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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
Shafter
Port of OaklandA Port of Oakland
to Shafter rail shuttle adds
capacity to the national and regional
logistics chain
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
Portland
Pasco
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 harborReturn empty
Current exporting practices
Empty from harborLoaded to 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
Rail shuttle to Shafter
Overland Route
Shafter
Faster
The Solution Coalition
Port of Oakland
City of Shafter
Class one railroads
Ocean Carriers
Northwest Container Services
Importers
ExportersTruckers
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
Oakland 9%
L.A./L.B. 78%
Asia
Shafter
L.A.
Mojave
Barstow
Victorville
Memphis & New Orleans
Import distributionExport consolidation
Overnight Rail Shuttle Service
What would Shafter offer?• 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
Shafter Industrial Sites
To I-5
State Route 99
Santa Fe Way
BNSF M
ainline
Union Pacific M
ainlineITTCLead track and spur 2005
Shafter Airport Industrial Park
Target D.C.
Central Shafter
Meadows Field
Shafter
Oakland
FASTER FREIGHT-CLEANER AIR
For a
ll of C
alifornia- N
OW !!!
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