Business View Civil and Municipal | September 2022

75 CIVIL AND MUNICIPAL VOLUME 3, ISSUE 9 Located near Houston, TX, TGS Cedar Port Industrial Park (“TGSCP”) is the largest master-planned rail-and-barge- served industrial park in the USA. TGSCP spans 15,000 acres with over 11,000 acres available for development. The park is an ideal location for light or heavy industrial use, manufacturing of all types, and warehouse/distribution operations. TGSCP is dual served by Union Pacific and BNSF Railroad, and it has the capacity to store approximately 4,500 railcars. There are four plastic resin focused companies in TGSCP, including Ravago Americas, Vinmar International, PBP, and Plastic Express. There is approximately 3 million square feet of warehouse capacity among these four companies’ facilities, with two additional 1.2 million square feet of warehouse capacity under construction. In addition to supporting the plastic resin packaging customers, TGSCP serves the plastic resin production market through its rail services. TGSCP has taken the Operation Clean Sweep Pledge, demonstrating its commitment to prevent plastic resin loss. TGSCP has added optical recognition software to help identify railcar defects upon receipt. It provides various railcar services to customers, including storage-in-transit, railcar cleaning and repair, and transloading. TGSCP’s storage-in-transit capacity is approximately 4,500 railcars daily, and it interchanges approximately 50,000 railcars per year. The commitment to service is measured daily with various key performance indicators to ensure the highest level of service in receipt and delivery of railcars for both TGSCP park tenants and third-party storage customers. TGSCP strives to foster greater working relationships with Union Pacific and BNSF Railroad. TGSCP is ideally located in Baytown, TX in Chambers County, approximately 10 miles from Mont Belvieu, TX and the Houston Ship Channel, approximately 60 miles from Beaumont, TX and Freeport, TX, and approximately 100 miles to Lake Charles, LA. This location places TGSCP in the center of the plastic resin production market along the US Gulf Coast, with very close proximity to the largest plastic resin export port in the United States. TGSCP’s location is also an approximate 15-minute drive to Port Houston’s Barbours Cut and Bayport container terminals. The location allows its customer base to efficiently transport export containers to Port Houston to supply plastic to the international markets. TGSCP is one of the fastest growing industrial parks in North America with over 25 million square feet of industrial and manufacturing warehouses that are either existing or under construction. Sites are delivered “turn-key,” fully entitled with utilities, drainage, and detention. TGSCP has a master planned drainage network, sits on a high elevation above sea level, and it is served by a large industrial electrical transmission network. Trans-Global Solutions, Inc. (TGS) formed a partnership that purchased TGS Cedar Port Industrial Park in December 2014. TGS has offices located in Beaumont and Houston, Texas, and is a leading provider of transportation, comprehensive railroad, and heavy civil construction services. Their diverse capabilities include terminal development and operations, engineering and design, earthwork and new construction, track inspection, maintenance, 3rd party switching, locomotive leasing, rail car storage, cleaning, and repair. ...... For more information, please visit their website www.tgscedarport.com | www.tgsgroup.com