The DeLong Company broke ground on its Agricultural Intermodal Export Facility on Thursday. The project will feature 15,000 metric tons of storage capacity, as well as infrastructure for truck and rail transport. It is expected to handle between 15,000 and 20,000 containers annually, primarily filled with grain products like soybeans. It will have the capability to receive unit trains and transload products into containers for export.
Company leaders stated that the facility’s exports will primarily wind up in markets in Vietnam, Indonesia, Thailand, Taiwan, and China.
At home, the company expects the project to create dozens of jobs in Portsmouth and generate a ripple effect throughout the region…