Supply Chain Gateway to America

MODEX 2012^SM will bring both material handling and the supply chain together in a single international expo. Located at the crossroads of North-South and East-West travel in North America, Georgia is a natural hub for transporting manufactured goods quickly by air, ground and ocean from and to the Americas, Europe and Asia.

Over 40% of the buyers of manufacturing, distribution, logistics and supply chain solutions are within 500 miles of Atlanta. More than 48 of the largest retailers have warehouse locations in Georgia, with more than a dozen facilities each exceeding one million square feet.

Georgia is the home to nearly 11,000 providers of logistics services from core transportation and facilities to third-party logistics and software providers. The Port of Savannah is the fourth-largest container port and the fastest growing container port in the U.S. with 2.6 million TEU annually.

The Panama Canal Expansion in 2014 to accommodate 12,000-TEU ships will reshape global trade patterns and be a major supply chain game-changer for the East Coast of the United States.

Click to enlarge Combine that with the cargo congestion on the West Coast, and you have a new gateway to America. In fact, Jones Lang LaSalle® anticipates that 25% of imports coming through West Coast ports will be shifted to the East Coast and Gulf ports in the next decade.