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For more information, contact:

Chris Gutierrez
President
KC SmartPort
816.374.5680
gutierrez@KCSmartPort.com

Tim Cowden
Senior Vice President -
Business Development
KCADC
816.374.5650
cowden@thinkKC.com

 

Distribution Advantages

The Kansas City Region:

Supply Chain Centered

Kansas City is experiencing one of the largest industrial booms in its history. An increase in products shipped from Asia has stretched our country’s busiest ports to capacity. Today, companies diversify their shipments and use alternate routes to avoid congestion. KC’s central U.S. location and infrastructure assets provide companies efficient alternatives.

Kansas City has the physical infrastructure and services to support the global supply chain market.

• The largest rail center in the United States by tonnage
• More Foreign Trade Zone space than any other U.S. city (over 10,000 acres)
• Located at the intersection of four of the nation’s major interstate highways  (I-35, I-70, I-29, I-49)
• The Kansas City International Airport, which moves more air cargo each year than any air center in a six-state region
• Located on the largest navigable inland waterway (Missouri/Mississippi River system)
• The heart of a rail corridor spanning coast to coast across the U.S. and extending from Canada to Mexico (NAFTA Railway)
• 4 intermodal logistics parks