CSX Intermodal (CSXI) is to invest nearly $8 million early this year to expand its Charlotte, North Carolina terminal to support growth in consumer goods transportation.
According to CSXI president Jim Hertwig, the Charlotte terminal is a key link in the company’s eastern network, and the expansion is necessary to meet increasing demand for intermodal capacity in the Charlotte market.
The Charlotte facility upgrade will include up to 10,000 ft of extended tracks within the terminal, additional loading and unloading equipment, expanded parking capacity for trailers, and improvements on the rail route that leads into Charlotte.
It will include technology upgrades to allow truck drivers to enter and exit the facility more efficiently.
When complete, the planned improvements will double the Charlotte terminal's capacity from 80,000 to 160,000 annual container lifts.
CSXI terminal expansions or improvements are also planned and underway in Buffalo (New York), Tampa (Florida) and Chicago (Illinois), and a new facility in Chambersburg (Pennsylvania) is scheduled to open in September 2007.