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Rail: The Way Freight Rolls
SAMCo Transportation Leadership LuncheonJuly 9, 2012
Port Snapshot
1,900 acres
Established 2001
12.9 million sq. ft. of buildings
97% occupancy of leasable space
Foreign-Trade Zone (#80-10)
$562 million capital investment
70+ employers
14,000 workers
$4.2B annual economic impact
Port San Antonio Business Units
Kelly Field
Kelly Center
East Kelly Railport
Military/
Government
East Kelly Railport
• 350-acre property • Transload Operations• Cross-dock, distribution &
warehouse Facilities• Manufacturing• Adjacent to Union Pacific S.
San Yard• Access to 2 Class I railroads
(BNSF & Union Pacific)• 151 acres available to
development
2009-2011 Rail Volume by Fiscal Year
Rail Switching- East Kelly Railport
Commodities at East Kelly Railport
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600
800
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1200
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1600
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Industrial Sand
Pipe
Print Paper
Iron bars/Rebar
Lumber
Steel
Sauces
Can Goods
Aluminum Slab or Ingots
Other
October 2010-September 2011
Origin of Domestic Rail Shipments
ArizonaArkansasAlabamaCaliforniaIllinoisIndianaLouisianaMinnesotaNorth CarolinaOhioSouth CarolinaTexasWashingtonWest VirginiaWisconsinWyoming
Proximity to Consumer Markets
120 million people reside within 400-mile radius of I-35 / MX-85
12% of U.S. population74% of Mexican population
Export base for South American consumers
San Antonio Monterrey Mexico City
Regional Connectivity
149 MILES
1,368 MILES
286 MILES
210 MILES
147 MILES243 MILES
EAGLE PASS144
MILES
158 MILES
Austin85 MILES
Eagle Ford Shale
DRILLING PERMITS ISSUED
• Opportunity to support fast-growing energy exploration industry
• High regional demand for transportation / transload services
Source: Texas Railroad Commission, Jan. 2012
Inbound Commodities-Drilling Shale
Each well requires:
•4-6 railcars of OCTG (Pipe)
•15-30+ railcars of sand
•1 railcar calcium chloride
•1 railcar of barite
•½ railcar of cement
Watco Companies• Switch operator at East Kelly Railport (current)• Switching, rail maintenance/infrastructure services• Investing in capital infrastructure to add 15,000 feet of new
track• 22,500 railcars/year at full capacity
Regional Growth Industries
• Aerospace/suppliers• Energy• Manufacturing • Warehousing and
distribution/cross-dock• Automotive/suppliers• Military & supplies/logistics
The Rail Renaissance“The speedy rise in prices for fuel of all types has been hurtful to transportation providers… Higher diesel prices threatens to tighten over-the-road trucking capacity, causing shippers and 3PL providers to shift more freight from truck to rail and altering strategic decisions about where companies open factories and distribution centers.”
Journal of Commerce “End of Cheap Oil” -- April 2012
Tony SalinasGeneral Manager, East Kelly Railport(210) 362-7884 [email protected]
