Union Pacific serves CenterPoint Joliet terminal as big DC park opens

CENTERPOINT PROPERTIES along with the Union Pacific Railroad with support of the American consulates in Hong Kong and Shanghai have celebrated the opening of the Union Pacific's new Midwest intermodal facility, the Joliet Intermodal Terminal (Global 4) and CenterPoint's new distribution park and logistics centre, CenterPoint Intermodal Center Joliet southwest of Chicago.

The new facilities are expected to benefit customers by reducing transportation costs.

CenterPoint Intermodal Center Joliet (CIC Joliet) along with CenterPoint's nearby intermodal facility in Elwood (CIC Elwood) combined make up "the largest inland port in North America as well as the major distribution hub for the Midwest US for goods imported from Asia as well as exports from the Midwest," a CenterPoint statement said.

Neil Doyle, executive vice president, Infrastructure and Transportation, CenterPoint Properties said: "CenterPoint Intermodal Center Joliet, a state-of-the-art integrated logistics centre and inland port, is situated on 3,600 acres of land. The park will also feature up to 6.096 million square metres of industrial facilities as well as container/equipment management yards.

"CenterPoint's total private investment is expected to exceed US$2 billion, including $200 million of new infrastructure. Additionally, CenterPoint is employing a number of green development initiatives to make this inland port the most environmentally-friendly, modern and integrated logistics centre in North America.

"Combined, CIC-Joliet and CIC-Elwood will be more than 6,000 acres, with multiple 1,000-acre Class I railroad intermodal terminals, hundreds of acres for container/equipment management yards and more than 30 million square feet of industrial facilities."
(Source:www.schednet.com)