st. louis region’s world class logistics hub

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St. Louis Region’s World Class Logistics Hub Infrastructure & Global Competitiveness Mary Lamie, P.E.

Executive Vice President – Multi Modal EnterprisesBi-State Development

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St. Louis Region’s Competitive Advantages

➢ Geographic advantage

➢ Central location in the country

➢ Strategic location on the Mississippi River –

➢ Northernmost ice-free & lock-free access on the Mississippi River to and from the Gulf of Mexico

➢ Six Class I Railroads - Intermodal connectivity

➢ The nation’s 3rd largest rail hub offering national railroads with reach, using a single switching carrier – Terminal Railroad Association of St. Louis (TRRA). BNSF, CN, CSX, KCS, NS and UP

➢ Bi-state region has 4 intermodal rail yards

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➢ Interstates Provide National Access

➢ I-44, 55, 64 and 70

➢ Interstate system is toll-free and has significantly lower congestion than other similar size U.S. urban areas

➢ One-day drive or less to major cities such as Chicago, Memphis, Nashville, Kansas City and Columbus

➢ Two International Cargo Airports

➢ St. Louis Lambert International Airport and MidAmerica Both have rail access capabilities, foreign trade zones and available land for development.

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➢ America’s most efficient inland port and the 3rd

largest inland port

➢ St. Louis region’s barge industry handled 500,000 tons per mile. It’s closest competitors, the Port of Huntington – Tri-state in West Virginia and Ports of Cincinnati – Northern Kentucky, ranked second and third respectively.

➢ The St. Louis Region’s ports and river terminals captured one-third of all freight traffic along the section of the Mississippi River from Minneapolis, Minn., to the Ohio River near Cairo, IL. The 70-mile St. Louis regional port system represents 8 percent of this 855 –mile section of the river, yet carried one-third of the total freight.

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St. Louis Region – Epicenter of the Midwest!Why the STL region? This graphic answers the question.

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St. Louis Region’s Rail Competitive Advantages








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St. Louis Region’s Rail Competitive Advantages

➢ America’s most efficient inland port and the 2nd

largest inland port (Marketing skills!!)➢ St. Louis region’s barge industry handled 500,000 tons

per mile. It’s closest competitors, the Port of Huntington – Tri-state in West Virginia and Ports of Cincinnati –Northern Kentucky, ranked second and third respectively.

➢ The St. Louis Region’s ports and river terminals captured one-third of all freight traffic along the section of the Mississippi River from Minneapolis, Minn., to the Ohio River near Cairo, IL. The 70-mile St. Louis regional port system represents 8 percent of this 855 –mile section of the river, yet carried one-third of the total freight.

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St. Louis Region’s Inland Water Competitive Advantages








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The Ag Coast of AmericaThis doesn’t just happen by chance.

Why is this area called the Ag Coast of America?

➢ 15 barge transfer facilities within a 15-mile section of the Mississippi handling agricultural and fertilizer products

➢ Capacity: Over 150 barges in a day. Is the highest level of barge handling capacity ANYWHERE along the Mississippi River.

➢ #1 Ranking in Site Selection magazine’s 2017 Big Muddy Cup Competition when comparing Top Metros by total projects.

➢ Result of growing demand for agricultural exports, as well as cost-effective and efficient transfer facilities

➢ Inland Waterways Journal – Port of Year 2017

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The STL region plays an important role during supply chain disruptions.

We have the capacity and reliability to support national and global supply

chain disruptions.

• Severe weather

• Fluctuations in energy and transportation costs

• Shifts in global government regulations or trade

• Global pandemics

This is the answer to maintaining global competitiveness for the nation’s

supply chain. What are we doing to continue to support these efforts?

11Marketing: Building relationships with other regions

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New Mode of Transportation for Containerized Cargo

Container on Barge Container on Vessel

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Mid-West Battleground – This is the opportunity!

Source: NW Seaport Alliance

Strategic Business Plan, May

6,2015

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Photo courtesy of Union Pacific

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Building partnerships with East Coast Port

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Global Supply Chain Disruptions – Resiliency

needs redundancy and flexibility

17Target Market: Shippers, Carriers, Site Selectors and Brokers

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National publication – Super big win – 2 articles!

