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Kansas City SmartPort Taps Cadre Technologies For Real-Time Cargo Visibility Project
Global Logistics & Supply Chain Strategies
July 2008
Kansas City SmartPort (KCSP) is a non-profit organization dedicated to promote and enhance the Kansas City region as a leading North America logistics hub. One of the initiatives of KCSP is Trade Date Exchange (TDE), with Cadre Technology being the leading contractor. TDE is designed to provide real-time cargo visibility, efficiency and security in Kansas City area, and eventually in global level. It is estimated to be available for wide practical use in 2009. |
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The Impact of Air Cargo on the Global Economy
Gary Bartek, Chairman of the International Air Cargo Association (TIACA)
The air cargo industry is playing a key role in stimulating general economic growth around the world. The industry generates an estimated US$52 billion a year globally in direct revenue and substantially more in related trucking and logistics services. It also helps attract inward investment and grow their national economy. This industry transports 30% of all international trade, around US$1.9 trillion worth of goods annually. Air cargo remains a critical aspect of existing global supply chains, even in fields that are not especially aviation dependent.
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Executive Overview: What Business Leaders Need to Know About Gulf Coast/Inland Ports
Lara L. Sowinski
World Trade
May 1, 2007
With Asian trade becoming a big story, inland ports are positioning themselves to take on more volume, most of it from Asia, but from Mexico too. The Port of Houston—the most significant container port along the Gulf Coast—has started operations at its new Bayport Container Terminal. Kansas City’s SmartPort (www.kcsmartport.com) is going after a lot of the same international trade that’s coming in from Asia and destined for consumer bases in the nation’s interior. The advantage of serving multiple corridors with a variety of transportation modes is again a huge selling point. |
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Intermodal Connections Take Off
Airport intermodal expansions across the Midwest pave the way for regional economic growth.
Perry A. Trunick
Logistics Today
March 2007
The greater Kansas City area (www.kcsmartport.com) has the advantage of geography when it comes to potential logistics site selection decisions. Richards-Gebaur Memorial Airport, a former air force base, is gaining a truck-rail intermodal operation, which has paved the way for the 1,400-acre property to become an intermodal hub handling truck-rail intermodal shipments. Another is the Gardner intermodal hub that will be developed by the Burlington Northern Santa Fe railroad (Ft. Worth, Tex. www.bnsf.com). And then, there is the airport itself. The new intermodal terminal will be a critical component of the logistics infrastructure. |
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Subtropolis is the world’s biggest underground office park
CNBC – On the Money (Video Clip) |
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Far from Coasts, Kansas City Rises As Distribution Hub
By Greg Edwards
Dow Jones Newswires
June 16, 2006
Kansas City, about as far from coastal ports as you can get, is positioning itself as a national distribution hub despite its inland location. Target Corp. (TGT), Wal-Mart Stores Inc. (WMT), Lowe's Cos. (LOW), FedEx Corp. (FDX) and DHL Worldwide Express all have built large distribution centers in the region. In Logistics Today magazine, which ranks more than 300 cities based on availability of rail, air cargo, trucking, highways and other factors, Kansas City has risen to ninth place, up from 22nd three years ago. |
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Kansas City's Upbeat Tempo
By David Biederman
Traffic World
June 5, 2006
Kansas City seeks to become the next North American gateway for Asian imports by becoming the logistics linchpin of the developing NAFTA Corridor. Among the new projects are a sea-rail link that connects Kansas City with Asia through Mexico and a Mexican customs office for clearing southbound freight. A second intermodal site is also under development at the Richards-Gebaur Memorial Airport in Kansas City, a former U.S. Air Force base built in 1941. Kansas City SmartPort is at the center of efforts to allow the direct importing of Asian containers into Kansas City through the Port of Lazaro Cardenas, on the Pacific coast in the Mexican state of Michoacan. |
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The New Kansas City
Fortune
Kansas City – nearly 2.2 million people within 18 counties and more than 50 communities – all share a unified vision of OneKC. Take a closer look at one of the most vibrant cities in America! |
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Mexico hopes cargo looks south
By Will Weissert
The Associated Press
March 23, 2006
Lazaro Cardenas, Mexico’s deepest port is the world’s largest independent port operator. It plans to pump about $200 million into expanding container ship capacity there. Kansas City has a stake in trade with Mexico and plans to build an “inland port” center that would allow freight to pass customs in Kansas City and avoid long border delays for trucks crossing into Mexico. |
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Royal treatment
By R.G. Edmonson
Journal of Commerce
March 06, 2006
Kansas City SmartPort is one of a growing network of inland ports that want to use ocean routes to Churchill, or Lazaro Cardenas, or other ports to relieve congestion on the West Coast. It has tested electronic technology to track a truck's location and the integrity of the freight from Kansas City, Mo., to destinations in Mexico. The next stage of the SmartPort project will begin to track containers on railcars, using Kansas City Southern Railway's line that extends to the Mexican Pacific port of Lazaro Cardenas. |
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SmartPort’s Central Exchange - Cutting-edge system consolidates shipping information.
