Transloading Services
Iowa Northern Railway Company has two transloading facilities in operation and another under construction. Manly Terminal, located in Manly, Iowa, was developed in partnership with LB Transport, Inc. and Kenan Advantage Group (KAG) for the primary purpose of supporting the distribution of ethanol and other bio-fuel related commodities. The terminal is a first-of-its-kind ethanol origin facility designed to build efficiencies into ethanol transportation and trading. The terminal provides producers with a transload and storage site to consolidate ethanol gallons at origin. Manly Terminal customers can take advantage of the multiple rail connections of Iowa Northern to access markets quickly and economically.
Additionally, Manly Terminal is a transload yard for commodities such as denaturant, caustic soda, sulfuric acid, corn oil and methanol along with animal feeds or bagged products. The terminal has also developed into a distribution center for wind turbine components. Generators, hubs, blades, and tower sections are railed in from ports and manufacturing facilities all over North America for distribution to wind farms all over the Midwest.
Currently under construction adjacent to Manly Terminal is Manly Logistics Park, which is being developed to specifically support the distribution of wind turbine components. Iowa Northern and landowners Halfman Family, LLC have partnered to create over 160 acres of industrial development. Manly Logistics Park can create warehousing, transloading and staging for many products pertaining to agriculture, renewable energy, renewable fuels and construction projects. Manly Logistics Park is also an ideal location for manufacturing due to the heavy rail infrastructure with access to the entire North American rail network.
Iowa Northern’s Manly Yard, located next to Manly Terminal and Manly Logistics Park, boasts a 1600 car capacity helping Iowa Northern better serve our customers and Class One partners.
Iowa Northern also serves transload customers at Bryant Yard in Waterloo. This facility has cross dock operations for direct truck-to-rail transload currently handling feed ingredients, dust control, industrial and food grade starches, and boxcar commodities.
For more information about Transloading Services contact:
Bill Rhodes
319-415-8150
wrhodes@iowanorthern.com
