BVM OCT 2015 - page 57

Business View - October 2015 57
As successful as the Ports of Indiana has been, Peacock
details an ambitious agenda for each part of the state’s
system over the next several years. “Our bread and but-
ter is attracting multi-modal companies to locate at our
Ports so they can leverage the waterways for a competi-
tive advantage,” he explains. “In the last few years, alone,
the Ports of Indiana has attracted roughly $150million in
investments from companies either opening new facili-
ties or expanding their current facilities. That’s what we
hang our hat on - trying to bring in new businesses that
are going to utilize the water and the rail connections and
also have synergies with our current customers. So, for
us, business attraction focuses on who is at our Ports
and who are their customers and suppliers, and how we
can help grow their businesses by bringing in new cus-
tomers and suppliers. We have roughly 2800 acres of
land at our three Ports, combined, and of that, 800 acres
are available for development.”
Burns Harbor is first on the list: “This is our oldest Port,
located in the steel capital of North America. It has a
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