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Industry Focus: Logistics – Going With The Flow

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Located in the heart of Illinois; in the great Midwest; within 200 miles of metropolitan areas of Chicago, Indianapolis and St. The Midwest Inland Port is served by a Foreign Trade Zone and provides local Customs Clearing, features that are being enhanced to provide a more robust set of service offerings.

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FEATURE STORY: Logistics Clusters Are Jobs Magnets

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You know if the white shirt should go to Kansas and the blue shirt should go to Chicago or the other way around.”. Memphis, Panama, Chicago—are so efficient that they make globalization and trade easier virtually everywhere around the world. The Corridor offers export assistance and Foreign Trade Zones. Their location is vital.

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Georgia Ports See Surge In Private Investments, Record Cargo Volumes

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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. Its completion in the fall of 2018 will cut Atlanta truck traffic by 50,000 trips per year, and expand GPA’s reach into Tennessee, Northeast Alabama and parts of Kentucky.

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COVER STORY: 2013 Business Facilities Rankings Report – Metro And Global Rankings

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Houston (Zone 84) and El Paso (Zone 68) also shined in BF’s new ranking of top Foreign Trade Zones. Broward County, FL (Zone 25) and El Paso (Zone 68) took top honors in the Top FTZs (Exports) category. Years in the making, the exchange allowed FedEx to accomplish a critical expansion onto the former base.

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Top Logistics Hubs: On The Move

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Cities and counties are leveraging their locations, skilled workforce, and intermodal services to keep goods moving.

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Cover Story: 2014 Business Facilities Rankings Report

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Rising stars Tennessee and Indiana, our fourth- and fifth-ranked states in Best Business Climate, show no signs of abandoning their upward mobility in this flagship category. In January 2010, Tennessee passed the First to the Top Act (FTTT). At press time, Tennessee Gov. TN is Race to the Top Leader.

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Logistics: No Drivers Needed

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There are also 12 new residential subdivisions planned, and the county recently added 350 acres zoned industrial, which can accommodate more than 3 million square feet of new development. Markets as widespread as Chicago, Boston and New York City, are all easily within a day’s drive. Niagara’s proximity to the Canada/U.S.