STORY BY Kindra Guetlich
One of Kansas City SmartPort’s newest initiatives, a $20 million Trade Data Exchange (TDE) system designed to improve the efficiency of transportation and shipping globally, is expected to strengthen the metro’s position as a logistics center. It provides seamless real-time monitoring of shipping documentation—tracking shipments across the supply chain from purchase order to delivery. TDE will significantly decreases shipping time and allow the company to reduce inventory to save money. |
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Sale of former Richards-Gebaur closes
The Kansas Business Journal
June 27, 2007
Kansas City and the Port Authority of Kansas City on Wednesday completed the sale of the former Richards-Gebaur Memorial Airport to CenterPoint Properties for $10 million. It will be developed into a nearly 1,400-acre, $200 million industrial park, which will serve an intermodal hub to be developed and leased by Kansas City Southern (NYSE: KSU). |
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City Agrees to New Terms; Richards-Gebaur
By Rick Alm
Kansas City Star
February 15, 2007
On Wednesday, a City Council committee agreed to renegotiated sale terms with Chicago-based CenterPoint Realty Services Corp., setting the price of former Richards-Gebaur Air Force Base at $10.6 million. CenterPoint agreed in late 2005 to pay Kansas City $5.6 million for the nearly 1,400-acre former military airfield. The company plans to build out the property as an intermodal rail and trucking port that is already used by the Kansas City Southern line. |
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Shipment tracking system moves ahead at SmartPort
By Jason Shaad
The Kansas Business Journal
September 1, 2006
On Aug. 29, the Mid-America Regional Council approved a $530,000 agreement with Electronic Data Systems Corp., based in Plano, Texas, to continue developing technology for the Kansas City SmartPort Intelligent Transportation Systems Integration Project, which will allow multiple businesses to control and track shipments on a common platform. |
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Gardner considers rail hub
By Kevin Collison
The Kansas City Star
April 27, 2006
BNSF Railway has confirmed its desire to build a sprawling freight distribution complex near the fast-growing suburb, Gardner. This project could bring 7,500 jobs, heavy truck traffic |
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Railway considers Gardner for new hub
BNSF facility would cost $200 million
By Kevin Collison
The Kansas City Star
March 11, 2006
BNSF Railway is looking at a new site southwest of Gardner for a large intermodal shipment center, and city officials are anticipating a formal proposal this spring. The transport complex could occupy up to 1,000 acres when completed, Trains carrying cargo containers from Pacific ports would be unloaded and their goods either trucked to regional destinations or stored on the site in warehouses built by other companies. |
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U.S., Mexico negotiating to set up customs port in Kansas City
By Garance Burke
Associated Press
November 16, 2005
Kansas, an industrial hub, will start building an inland port that would whisk thousands of trucks through export inspections and shoot them back out onto the North American Free Trade Agreement corridor. Once the agreement is completed, Kansas City would essentially function like a Mexican port.
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Kansas City SmartPort rail corridor connects to Mexico
Business Record
September 12, 2005
A new trade corridor opened that allows goods to travel from Kansas City by rail to a port in Mexico for shipment to Asia. The new rules significantly reduced the bond shippers must pay to move their goods through Mexico, which makes the route competitive with the California route.
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Opening the Midwest to Asian Trade Via Mexico
By Gene Linn
American Journal of Transportation
May 23, 2005
In March 2005, a cooperative agreement on a new route to bypass congested US West Coast ports was signed between Kansas City and the Western Mexican port city of Lazaro Cardenas. The agreement will open the Midwest to Asian trade through Mexican ports and has built significant political, economic and cultural foundation enabling this trade route to work.
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U.S.-Mexico trans-PAC corridor deal
Journal of Commerce
March 28, 2005
Officials from Kansas City, Mo., and Lázaro Cárdenas, Mexico, signed a cooperative
agreement to establish a new trans-Pacific trade corridor to alleviate delays and
congestion at West Coast ports, and promote trade growth between the U.S. Midwest
and Mexico. |
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America's 50 most logistics-friendly cities
By Bill King and Michael Keeting
Logistics Today
Market factors are the most important consideration driving the choice of a location.
10 major categories are compared to choose most friendly cities: the overall transportation &distribution industry climate; work force/labor costs/availability/skill levels; road/highway basic infrastructure and spending; road density/congestion/truck safety; road conditions; fuel taxes & fees; railroad access; water ports (both river/lake and ocean); air services; and interstate highway access (both main and auxiliary routes).
The top 10 most logistics-friendly cities are (1)Cleveland-Lorain-Elyria, Ohio (2) St. Louis, Mo (3) Oakland, Calif (4) Chicago, Ill (5) Minneapolis St.Paul, Minn (6) Houston, Texas (7) Kansas City MO – Kansas City KS (8) Baltimore, Md (9) Detroit, Mich (10) New York, N.Y |
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Going for broke
By LT Staff
With the heightened concern for safety and security, stricter regulations of inspection will be imposed on importing merchandise. Data of the merchandise needs to be received prior to arrival by customs electronically, as a new regulation requires. Customs brokers are helping shippers move goods north and south of the borders. SmartPort suggested setting a designated facility as sovereign Mexican territory for easy inspection and clearance of goods through Mexican borders.
