GEORGIA LOGISTICS Industry Overview GEORGIA LOGISTICS QUICK FACTS 80% of U.S. market under 2 days of trucking 50/50 balance of imports and exports at GA seaports 1M logistics connected employees in GA Competing in today's fast-paced global marketplace often depends on who can deliver their goods most efficiently and reliably. Companies of every type and size must have effective means for receiving the raw materials they need and then shipping their products to their customers. To fuel this competitiveness, Georgia provides an incomparable logistics and transportation infrastructure that saves both time and money by seamlessly connecting air and seaports with rail and roads. This creates a solid foundation for sustainable growth in an increasingly global marketplace. In addition, Georgia uniquely nurtures a culture of innovation that provides enhanced access for its companies in pursuing new opportunities. EXISTING INDUSTRY PRESENCE Georgia is home to nearly 11,000 providers of logistics services, from core transportation and facilities, to third-party logistics and software providers, and ranks as the fifth-largest overall logistics employer in the nation. Companies like Delta Air Lines, United Parcel Service, SAIA and Manhattan Associates are headquartered here, along with major players in logistics such as The Home Depot, Coca-Cola and Gulfstream. Additionally, every sector of logistics is supported by active trade associations in Georgia, and Atlanta is a popular location for several major logistics industry events. AIR TRANSPORTATION Home to the world's busiest passenger airport (90 million passengers per year) and world's largest carrier Delta Air Lines, Hartsfield-Jackson Atlanta International Airport is also recognized as the 11th-largest air cargo hub. The airport hosts 12 cargo-only carriers and has more than 1.5 million square feet of cargo handling space. It also serves six continents and allows business travelers to reach 80 percent of the U.S. market within two hours of flight time and any major North American city within four hours. Through Georgia's network of 144 public and private airports, companies can easily access locations statewide. atlanta-airport.com GROUND TRANSPORTATION On any given week, a combined 5.9 million tons of freight move across Georgia's 1,200 miles of interstate highways and 20,000 miles of federal and state highways. With 4,700 miles of rail, Georgia has the most extensive rail system and largest intermodal hub in the Southeast. Georgia is served by two class-1 railroads and 24 short-line companies. AIR TRANSIT TIMES Seattle 4 HOURS San Francisco Minneapolis 3 HOURS Chicago Denver Cincinnati St. Louis 2 HOURS 1 HOUR Dallas Atlanta Boston New York Washington DC Tampa Seattle San Francisco TRUCK TRANSIT TIMES Minneapolis Denver Chicago Cincinnati St. Louis Boston New York Washington DC Dallas Atlanta Tampa GEORGIA'S SEAPORTS The seaports in Georgia include the Georgia Ports Authority's Savannah-based container terminal. Garden City Terminal is the largest single-operator container facility in North America, and also holds the title of fastest growing and fourth largest in total volumes. It serves more than 40 lines of steamships, has convenient intermodal connections, state-of-the-art cargo handling equipment and value-added services. Savannah is also responsible for moving 20 percent of the East Coast's overseas container cargo and is one of the few ports in the United States with two class-1 railroad facilities on terminal. The Port of Brunswick is the sixth-largest automobile processing port in the nation and growing and is the second-largest grain facility on the East Coast. gaports.com WAREHOUSING AND DISTRIBUTION Four of the top 10 warehouse providers in North America are headquartered in Georgia, and 90 percent of the top 25 global third-party logistics providers (3PL's) have operations in Georgia. More than 48 retailers have warehouse