From Here to There by Road or Track

Southern Arizona is fast becoming a center of
expertise in trade, freight transportation and logistics. The region hosts over 150 logistics providers to support export-oriented sectors such as aerospace, aviation, bioscience, environmental technologies, optics, and others. An interactive map of these companies can be found at here.

Road Signs and Truck Lines
Tucson is on Interstate 10, one of only three coast-to-coast interstates in the country. I-10 connects Tucson with Phoenix and Los Angeles to the northwest and El Paso and Houston to the east. Branching off I-10 near downtown Tucson is Interstate 19, which connects to Nogales, Sonora, Mexico, 64 miles to the south. A convenient access connection between San Diego and Southern Arizona is available via Interstate 8, which intersects with I-10 approximately 64 miles northwest of Tucson.

On the Right Track
Tucson sits on one of the most heavily-traveled rail lines in the country, the Union Pacific mainline, which primarily carries trains transporting containers to and from the ports of Los Angeles and Long Beach. Union Pacific also owns 26% of Grupo Ferroviario Mexicano (GFM), parent company of Ferrocarril Mexicano (Ferromex), which operates the railway running from Guaymas into Arizona.

The Southern Arizona Logistics Education Organization
The Southern Arizona Logistics Education Organization (SALEO) is one of several projects developed to promote and grow the transportation and logistics industry in southern Arizona. SALEO brings together industry experts and trade specialists to promote the potential impact of an inland port. SALEO’s objectives are in line with TREO’s Economic Blueprint and were born of a need to raise the awareness and importance of the value that the transportation and logistics industry brings to the Tucson region, especially the role that the industry plays within the region’s supply chain as a catalyst for economic growth. SALEO also provides networking opportunities between representatives of the transportation and logistics industry and the users of these services.

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