Ports & Free Trade Zones

W&W|AFCO Steel will add add 115 jobs at a new steel fabrication facility in the former LM Wind Power building at the Port of Little Rock.

Investment trend continues with Norma Precision Ammunition's relocation and expansion project in Chatham County, Ecopol's expansion to Spalding County. 

Cities and counties are leveraging their locations, skilled workforce, and intermodal services to keep goods moving.

On the U.S./Mexico border, commercial vehicle imports at the Laredo, Texas Port of Entry rival Detroit’s automotive trade industry. Bring your manufacturing investment to this southern hub on the U.S. automotive corridor!

A number of states are now in the matchmaking business, all trying to help companies solve their increasingly complex and demanding supply chain issues.

Business Facilities' March / April 2022 issue focuses on the global supply chain, logistics, foreign direct investment, industrial parks, manufacturing, life sciences, and more.

Thanks to a deepening project at Savannah Harbor, exporters using the Port of Savannah have a greater opportunity to move goods overseas.

As Covid hopefully recedes, Pelican State leaders are hopeful that 2022 will be a good year for Louisiana economic development.

Changing lifestyle choices are helping Florida gain an edge against other states in the battle for awareness among corporation executives.

The pressure is on communities to provide as many intermodal services as possible as supplier demands for seamless transition intensifies.

As a United States territory, the U.S. Virgin Islands offers companies looking for a new place to grow a plethora of impressive business advantages in a tropical paradise.

Governor Greg Abbott is proud that Texas exported about $375 billion in goods in 2021, more than California and New York combined.

The 500 Megawatt data center at the Port of Muskogee John T. Griffin Industrial Park will create dozens of high-tech jobs in the region.

Pennsylvania will invest an additional $246 million into the Port of Philadelphia to continue modernization efforts and improve regional economic stability.

The inland container intermodal transfer facility (ICTF) will extend intermodal rail service from the Port of Mobile to support regional growth in manufacturing, retail, distribution, and agribusiness sectors.

The new paperboard recycling and production facility, Celadon Development Corporation, will be located at the Chesapeake Deepwater Terminal site in the City of Chesapeake, VA.

A $231.6M program of rail projects has been proposed to upgrade economic development infrastructure in central and southern Alabama.

The Port of Savannah recently served the largest vessel to call the U.S. East Coast, the CMA CGM Marco Polo. At 1,200 acres, the Port of Savannah’s Garden City Terminal is North America’s largest single container terminal. Learn more.

The Lone Star State has been the top state for exports for 19 consecutive years, surpassing the combined total for its three closest competitors.

MTC's new Mobile, AL, facility will lead to the creation of 75 jobs, has potential for further growth in future.