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Technology guards Cargo
By Rick Alm
The Kansas City Star
December 16, 2005
A new cargo monitoring system, designed to alert authorities to truck break-ins, cargo tampering or route deviations, will be a component for proposed Mexican customs clearance facility. Cargo that can pass customs there could reduce or avoid substantial delays at the U.S. – Mexico borders. Kansas City is the only U.S. city that Mexico government had agreed to negotiate with.
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KC SmartPort will test security technology
Kansas City Business Journal
December 14, 2005
KC SmartPort and its partner plan to launch a new security technology that incorporates cellular technology to track the truck and ensure it remaining sealed through journey. It will lead to enhanced cargo security for all Kansas City shippers and the technology will also be a key aspect of a planned Mexican Customs facility in Kansas City. |
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KC SmartPort leads way in boosting foreign trade
By Rick Alm
The Kansas City Star
October 25, 2005
Mexican authorities have signed a non-binding agreement aimed at fostering increased trade through a new inland port in San Antonio. Under this area’s agreement, freight would be inspected by Mexican authorities in Kansas City and sealed in containers for movement directly to Mexico destinations with fewer costly border delays. Kansas City is one of the inland ports and transportation facilities that have already tapped into the NAFTA opportunity. It is the only U.S. city that Mexican government has agreed to negotiate with for a customs operation on U.S. soil. |
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Trade deals put KC on the map: International leaders meet
By Rick Alm
The Kansas City Star
October 14, 2005
U.S., Canadian and Mexican business and government leaders met to map new North American trade partnership that place Kansas City in a pivotal role. The Kansas City Council has approved a $2.5 million loan to KC SmartPort to build the customs facility which will promote the international trade in the region. The revenue generated by international trucking shippers who will use the customs clearance house will repay the city loan over 10 years. |
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Get the wheels rolling: Freight – Clearance Facility in KC
The Kansas City Star
August 17, 2005
The City Council endorsed the setup of a Mexican-Export customs clearance facility in Kansas City, which will help draw more trade and economic growth in this region.
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KC seeking $3 million for Mexican export facility
By Rick Alm
The Kansas City Star
August 15, 2005
The City Council instructed City Manager to find $3 million to help finance construction of a Mexican export facility in the west Bottoms. The Mexican export facility would shave significant time and labor costs over using capacity-strained U.S. ports such as Los Angeles and Long Beach, CA. Once built, it will trigger a dramatic increase in shipping and U.S. export warehousing activity in Kansas City.
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Area reaps billions for road work; house agrees to transportation bill
By Matt Stearns
The Kansas City Star
July 29, 2005
$286.5 billion package will fund highway, bridge, mass transit and safety projects around the country for the next five years, agreed by Congress Thursday. Missouri will get $200 million more a year in federal funds, an increase of 30 percent over the current $661 million a year. Kansas can be expected to see about $61 million a year in new funds, an increase of 19 percent over the $321 million a year it currently gets. |
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Big Blue Marble: Shaking Hands across the Border
By Larin Huntze
Kansas City Small Business Monthly
Kansas City is building business partnerships and trade routes with Mexican cities. Mexican customs clearance house will be set up in Kansas City, allowing freight moving Southbound to Mexico to clear in Kansas City, seal the shipment on the truck, and enable border crossing to become seamless. A new trade route, refereed to as the Lazaro Cardenas – Kansas City Corridor has also been initialed, as a result of mutual efforts by both ports. The partnership between Kansas City and Mexico will aid small businesses in Kansas City area and promote them opportunities to expand south of the border. |
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Kansas City hopes pact will boost freight traffic from Mexico
By Rick Alm
The Kansas City Star
March 23, 2005
Kansas City officials signed a cooperative pact with counterparts in Lazaro Cardenas and the Mexican state of Michoacan to foster joint marketing and business development efforts aimed at increasing freight volume between the two cities. The arrangement would provide streamlined service for Asian shippers and shave substantial time and labor costs over capacity-strained U.S. ports such as Los Angeles and Long Beach, Calif. |
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KC Mexican officials will set up trade corridor
The Kansas City Business Journal
March 21, 2005
Officials from Kansas City and the Mexican city of Lazaro Cardenas will sign an agreement March 22 to establish a new trans-pacific trade corridor and establish the Kansas City area as an inland port. The creation of the trade corridor also is designed to alleviate delays and congestion at West Coast ports.
Kansas City has won approval to be the site of the Mexican government’s first foreign customs clearance facilities in early 2005.
Kansas City signed an agreement with the Mexican port city of Manzanillo, the second largest container port in Mexico. |
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Senator Talent Secures $500,000 for Kansas City SmartPort
From Talent.Senate.Gov Web Site
U.S. Senator Jim Talent secured $500,000 for KC SmartPort to be included in the Commerce Justice State FY2005 Appropriation Bill. The funding will allow Kansas City to further develop an inland port capable of processing a greater volume of international trade. |