locations in Georgia, with more than a dozen facilities each exceeding one million square feet. Within a two-and-a-half-hour radius of the Port of Savannah, area distribution centers represent more than 14 million square feet of warehousing and generate in excess of 500,000 TEUs annually. WORLD CLASS TALENT AND LOGISTICS EDUCATION Georgia is home to 51 four-year colleges and universities and 35 technical colleges offering more than 100 different logistics-related courses, certificates and degree programs. Internationally ranked and recognized advanced degrees in logistics and supply chain management are offered through Georgia Tech's Supply Chain and Logistics Institute. With the nation's number one workforce training program, Quick Start, the state partners with companies to provide the specialized training world-leading logistics companies demand. georgiaquickstart.org CENTER OF INNOVATION FOR LOGISTICS "FUELING LOGISTICS COMPETITIVENESS" Georgia recognizes logistics as a strategic industry and uniquely one whose multiple sectors affect almost every business every day. As an industry-focused component of the Georgia Department of Economic Development, the Center of Innovation for Logistics is the state's leading resource for fueling logistics competitiveness. The Center connects with all logistics sectors to provide a unique combination of access to technology leaders and university R&D, expert analysis of data and trends, cross-sector collaboration and provides a collective industry voice. The result is increased opportunities for industry growth and success. georgialogistics.org FOR MORE INFORMATION VISIT georgia.org/logistics GEORGIA'S LOGISTICS ECOSYSTEM Chattanooga TN Ringgold 41 23 Greenville Legend Select Distribution Centers Logistics Service Providers 27 Dalton 36 76 11 75 Dahlonega 85 62 Major Logistics Users Intermodal Hubs Commercial Airports Ports Cartersville Gainesville 40 60 19 Rome 575 985 21 Alpharetta Braselton 59 51 44 53 10 14 Kennesaw 49 56 64 Norcross Athens 43 378 Columbia 27 Austell Lithia Springs 11 285 29 48 45 37 Atlanta 20 Decatur Monroe 78 Douglasville 33 61 47 Social Circle 29 66 East Point Conley 58 20 Carrollton 27A 26 Fairburn 38 52 42 Augusta 34 46 54 SC Newnan 1 12 13 Peachtree City 30 Griffin McDonough 16 17 31 1 GEORGIA 19 23 441 AL La Grange West Point 57 27A 27 55 65 Macon 319 80 25 28 Jeffersonville 22 Warner Robins 23 Eastman 341 Dublin 24 25 301 Statesboro 9 80 16 Columbus 59 85 Vidalia Savannah 15 341 25 247 18 19 27 27 129 Americus 63 Hinesville Cordele 1 Eufaula 35 23 341 Dothan 75 39 Albany 3 32 82 Tifton 6 Moultrie Douglas Waycross 221 95 84 25 17 Brunswick 58 17 301 1 84 Bainbridge 19 319 Thomasville 84 Valdosta 441 23 50 41 27 Tallahassee FL 10 Jacksonville SELECT DISTRIBUTION CENTERS COMPANY CITY SQUARE FOOTAGE 1 Kmart Corporation 2 Target Corporation Import Warehouse 3 Proctor & Gamble Paper Products 4 Target Corporation 5 General Mills Southeastern D/C 6 Target Corporation 7 Home Depot 8 Solo Cup 9 Wal-Mart 10 Progressive Lighting 11 Quaker Oats Co./Gatorade 12 Yamaha Motor Manufacturing 13 PetSmart 14 Haverty's Furniture 15 ProBuild East 16 Tyco Healthcare 17 Nestle USA 18 Pier 1 Imports 19 IKEA 20 Newell Rubbermaid 21 Sear's 22 Academy Sports 23 Lowe's 24 Best Buy 25 Bass Pro Shops 26 Dick's Sporting Goods 27 Dollar Tree 28 Kohl's Corporation 29 JVC Co. 30 NCR Corporation 31 Crown Distributing 32 Bridgestone/Firestone 33 Staples Newnan Port Wentworth Albany Midway Social Circle Tifton Savannah Social Circle Statesboro Braselton Lithia Springs Newnan Newnan Braselton Pooler McDonough McDonough Savannah Port Wentworth Atlanta Pendergrass Jeffersonville Valdosta Dublin Macon East Point Port Wentworth Macon Douglasville Peachtree City McDonough Albany Lithia Springs 2,100,000 2,000,000 1,700,000 1,500,000 1,500,000 1,500,000 1,400,000 1,300,716 1,200,000 1,000,000 913,000 900,000 900,000 808,000 800,000 800,000 789,000 785,000 785,000 