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National Publications:Area Development

Super big win! Publication validates the region’s global significance

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Supply Chain

CORPORATE

HEADQUARTERS

RESEARCH &

DEVELOPMENT

LOGISTICS, IT &

BUSINESS

OPERATIONS

PRODUCTION

OPERATIONS

WAREHOUSING/

DISTRIBUTION

Administration, Planning, Financial,

Management, Sales

Research, innovation, testing,

prototyping, market research

Operations planning, support systems,

business infrastructure to make & move

product

Manufacturing, re-manufacturing, kitting,

assembly, sub-assembly

Warehousing, Distribution, Redistribution,

Direct Ship, E-Commerce Delivery/Last

mile

C-Suite / Manages & Runs the Business Engineering, Science, TechnologySupply Chain Professionals,

IT SupportManufacturing Occupations

Warehouse & Material

Handling Occupations

Job Titles # Workers / LQ* Job Titles # Workers / LQ* Job Titles # Workers / LQ* Job Titles # Workers / LQ* Job Titles # Workers / LQ*

CEOs 2,330 /

1.21Materials Engineers

450 /1.81

Computer Network Support Specialists

2,890/1.67

Other Production Occupations

26,630 / 1.29

Industrial Truck and Tractor Operators

6,930 / 1.18

COOs“General and Operations Managers”

27,450 /1.23

Aerospace Engineers1,050 /

1.79Database

Administrators1,910/1.63

Metal Workers and Plastic Workers

16,500 / 1.15

Heavy and Tractor Trailer Truck Drivers

19,030 /1.10

Buyers and Purchasing Agents

4,160 /1.06

Chemists1,040 /

1.33Logisticians

2,170 / 1.28

Industrial Production Managers

1,870 /1.08

Transportation, Storage, and Distribution Managers

1,230 /1.0

CTOs “Computer and Information Systems Managers”

3,160 /0.89

Food Scientists / Technologists

160 /1.28

Office and Administrative

Support Occupations

196,530 / 1.08

Production Occupations

84,560 / 1.00

Supervisors of Transportation and Material Moving Workers

3,890 / 0.98

CFOs “Financial Managers”

5,260 /0.86

Industrial Engineers3,400 /

1.25Business and Financial

Operations Support81,870 /

1.07

Transportation and Material Moving Occupations

107,460 / 0.92

Sales Managers3,150 /

0.84Operations Research Analysts

1,090 /1.17

Laborers and Freight, Stock, and Material Movers, Hand

25,470 /0 .92

CHRO / HR Managers1,190 /

0.83

Industrial Engineering Technologists/ Technicians

700 / 1.11

Source - May 2019 Metropolitan and Nonmetropolitan Area Occupational Employment and Wage Estimates

*LQ = Location Quotient: Location quotients are ratios that allow an area's distribution of employment by industry, ownership, and size class to be compared to a reference area's distribution. The U.S. is used as the reference area for all LQs. If an LQ is equal to 1, then the industry has the same share of its area employment as it does in the nation. An LQ greater than 1 indicates an industry with a greater share of the local area employment than is the case nationwide.

Goods developed, planned and sold Goods made, shipped, and delivered

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Leverage Existing Freightway Content

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TheFreightway.com

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Freightway Industrial Real Estate Sites

Visit TheFreightway.com

Graphic 1: Updated real estate map from website that includes numbered real

estate locations

Graphic 2: Gateway Commerce Industrial Real Estate site fact sheet from the

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TheFreightway.com

Madison County1. America’s Central Port

2. Lewis and Clark Industrial

Development

3. Lakeview Commerce Center

4. Gateway Commerce Center

5. Gateway TradePort

6. Hartford Logistics Park

7. Alton Center Business Park

St. Clair County8. Mid-America Commerce Center

9. Belle Valley Industrial Park III

10. Sauget Business Park

11. Dupo Real Estate & Development

Sites

MidAmerica Airport12. MidAmerica Airport Sites

Monroe County13. MCEC Property

14. Rock City Business Complex

Bond County15. Howard M. Wolf Business Park

16. Kelsey Business Park

Jersey County17. Mid-American International

Gateway

ILLINOISHazelwood18. Aviator Business Park

19. Hazelwood Logistics Center

20. Hazelwood TradePort

21. Park 370 Business Center

St. Louis Lambert

International Airport22. St. Louis Lambert International

Airport Sites

North St. Louis County23. Earth City Industrial

24. Riverport Business Park

25. NorthPark

North Riverfront26. 8000 Hall Street

27. North Broadway Distribution Center

28. North Riverfront Business Park

South City29. Soulard Business Park

30. River City Business Park

Fenton31. Fenton Logistics Park

St. Charles County32. Fountain Lakes Commerce

Center

33. Premier 370

34. West 70 Commerce Center

35. Wentzville I-70/I-64 Real Estate

Sites

Franklin County36. Washington Real Estate Sites

37. Union Corporate Center

MISSOURI

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National Media Coverage

New tool provides business leaders and site selectors data on available sites in STL region

By: AJOT | Aug 07 2020 at 09:53 AM | Logistics

Enhanced website features 37 sites with 8,000+ acres available for development in Missouri & Illinois

The St. Louis Regional Freightway today launched the expanded

Featured Real Estate Sites Map section of its website, which

features a wealth of information about the bi-state St. Louis

region’s growing real estate market with its abundance of

warehouse/distribution buildings and land sites ready for all

types of industrial and corporate users. The new tool is another

offering from St. Louis Regional Freightway, which is committed

to being the source of up-to-date information for the entire

industrial market as it works to provide both marketing for

active sites and accurate listings for interested parties. The

Featured Real Estate Sites Map section at

www.thefreightway.com/real-estate/ provides a unique look at the region and pulls data from both the Illinois and

Missouri sides of the Mississippi River. Sites span from the City of St. Louis and multiple surrounding counties in the bi-

state area and include opportunities at two airports.

