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California Integrated Logistics Center. A BART TRAIN FOR FREIGHT. Moving freight through the Port of Oakland without increasing highway congestion Faster Freight – Cleaner Air - More Jobs. A Port of Oakland to Shafter rail shuttle adds capacity to the national and regional
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A BART TRAIN FOR FREIGHT • Moving freight through the Port of Oakland without increasing highway congestion • Faster Freight – Cleaner Air - More Jobs
A Port of Oakland to Shafter rail shuttle adds capacity to the national and regional logistics chain Port of Oakland Shafter
Northwest Container Services has run successfully in the PNW since 1985 • Seattle to Portland • Private terminals and privately owned double-stack railcars • Railroad only provides power, crew and track Seattle/Tacoma Pasco Portland
The Shafter Advantage • Increase import and export capacities of the State • Improve air quality and reduced highway congestion • Creates a logistical hub in Shafter to coordinate container transloading • Better utilizes the three harbors of California • Reduces the wasteful practice of repositioning empty equipment • Better utilization of the current infrastructure • JOBS, JOBS, JOBS • ALL OF CALIFORNIA AND THE NATION WINS
Pressure continues to grow • Port time for vessels in Southern California is doubling • Ships are being diverted from L.A./L.B. to Seattle, Mexico, Panama, and Oakland • I-880, 580 and 5 are filling up with cargo discharged in Oakland head to Southern California • Southern California highways and railways are full • Northern California freeways are limited • Environmental issues of congestion, air and noise must become a critical part of future decision making
Current importing practices Loaded from harbor Return empty
Current exporting practices Loaded to harbor Empty from harbor
Empty trucks passing empty trucks It’s wasteful and inefficient
Oakland “first port of call” allows: • 1. Oakland can access Los Angeles via Shafter • 2. More imports travel the Overland Route eastward • 3. Northern and Central California importers benefit with quicker transit times • 4. Southern California importers benefit with options and same transit times • 5. Reduces the wasteful practice of repositioning empty rail cars to Southern California daily Overland Route Rail shuttle to Shafter Faster Shafter
The Solution Coalition Importers Ocean Carriers Port of Oakland Class one railroads Northwest Container Services City of Shafter Truckers Exporters Federal, State and Local Government
Shafter, California • Bordered by Union Pacific and BNSF • Bordered by Highways 99 and I-5 • Easy backdoor access to Los Angeles • Easy access to I-58 and points east • A 300 mile circle takes in 40 million consumers or 14% of the U.S. population Shafter
Asia Oakland 9% Import distribution Export consolidation Overnight Rail Shuttle Service Shafter L.A./L.B. 78% Mojave Barstow L.A. Victorville Memphis & New Orleans
A multi purpose facility: The facility would serve both domestic and international needs Provide an Empty Return Depot (ERD) Provide Container Storage Chassis and Container Maintenance Container Freight Station (CFS) services Foreign Trade Zone opportunity California Enterprise status Shafter Police providing 24/7 security What would Shafter offer?
Shafter Industrial Sites Shafter Airport Industrial Park Central Shafter BNSF Mainline Santa Fe Way State Route 99 Union Pacific Mainline Lead track and spur 2005 ITTC To I-5 Meadows Field Target D.C.
Oakland Shafter FASTER FREIGHT-CLEANER AIR For all of California- NOW !!!