Ribbon cutting at new Corpus Christi area Savage Gulf Rail facility
December 28th, 2021
December 28, 2021 - TRA Newswire -
The ribbon has been freshly cut and the massive rail yard in San Patricio County at the doorstep of Corpus Christi is open for business. The ribbon-cutting we are referring to is at the Savage Gulf Rail Facility, that boasts 36 miles of track, a rail car wash facility, a rail car repair shop, a rail serving yard and a rail Storage-In-Transit (SIT) yard.
From conception to ribbon-cutting, Union Pacific, ExxonMobil, SABIC and Savage Gulf Rail have worked closely to put together infrastructure plans for this logistics center.
The Savage Gulf Rail Facility will support the multibillion-dollar Gulf Coast Growth Ventures plastics manufacturing facility, a new joint venture between ExxonMobil and SABIC just north of Gregory, Texas. Union Pacific will provide rail connectivity, exclusively moving freight to and from the facility year-round.
“Robin Ringwald, manager-Industrial Development, Marketing and Sales, spearheaded the rail design process on behalf of Union Pacific to ensure the new site met UP's Engineering and Operating needs,” said Marty Russell, general director-Sales, Marketing and Sales, and ExxonMobil account lead. “We collaborated closely with our key partners to ensure we had a superior marketing and operating plan in place to execute this new business.”
The joint venture will generate an estimated 15,000 annual carloads of plastics materials, such as monoethylene glycol and polyethylene.
“Superintendent-Train Operations Michael Everhart and Senior Manager-Train Operations Robert Vega worked closely with Savage’s rail team, advising them on the most efficient ways to drop, block and pull from the facility to support a seamless transportation plan,” Russell said.
The facility, from rail design and development process to completion, took over three years to build out.
The ribbon has been freshly cut and the massive rail yard in San Patricio County at the doorstep of Corpus Christi is open for business. The ribbon-cutting we are referring to is at the Savage Gulf Rail Facility, that boasts 36 miles of track, a rail car wash facility, a rail car repair shop, a rail serving yard and a rail Storage-In-Transit (SIT) yard.
From conception to ribbon-cutting, Union Pacific, ExxonMobil, SABIC and Savage Gulf Rail have worked closely to put together infrastructure plans for this logistics center.
The Savage Gulf Rail Facility will support the multibillion-dollar Gulf Coast Growth Ventures plastics manufacturing facility, a new joint venture between ExxonMobil and SABIC just north of Gregory, Texas. Union Pacific will provide rail connectivity, exclusively moving freight to and from the facility year-round.
“Robin Ringwald, manager-Industrial Development, Marketing and Sales, spearheaded the rail design process on behalf of Union Pacific to ensure the new site met UP's Engineering and Operating needs,” said Marty Russell, general director-Sales, Marketing and Sales, and ExxonMobil account lead. “We collaborated closely with our key partners to ensure we had a superior marketing and operating plan in place to execute this new business.”
The joint venture will generate an estimated 15,000 annual carloads of plastics materials, such as monoethylene glycol and polyethylene.
“Superintendent-Train Operations Michael Everhart and Senior Manager-Train Operations Robert Vega worked closely with Savage’s rail team, advising them on the most efficient ways to drop, block and pull from the facility to support a seamless transportation plan,” Russell said.
The facility, from rail design and development process to completion, took over three years to build out.