The Port of Quincy

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The Port of Quincy
Intermodal Services Division
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Port of Quincy Location
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Intermodal Business Plan Timeline

• Mid 1980s Commissioners propose intermodal
  facility.
• Mid 1990s Commissioners discuss feasibility of
  intermodal industrial facilities.
• January 2001 Port purchases 320 acre industrial
  site adjacent to BNSF mainline.
• February 2005 Construction is completed on
  siding tracks and paving, intermodal facility is
  considered operational.
• September 2006 Port of Quincy Intermodal
  Services Division is created.

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Port of QuincyIntermodal Services Division Staff
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The Appeal of an Inland Intermodal Facility

• Inland freight facility alleviates truck traffic
  to and from Seattle
• Location is ideal to attract distribution and
  import/export facilities
• Access to BNSF mainline allows both Eastbound
  Westbound container traffic.
• With projected increases in containerized
  freight, an inland intermodal facility alleviates
  congestion at coastal ports.

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Statewide Rail Capacity and Needs Study, Interim
Report 2

• The railroads are pursuing a number of
  operational strategies to increase freight
  velocity, that is, to increase the volume of
  freight moved through the system using existing
  infrastructure. These strategies will have
  significant impacts on the Washington State rail
  system. The strategies include
• Operation of longer trains and higher
  slot utilization on intermodal trains
• (e.g., maximizing the number of
  containers on intermodal flat cars)
• Marketing and operation of
  single-destination unit trains for carload
  traffic
• Consolidation of traffic at central
  terminals by third parties
• Elimination of mainline switching
  wherever possible (i.e., picking up and
• putting out of individual cars or sets of
  cars for a specific shippers and
• receivers while the train is parked on
  the mainline) and
• Transfer of responsibility for branch
  line switching from Class 1 railroads to local
  short lines wherever possible

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What does the Port of Quincy Intermodal Facility
have to offer?

• 5500 feet of rail storage siding on two tracks
• Double stack container capability
• 16 acres, with an additional 40 acres to expand
• Storage capacity for over 1,500 containers and
  chassis
• 24 multi-phase refrigeration unit plugs 230
  460 volt

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Intermodal Facility
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Industrial Parks
The Port of Quincys Industrial Parks are quickly
becoming a hub for large, international
corporations with plenty of land available for
further development.
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Potential Clients within 5 miles

• Columbia Colstor
• Con Agra

• Quincy Foods

• Microsoft

• Yahoo!

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Columbia Colstor ? Con Agra ? Quincy Foods ?
Microsoft ? Yahoo!
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Benefits of Container Yard Designation

• To Steamship Lines
• Several consistent, high volume shippers in
  Quincy area. Container availability would
  encourage business.
• Containers at intermodal site would decrease
  equipment lease times.
• A pro-active step in developing inland rail
  freight facilities
• To Port of Quincy, Intermodal Services Division
• Containers on intermodal property would promote
  confidence in service.
• Ready supply of containers would encourage
  intermittent business.
• Containers on property would streamline loading
  and transloading timelines.

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Questions?