Appalachian Regional Port Kentucky CONNECTING Northwest Georgia to the World Tennesee North Carolina H Appalachian Regional Port South Carolina Alabama H Port of Savannah Georgia • CSX Transportation, Class I Rail Provider • Import, Export and Domestic Cargo • Cost-effective Geographic Advantage • Serves Fastest-growing Region in the U.S. Florida How tomorrow moves ™ Bill Barrs Regional Sales Manager [email protected] • (912) 658-1541 Mark Troughton Global Accounts Executive [email protected] • (912) 964-3958 V.July-2015 gaports.com APPALACHIAN REGIONAL PORT Georgia Ports Authority GPA and CSX Move Cargo More Efficiently he Appalachian Regional Port is a joint effort of Governor Nathan Deal’s office and the State of Georgia, Murray County, CSX and the Georgia Ports T Authority. This transportation asset will provide a powerful new gateway to the Port of Savannah, the second busiest port on the East Coast. • The Appalachian Regional Port, • The inland port sits on 42 acres in through CSX, will provide a direct, Northwest Georgia’s Murray County. 388-mile rail route to the Georgia The site features easy access to A FOR Ports Authority’s Garden City Interstate 75 and U.S. 411, as well Better Option Terminal. It will create and expand as direct rail service to Savannah. Northwest Georgia, Alabama, Tennessee and Kentucky international markets for regional businesses. • The state of Georgia, GPA, Murray Graphic rendering of future Appalachian Regional Port County and CSX Transportation • The inland port offers an efficient recently signed a Memorandum option to an all-truck dray to the of Agreement, creating a partnership deepwater Port of Savannah for which will provide cost savings, traffic target markets in Georgia, Alabama, mitigation, and additional operational DIRECT Rail Route to the Tennessee and Kentucky. services benefiting shippers, truckers and steamship lines. GPA’S GARDEN CITY TERMINAL • The availability of import, export and domestic transit will benefit • The facility will open by 2018 with shippers and Beneficial Cargo Owners a capacity of 50,000 containers (BCO) throughout the region. per year. A 10-year development plan will then double that capacity. • Located in an industrial belt — including the production and export • Each container moved by rail of carpet and flooring, automobiles to the Appalachian Regional Port and tires — the Appalachian will offset 355 truck miles on Regional Port will make those Georgia highways. commodities more competitive in the global market, while reducing carbon emissions. Garden City Terminal, Port of Savannah.