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PPIC approves sponsorship for DeLong rail transloading facility PIDP grant application
Summary
The Portsmouth Public-Private Investment Commission voted 6-0 to serve as public sponsor for a federal PIDP grant application from the DeLong Company to expand a CSX rail transloading export facility at 1 Harper Avenue.
The Portsmouth Public-Private Investment Commission voted 6-0 March 25 to sponsor a federal Port Infrastructure Development Program (PIDP) grant application from the DeLong Company to expand a CSX rail transloading and intermodal export facility at 1 Harper Avenue.
The DeLong Company is seeking grant support for a multi-phase project to handle containerized exports of grains, oilseeds and, in a later phase, dry distillers grains (DDGs) and soybean meal, company representatives told the commission. Mike DeLong, representing the DeLong Company, said the firm operates a nationwide network and expects the Portsmouth facility to expand East Coast export capacity: "We're a 110 year old, full service, agricultural company ... for the last 15 years, we've been the number 1 containerized exporter of…
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