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rail transit with daily service from
ARP connecting to our 35 ship calls
a week in Savannah,” said Chief Operating Officer Ed McCarthy. “With
easy access to Interstate 75 and U.S.
411, the ARP is ideally located to
generate business opportunities and
drive economic growth for Northwest Georgia.”
Another inland port, the Blue
Ridge Connector (BRC), is currently
under construction and slated to
open in the spring of this year. The
BRC is located in Gainesville, only
THE APPALACHIAN REGIONAL PORT.
50 miles from Atlanta but is very
close to Interstate 85 and much of
busiest November on record, moving hour and a half north of Atlanta, the
3,876 containers— a nearly 35 percent rail-served terminal connects directly the local industry. With a regional
population of nearly 2 million, expect
jump from a year earlier.
to Savannah via CSX. Each containhundreds more of roundtrip truck
The roughly 1,000-container gain er railed to the Port of Savannah
miles to be saved.
underscores the inland terminal’s
through the inland hub eliminates
Georgia is indeed humming and
expanding role as a logistics hub.
about 710 roundtrip truck miles,
the projects underway should allow
The rail facility provides daily serreducing highway congestion and
that to continue for some time.
vice, with seven outbound and seven emissions through Metro Atlanta.
inbound trains per week to and from
“The Appalachian Regional Port
Baker Owens is a staff writer for James and
the Port of Savannah. Located near
is a strong operational service for
James Magazine Online.
the town of Chatsworth, about an
supply chains. We have a 48-hour
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