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Enhancing Global Connectivity through

Infrastructure Investment and Innovation

Dennis Wilmsmeyer

Executive Director

America’s Central Port

Ron Tindall

President

Terminal Railroad Association

of St. Louis

Neal Langdon

Executive Vice President

Arcosa Marine Products

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70’ WIDE CONTAINER BARGE

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2022 Freightway Priority Project ListRequest for approval

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$222M Merchants Bridge Replacement over the Mississippi River:

Terminal Railroad Association of St. Louis (TRRA)

(This is what success looks like.)

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I-70 Improvements from Warrenton to Stan Musial Veterans

Memorial Bridge (MO) – Highest Priority Project

Projects identified as highest priority with the I-70 corridor:

• I-70 Outer Roads from Fairgrounds Rd to Cave Springs Rd (MO) – Funded

• Improvements to the I-70 Curve/NFS Railroad Bridge (MO) - Not Funded

• I-70 interchange improvements, roadway alignment, airport access improvemts, bridge

replacement from Route 141 to I-170 (MO) $52M – Not Funded

• Improvements to the I-70/I-64 Interchange (MO) - Concept Development Phase

• New Interchange/expansion improvements David Hoekel Pkwy, Wentzville

south, Lake St. Louis Blvd south and Route K (Funded)

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I-70 Improvements from Warrenton to Stan Musial Veterans

Memorial Bridge (MO) – Highest Priority Project

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Freight Development Committee

Regional Significance

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National Publications: Super big win!

Site Selection Magazine - Publication validates the region’s global significance

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2022 Freightway Priority Project ListWhy is this important? Answer: The STL region is a leader in freight logistics and cross-sector, multi-jurisdictional, bi-state

public and private leaders are maximizing infrastructure investment.

have made significant construction progress or continue to advance towards construction include the following:

Merchants Bridge Replacement (MO-IL) Construction is scheduled to be completed

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Updates: Active Rail Accessible Sites, Potential Rail Access

Sites and Potential Regional “Mega Sites”

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Rail Focused Research

Project Overview:

• Active Rail Accessible Sites

• Current rail access & shovel ready

• Potential Rail Access Sites

• Determine criteria for rail potential

• Create scoring matrix to analyze sites

• Potential Regional “Mega Site”

• Work with research and rail experts to determine option(s)

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Potential Rail Access Site

Review of RR Requirements:

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Deep Dive Needed – Ongoing List*:

▪ 2133 Gilmore Ln, Wentzville, MO

▪ 93.27 AC; potential rail with NS

▪ Hugs Landing, Crystal City, MO

▪ Barge Trans-Loading, 350 AC site; UP & BNSF

▪ 4327 Gustine Ave, Saint Louis, MO

▪ 655K Warehouse/Manufacturing Building

▪ Seven rail doors served by UP with ramp to 2nd floor

▪ 5105 Farlin Ave, Saint Louis, MO

▪ 259K SF Building, potential rail with TRRA

▪ 11500 Rock Island Ct, Maryland Heights, MO 63043

▪ 90K SF Building, Rail possible with Central Midland Railway

Potential Rail Access Site

Deep Dive Needed – Ongoing List*:

▪ Hartford Logistics Park, Hartford, IL

▪ 384 AC; potential rail with UP

▪ BNSF – Fenton Logistics Park, MO

▪ 105.5 AC

▪ 6851 Forest Blvd, East St. Louis, IL

▪ 75.7 AC; potential rail with Alton & Southern RR

▪ Wagon Wheel Rd, South Roxana, IL

▪ 40 AC site; potential rail with UP

▪ Il Route 3 & New Poag Rd, Hartford, IL

▪ 5 Sites at 195 AC; potential rail with NS & KCS

▪ Dupo Industrial Park, Dupo, IL

▪ New park with potential rail

*Research ongoing regarding site availabilities & rail accessibility. List will continually be updated.

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Container on Vessel: Missouri/Illinois Partnership

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Moving Forward

• Continue to maximize funding

opportunities and improve

multimodal capabilities with USDOT,

IDOT, elected leaders and private

sector partners

• Partnerships with east coast and gulf

coast ports

• Market the region’s industrial real

estate sites to shippers, carriers, site

selectors and brokers

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Thank you!

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