, New Orleans and St. Interstate 55 links eastern Arkansas to St. That represents 42 percent of the total U.S. population.

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Iowa: Moving To The Top Of The Class

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Crisscrossed by four interstates and over a dozen state and federal highways, the Quad Cities region is located 2½ hours away from Chicago, and within a five-hour truck drive of Milwaukee, St. Louis, Kansas City, Des Moines, Indianapolis and Omaha. At the same time, our existing local businesses have also continued to expand.”.

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SPECIAL REPORT: Two Train Cars Forward, Three Cargo Ships Back

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Logistics incorporates the complexity of integrating information, transportation, inventory, warehousing, material handling and packaging. business logistics costs include three main categories: Inventory Carrying, Transportation and Administration. Major metros such as Dallas, Kansas City, St. trillion in 2011, a 6.6

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Industry Focus: Logistics – Going With The Flow

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Slow economic growth has kept the percentage low, but the supply chain sector has made great strides in productivity, asset utilization and inventory management in the past three years.” Located in the heart of Illinois; in the great Midwest; within 200 miles of metropolitan areas of Chicago, Indianapolis and St.

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Logistics: On the Road, Water or Rails…or in the Air — AGAIN

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percent in 2014 due to stronger shipment volumes and inventory carrying charges that were up 2.1 Chicago is the nation’s rail hub that connects six of the seven class one railroads. per square foot, lower than the Chicago Market average of $4.84. rail freight passes through Chicago’s rail yards. percent in 2013 and 8.3

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Illinois Revives Premier Corporate Tax Incentives

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The tax credit program has helped preserve historic buildings and grow local economies in the five communities where the credit is applicable: Aurora, East St. Louis, Elgin, Peoria and Rockford. Based on available space inventory, Wheeling’s industrial parks continue to experience strong demand from both existing and new businesses.