Logistics services providers and transportation companies in Georgia gain competitive efficiencies and strategic business advantages operating in the transportation “super hub” of the southeast. Locating their operations at the crossroads of north-south and east-west travel in North America enables logistics services and transportation companies to move people and products quickly and easily via air, road, railway and sea to global markets in the Americas, Europe and Asia.
LOGISTICS ECOSYSTEM
Four of the top 10 warehouse providers in North America are headquartered in Georgia, and 90 percent of the top 25 global third party logistics providers (3PL’s) have established operations here. Companies like UPS, Delta Air Lines, SAIA and Manhattan Associates, among others, leverage Georgia’s 4,700 miles of railway, 118,777 miles of top-ranked public highways, the world’s busiest and most efficient airport, and two deep-water sea ports to maintain competitive advantage and offer cost efficiencies to their customers.
This built-in logistics ecosystem fuels competitiveness throughout the state and provides a solid foundation for sustainable growth. Businesses save time and money by seamlessly connecting air and sea ports with rail and roads, enabling companies to compress their shipping and delivery cycles.
BENEFITS
Logistics services providers and transportation companies in Georgia can:
- Expedite delivery to domestic markets by extensive rail systems and access to four major U.S. interstate highways, which put 80 percent of the U.S. within a two-day truck drive from Georgia Read more ▶
- Connect with customers around the world through non-stop flights to 89 international cities in 55 countries via Hartsfield-Jackson International Airport Read more ▶
- Rely on two deep-water sea ports in Savannah and Brunswick to export goods to 153 out of 195 countries across the globe Read more ▶
- Utilize the Center of Innovation (COI) for Logistics to acquire intellectual capital around the critical logistics issues of volume, velocity and visibility Learn more ▶
- Develop new business with the help of experts in Georgia’s Center of Innovation for Logistics, who provide research and data as well as open doors both within the U.S. and in 10 international cities
- The COI for Logistics also helps companies gain access to technology leaders and targeted R&D from Georgia’s universities and private companies, including logistics studies, projections, statistical reports, and innovations to accelerate growth and improve the operational environment for logistics services and transportation
- Maintain a competitive workforce by tapping Georgia’s 51 four-year colleges and universities, as well as 35 technical colleges, which offer more than 100 different logistics-related courses, certificates and degree programs
- Leverage nine general purpose Foreign Trade Zones across the state to reduce delays, and in some cases, eliminate tariffs on imported items
- Scale specialized workforce training needs with Quick Start, the top workforce training program in the country
- Take advantage of internationally ranked and recognized advanced degrees in logistics services and supply chain management through Georgia's various academic programs
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