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Tired of rising trucking costs, but too far away for a rail spur?

No worries, mate, try transloading!  Marquette Rail has along its lines four existing partners' transload facilities, two partners' facilities under development and three public transload facilities.  Transloading and warehousing provides a turn-key logistics solution combining the economies of rail transportation,  the flexibility of trucking, and the cost savings of just-in-time inventory management, all in a custom-designed package.  Marquette Rail currently serves facilities of several transloading and warehousing partners all along our line.  

Flat Rock Bagging, Sparta (www.flatrockbagging.com)

Facilities:  Bagging facilities, contract packaging, concrete pad.

Commodities handled: Sand, salt, dry chemicals, stone and aggregates, landscape materials, flowable dry bulk materials, lumber, building materials, metals.

Pigeon River Materials, Ludington

Facilities:  Bulk transload facility, bulk materials conveyor, full-service trucking.

Commodities handled: Petroleum coke, flowable dry bulk materials.

Seng Dock & Trucking, Manistee

Facilities:  50,000 SF warehouse space bulk transload facility, lake vessel and barge dock facilities.

Commodities handled: Aggregates, scrap metals, dry bulk flowable materials.

WB Haulers & Storage, Kent City

Facilities:  40,000 SF warehouse space, full-service trucking, just-in-time delivery.

Commodities handled: Roll stock paper, building materials, food products, including refrigerated food products, general merchandise, auto parts and supplies.

Marquette Rail public transload facility, Sparta

Facilities:  Public transload track, side-loading dock.

Commodities handled: Logs, lumber, building materials, metals.

Marquette Rail public transload facility, White Cloud

Facilities:  Public transload track.

Commodities handled: Logs, lumber, building materials, metals.

Marquette Rail public transload facility, Baldwin

Facilities:  Public transload track, end-loading ramp, conveyor.

Commodities handled: Logs, lumber, building materials, metals, bulk flowable materials, heavy equipment, farm implements.

Marquette Rail public transload facility, Ludington

Facilities:  Public transload track.

Commodities handled: Logs, lumber, building materials, metals.

Marquette Rail public transload facility, Manistee

Facilities:  Public transload track.

Commodities handled:  Logs, lumber, building materials, metals.

Watch this space for news of further development in the spring of 2007!

For more information, contact Kevin Ruble at 1-866-RAIL-911 or Kevin.Ruble@MarquetteRail.com.