Norfolk Southern Corporation will provide rail service to the Georgia Ports Authority’s (GPA) new inland terminal in Gainesville, Georgia. The Blue Ridge Connector will improve Northeast Georgia’s link to the global supply chain in concert with the Port of Savannah’s 35 global container ship services. The announcement comes as US East Coast ports now handle 54 percent of the nation’s global trade.

Norfolk Southern’s rail network reaches more than 50 percent of the US population and is the most extensive intermodal franchise in the Eastern US. The company is also the largest shipper of auto products and metals in North America. Norfolk Southern will link the Blue Ridge Connector inland terminal to GPA’s Mason Mega Rail terminal in Savannah. Opening in 2026, the new terminal will serve a range of industries including consumer goods, heavy equipment, food, and forest products. Once completed, the Blue Ridge Connector will have 18,000 feet of trackage and a capacity of 200,000 lifts annually, building upon the nearly 20 percent of GPA’s container cargo that moves by rail today.

–via Press Release