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INLAND PORT DEVELOPMENT “Our Jeffersonville port’s location in the heart of the auto and appliance manufacturing region will be a tremendous strategic advantage for POSCO.

The company will now have year-round access to the Gulf of Mexico and multimodal options including water, access to

Building multiple Class I railroads and interstate highways.” on

Success – Rich Cooper,

Ports of Indiana CEO

By Tom Ewing shipments through the ports. State economic of? cials esti- ville, KY, metro area. Encompassing 1,057 acres, the river- mate the three ports contribute over $6 billion annually to front spans 3,200 feet. Major cargoes include corn, fertil-

Indiana’s economy, supporting 50,000 jobs. izer, salt, wire rod, soybeans, steel, liquid asphalt, pig iron

Burns Harbor resides on Lake Michigan, 18 miles from and heavy lift. Infrastructure includes docks, rail, utilities,

Chicago, in the “Steel Capital of North America.” This multimodal connections, specialized cargo handling ser- port supports Great Lakes bulk carriers up to 1,000 feet vices and expansive storage facilities. It is also home to the and ocean vessels capable of transiting Great Lakes/St. largest U.S. inland shipyard operation – Jeffboat. The US-

Lawrence Seaway locks. U.S. Army Corps of Engineers ACE put Jeffersonville’s 2015 cargo tonnage at 2,800,000.

(USACE) Waterborne Commerce Statistics for 2015 Mt. Vernon is one of the country’s largest inland ports, showed the port handling an impressive 7,969,513 tons. spread out over 1,200 acres with 8,000 feet of riverfront. Sit-

Jeffersonville is on the Ohio River, part of the Louis- ting just 153 miles from the Ohio/Mississippi con? uence, www.marinelink.com MN 37