Rail: CSX Class I performance
The nation’s Eastern dynamo, CSX carries a wide range of commodities- food products, coal, chemicals and grain. Access and service are superb, with major rail yards intermodal and TRANSFLOW terminals in both Atlanta and Savannah.
Air: Convenience and global access
While Roosevelt Memorial Airport provides for general aviation and community needs (serving, for example, as the site of the National Flight Academy for top Civil Air Patrol cadets’ glider training), Meriwether also offers multiple locations for domestic, cargo and international transit:
Hartsfield-Jackson Atlanta International Airport:
Only 70 minutes away, Hartsfield-Jackson offers unparalleled service, as evidenced by the numbers: Flying 90 million passengers per year to six continents, this is the world busiest passenger airport, and the 11th largest air cargo hub, served by 12 cargo-only carriers and offering more than 1.5 million square feet of cargo handling space. From Hartsfield –Jackson, travelers, and cargo are within two hours’ flight time of 80% of U.S. markets and within 4 hours of virtually any major North American city.
Columbus Metro Airport
Don’t want the hustle and bustle of Atlanta? Columbus Metro Airport is 40 minutes away. Equipped with two runways, spacious terminal facilities that include seven gates, Columbus Metro is served by two carriers, Delta Connection/ASA and American Eagle, ensuring ease in domestic travel—all just a 40-minute drive away.
Port of Savannah: Leading container services and more.
Less than 4 hours away, Port of Savannah offers the access and ease of the largest single container terminal in North America, hosting the most ocean shipping services of any port on the East Coast. In addition to container cargo, Port of Savannah handles reefer, breakbulk and ro/ro. Meriwether manufacturers who increase their import/export activities at the Port also enjoy $1,250 added to the Job Tax Credit.