784,900 772,000 750,000 750,000 748,000 720,000 657,200 600,000 588,000 542,491 500,000 500,000 468,272 400,000 LOGISTICS SERVICE PROVIDERS COMPANY CITY 34 Norfolk Southern 35 CSX 36 Southeastern Freight Lines 37 Delta Airlines 38 Old Dominion Freight Lines 39 Roadway Express 40 Trinity Rail Operations 41 Yellow Transportation 42 AAA Cooper Transportation 43 Estes Express Lines 44 Ryder Integrated Logistics 45 Manhattan Associates 46 FPL Food 47 Allied Holdings 48 DSC Logistics 49 LXE Inc. 50 FEDEX Freight 51 UPS Supply Chain Solutions 52 BAH Brokerage 53 Infor Global Solutions 54 Americold Logistics 55 3PD 56 Saia note: Companies selected based on employment levels in Georgia. Augusta Cordele Dalton Atlanta Conley Lake Park Cartersville Ringgold Ellenwood Athens Alpharetta Atlanta Augusta Atlanta Atlanta Norcross Valdosta Alpharetta Conley Alpharetta Augusta Macon Duluth MAJOR LOGISTICS USERS COMPANY CITY 7 Home Depot 20 Newell Rubbermaid 30 NCR Corporation 37 Delta Airlines 51 UPS 57 KIA Motors 58 Georgia-Pacific 59 Coca-Cola Enterprises 60 Shaw Industries 61 BlueLinx Holdings 62 Mohawk Industries 63 Unisource 64 Genuine Parts Co. (GPC) 65 HD Supply 66 Coca-Cola Savannah Atlanta Peachtree City Atlanta Alpharetta West Point Brunswick Columbus Cartersville Atlanta Dahlonega Savannah Duluth Macon Atlanta INTERMODAL HUBS COMPANY CITY Husley Terminal - CSX Inman Intermodal Yard - Norfolk Southern John W. Whitaker Intermodal Terminal - Norfolk Southern Fairburn Terminal - CSX Mason Intermodal Container Transfer Facility Norfolk Southern Chatham Intermodal Container Transfer Facility - CSX Atlanta Atlanta Austell Fairburn Savannah Savannah gfield 55 IL Saint Louis 55 GEORGIA: LOGISTICS HEART OF THE SOUTHEAST Indianapolis IN 65 70 Dayton Cincinnati 77 79 WV 64 Charleston Washington D.C. 95 64 Louisville 64 Lexington VA Norfolk 95 KY 81 85 Memphis 0 55 MI 20 Jackson 75 Nashville Winston-Salem 77 Raleigh 40 TN Charlotte 40 NC Chattanooga 65 Birmingham 75 Rome 59 Atlanta 20 AL 85 Athens Columbia Augusta 20 75 Macon 95 Charleston 85 Columbus 16 Montgomery GEORGIA Savannah 95 Atlantic 65 75 Brunswick Ocean Valdosta 55 59 Mobile 10 New Orleans Tallahassee Jacksonville 10 FL Legend Interstate Highways Class-I Rail Networks Ports Gulf of Mexico Orlando 95 GEORGIA'S LARGEST WAREHOUSING AND DISTRIBUTION CENTERS WAREHOUSE SQUARE FOOTAGE Schneider Logistics Kmart Corp JCPenny Co.- Warehouse #9223-9 Wal-Mart #6061 Target Corp Import Warehouse Cooper Tire & Rubber Co Saddle Creek Corp Procter & Gamble Paper Products Co General Mills Southeast Target Corp Target Corp Whirlpool Corp Regional Home Depot Import Solo Cup APL Logisitics Ltd Publix Distribution & Manufacturing Wal-Mart #6054 Wal-Mart #6010 Wal-Mart Food Schneider Logistics Home Depot Import Progressive Lighting Inc Toys R Us/Babies R Us Macy's Inc Service First Logisitcs Corp Quaker Oats Co/Gatorade DSC Logistics Inc/Kellogg's Yamaha Motor Manufacturing Corp PetSmart Distribution DSL Logistics Haverty's Furniture Tyco Healthcare ProBuild East Nestle USA Inc Pier 1 Imports IKEA Newell Rubbermaid Del Monte Fresh Produce Marshalls-TJ Maxx Kmart Corp Sears Logistics Services Exel/Continental Tire North America Inc Lowe's Academy Sports and Outdoors Jacobson Companies Inc Best Buy GE Appliance Warehouse Exel/Goodyear Kelly Bluelinx Corp Mohawk Home Bonded Service Warehouse Inc Ocean Link Inc Matson Global Carlisle Tire & Wheel Co Home Depot 2,500,000 2,100,000 2,000,000 2,000,000 2,000,000 1,800,000 1,750,000 1,700,000 1,500,000 1,500,000 1,500,000 1,500,000 1,400,000 1,300,716 1,275,000 1,200,000 1,200,000 1,200,000 1,100,000 1,050,000 1,008,000 1,000,000 999,900 966,640 950,000 913,000 903,000 900,000 900,000 897,000 808,000 800,000 800,000 789,000 785,000 785,000 784,900 780,000 780,000 780,000 772,000 758,488 750,000 750,000 750,000 748,000 725,000 710,451 700,000 700,000 700,000 700,000 680,000 676,000 657,600 CITY Savannah Newnan Forest Park