1. GTP and Logistics Overview of Eastern North Carolina
August 18, 2016
GTP and Logistics Overview of Eastern North Carolina
Charles HW Edwards

2. Outline Eastern North Carolina’s Evolving Freight Logistics Network
Building on North Carolina’s Supply Chain
Global TransPark
New Challenges Everyday
Central Eastern North Carolina

3. Eastern North Carolina’s Evolving Freight Logistics Network

4. Building on North Carolina’s Supply Chain - Key Findings
+IMPACT represents Indirect & Induced totals. All figures represent 2013 IMPLAN data

5. North Carolina’s Supply Chain
Listed in order of Value Added (GDP Contribution)

6. GTP – An Overview 5,668 acres Environmental permits completed
877 acres – NC DOC certified site
10,500 long runway
On-site rail – linked to NS
Training facility
4-lane access to I42 / US70
13 existing facilities
Nearly 900 jobs on-site

7. GTP – An Overview

8. GTP – Major Tenants

9. GTP – Spirit Aerosystems

10. GTP – Spirit Aerosystems

11. GTP – Spirit Aerosystems

12. GTP – Spirit Aerosystems
Over 100 ships sets delivered to date
Scaling up production to make 8 shipsets per month before year end

13. Central Eastern North Carolina
New Investments / Focus
CCX, US70/I42, Goldsboro Bypass, Havelock Bypass, Gallants Channel Bridge
GTP / Kinston
Spirit – increased production rates
On-site rail
CF Harvey Parkway extension
Expanded industrial activity
Port of Morehead City
Increased traffic
New ship calls
Hub for eastern NC ‘wet’ inland ports

14. New Challenges Everyday
General
Anti-globalization sentiment
Circular economy and logistics
Truck driver shortage and parking
Class 1 railroads’ focus
Specific
Road and rail corridors
Economic development leverage of CCX
Inland ‘wet’ ports

15. We plan for freight flows that never stop!