Georgia Inland Port Gets Almost $20 Million in Funding
CHATSWORTH, Georgia — An inland port planned for the Crandall area in northern Murray County took a big step forward July 25 when the Georgia Ports Authority approved funding for the project.
July 26, 2016Canadian National Pledges Support to Develop Midwest Inland Port
DECATUR, Ill. — Canadian National, the largest railroad in Canada and one of the largest railroads in North America, pledged its support May 2 to developing the Midwest Inland Port in Decatur, Illinois.
May 3, 2016Georgia Residents Hire Attorney, Form Nonprofit to Fight Proposed Inland Port
A group of Murray County, Georgia, residents don't want to see a bucolic 42-acre pasture on U.S. Highway 411 just north of the unincorporated community of Crandall turned into an "inland port" where shipping containers would be transferred from semi-trucks to railcars.
April 4, 2016Inland Port Expected to Take 35,000 Trucks Off Atlanta-Area Freeways
Savannah, Georgia, will see bigger containerships come into port after the Panama Canal is widened this year. And some of that increased port traffic eventually should make its way to the Chattanooga area in 2018, when a new "inland port" is due to open in Murray County, Georgia.
February 16, 2016