Statesboro Savannah Albany Atlanta Albany Social Circle Tifton Midway McDonough Savannah Social Circle Lithia Springs Dacula LaGrange Douglas Monroe Savannah McDonough Braselton McDonough Stone Mountain Atlanta Atlanta Atlanta Newnan Newnan Macon Braselton McDonough Pooler McDonough Port Wentworth Savannah College Park Forest Park Decatur Forest Park Conyers Barnesville Valdosta Jeffersonville Forest Park Dublin College Park Stockbridge Atlanta Calhoun Atlanta Savannah Savannah McDonough Valdosta WAREHOUSE Dick's Sporting Goods Kenco Logistics Services/Whirlpool Flint River Services Inc Fred's Inc Georgia Cold Storage Inc Sugar Foods Corp LG Electronics USA Inc Covidien Exel/The Clorox Co Bryan County - Pembroke Dev. Authority United Stationers Supply Co ICON Health & Fitness Advanced Distribution Systems Inc Nordic Cold Storage LLC Dollar Tree Stores Inc Shaw Industries Inc Kohl's Corp Exel/Scott's Lawn Care Exel Logistics Capital Cargo Inc (CCI) FedEx Logistics/Goodyear Tire & Rubber Co Phillips-Van Heusen Inc. GLOVIS Georgia LLC DSC Logistics / J.M. Smucker's Company MetroPorts Acuity Brands Lighting Executive Bonded Warehouses Cardinal Logistics Management Home Depot JVC Co of America M&W Distribution Services Maytag Corp Costco Wholesale AmeriCold Logistics LLC Sears Logistics Services Walgreen Co GENCO Distribution System/PETCO Animal Supplies Carter's Inc USCO Logistics Oneida Ltd. NCR Corp. Worldwide Parts Center Aldi Georgia Crown Distributing AllSouth Shippers Warehouse Inc. AmeriCold Logistics LLC Sysco Food Services of Atlanta LLC MSC Industrial Supply Company Outsource Logistics LLC Quebecor World Haband Co Inc. Port City Logistics Inc. SQUARE FOOTAGE 657,200 657,000 650,000 650,000 620,000 612,178 612,000 609,912 607,650 605,000 600,674 600,000 600,000 600,000 600,000 600,000 588,000 585,489 585,000 575,000 570,000 561,000 558,131 556,800 550,000 550,000 550,000 550,000 544,838 542,491 530,000 527,000 525,000 522,000 520,570 518,400 506,240 505,000 504,000 500,000 500,000 500,000 500,000 500,000 500,000 500,000 500,000 500,000 500,000 500,000 500,000 500,000 CITY Atlanta Ellenwood Albany Dublin Americus Villa Rica Alpharetta Atlanta Atlanta Pembroke Suwanee Port Wentworth Morrow Atlanta Port Wentworth Ringgold Macon Fairburn Kennesaw Savannah McDonough Austell West Point Fairburn Savannah Conyers East Point Buford Braselton Kennesaw Atlanta Lithia Springs College Park Atlanta Braselton Pendergrass Braselton Atlanta McDonough Ellabell Peachtree City Jefferson Fort Benning Atlanta Jonesboro Atlanta Atlanta Mableton Valdosta Evans Eatonton Savannah FOR MORE INFORMATION VISIT georgia.org/logistics THE GEORGIA BUSINESS ADVANTAGE NO COST SERVICES FOR YOUR COMPANY Companies seeking a competitive edge in an increasingly global marketplace will find world-class support and resources through the industry-focused teams of the Georgia Department of Economic Development. Representing decades of experience, expertise and thought leadership within the logistics sector, our staff can provide: Extensive site and building services, including pre-selected sites Comprehensive location data, including community demographics, supplier industry reports, maps and regional wage data Coordination with community officials regarding project needs, existing utilities and specific site requirements Access to workforce training Information on business cost environment, taxes and available incentives Access to advanced academic intellectual talent and research Coordination of traffic and highway requirements Coordination with the Georgia Ports Authority to identify project specific shipping and logistics requirements Unique cross-industry connections, cutting-edge technology insight and expertise through Georgia's Center of Innovation for Logistics Georgia Department of Economic Development, 75 Fifth Street, N.W., Suite 1200, Atlanta, GA 30308 - USA 404.962.4040 I business@georgia.org I georgia.org/logistics