Distribution & Logistics

Southeastern North Carolina is now a hub for logistics-oriented companies that desire a location for supply chain efficiencies. The region’s location mid-way on the east coast provides excellent transportation access via the international Port at Wilmington, three interstate highways – I-40, I-95, I-74 – and a key CSXT national rail corridor. The port at Wilmington has undertaken more that $300 million in modernization improvements, making it one of the most efficient ports on the east coast. Additional port access to the region is through the Port of Charleston and Port of Savannah. The region has three distinct distribution models. An “At-port” location provides companies a location within 20 miles of the Wilmington Port. The interstate corridor location provides a location more inland with great access to one of the region’s three interstates. The third provides a convenient location for close proximity to the Charlotte region in North Carolina, one the nation’s fastest growing metro areas.

 

Distribution and Logistics Assets

NC’s Southeast Region is located midway on the Eastern US coast with a comprehensive sea/land/air transportation network.  The Region boasts a major east coast port connected by rail and 3 interstates, as well as 2 commercial airports. These assets, as well as a location in NC, one of the most industrialized states in the US, make the Region well-positioned for warehouse, distribution and logistics operations.


Location

  • The Region is a one-day truck drive from 170 million U.S. and Canadian consumers, and 65 of the country’s top 100 metropolitan areas.


Truck Transport

 
  • East/west interstates I-40 and I-73/74
  • North/south interstate I-95
  • Excellent connections to major markets in the US
  • 98 trucking companies located in the Region

 

Water Transport

 
  • The Port of Wilmington is 284 acres and has facilities to serve containerized,bulk and break-bulk cargoes.  It is located 26 miles from open sea via a 42’ channel and is directly connected to I-40 and CSX Railroad.  Throughput capacity is 225,000 TEU via facilities and equipment that include 4 post Panamax container cranes (40-50 tons), 2 gantry cranes (100, 150 tons), 2 mobile cranes (30 tons) and over 1 million sf of warehouse space.  Six container shipping lines have regularly scheduled service to the Port.  The Port has on-site tenants that ship wood chips overseas, and is a designated Foreign Trade Zone.
  • A new NC International Terminal is planned for the region to handle the growing import/export needs.  The 600+acre site is only 4 miles from open sea.

 

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NORTH CAROLINA'S SOUTHEAST
The Regional Economic Development Marketing Organization For Southeastern North Carolina
707 West Broad Street, P.O. Box 2556, Elizabethtown, NC 28337
Phone: 800-787-1333 Fax: 910-862-1482
 
 
 
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