Why Detroit?
Transportation Logistics
Detroit's two major airports are rapidly expanding as the region leverages its world class status as an intermodal shipping hub to meet the needs of a "just in time shipping"-driven global economy.
News:
July 12, 2011Detroit Port Authority debuts new riverfront facility and wharf
July 19, 2011Cruise ship brings tourists to Detroit as officials tout economic potential of new $21.5M port
July 20, 2011"Powering Michigan's Future" - Episode 22 - WJR
This month's program focuses on the Great Lakes Global Freight Gateway, an initiative and coalition of stakeholders looking to leverage our region’s existing assets to develop Michigan into an intermodal freight hub.
Guests for this roundtable with host Rick Mason include Mike Belzer, associate professor of economics at Wayne State University and president and CEO of Great Lakes Gateway, a not-for-profit Michigan corporation; Steve Landes, member of the Gateway Executive Committee; Bob Dabrowski, director of the Industrial Global Supply Chain group for Newmark Knight Frank; and Bill Anderson, professor of political science at the University of Windsor and Ontario research chair in cross-border transportation policy.
August 17, 2011Levin Announces $9.1 Million in Transportation Grants for Michigan
Developing 60,000 acres surrounding Detroit International Airport as part of the Detroit Region Aerotropolis Development Corporation Transportation Planning Project
August 18, 2011Dingell Announces Award for Aerotropolis - $260,880 grant from the Federal Highway Administration
October 26, 2011Detroit-Halifax link would be a game changer
New Brunswick Business Journal
October 20, 2011Great Lakes Global Freight Gateway
Emphasizing that it can launch operations today with existing facilities and quickly double the flow of cargo between Halifax and Southeastern Michigan, the Great Lakes Global Freight Gateway (GLG) began executing a multi-phase action plan that will become operational by the winter of 2013.
November 16 2011Great Lakes Global Freight Gateway
The GLGFG project has emerged as a major initiative to restore economic vitality to the Great Lakes region, to the State of Michigan, and to Metropolitan Detroit.
