State and local officials joined executives from Transpoint Intermodal to break ground June 28 on a new $13.5 million, 64-job cargo transfer facility in Fort Wayne, Indiana.
The Transpoint facility will be the first of its kind in northeast Indiana. It will be developed on 74 acres as an intermodal ramp used to load and unload international shipping containers from truck to rail or vice versa. Construction is anticipated to be complete by April 2017 with operations beginning in May.
The company currently operates three intermodal facilities in Mexico employing more than 40 workers. Transpoint plans to begin hiring for positions including crane operators, dispatchers and security personnel by early 2017, with a hiring preference for military veterans.
The new positions are expected to pay average annual salaries of about $50,000. Transpoint Intermodal’s Fort Wayne operation will be part of a global system specializing in moving containers to and from the Far East through Chicago, resulting in savings for customers. The Fort Wayne hub will be complemented by a hub currently planned for the Valparaiso area.
