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8/12/2022
Editor's note: This story has been updated to remove an incorrect link to Pioneer Partners.
The Kern County, California, board of supervisors this week approved site plans for the proposed Mojave Inland Port, which would be the state’s first inland port.
To be located 90 miles from San Pedro Bay, the new rail-served facility would help reduce supply-chain pressure at the ports of Los Angeles and Long Beach, said Mojave Inland Port developers Pioneer Partners in a press release.
Developers estimate the port will have the capacity to handle 3 million containers per year. The containers will be offloaded from ships onto shuttle trains for direct transport through the Alameda Corridor directly to Mojave, where they will be distributed, they said.
The new facility would be situated on more than 400 acres adjacent to the Mojave Air & Space Port, a fully operational airport capable of accommodating the largest commercial cargo aircraft. The site is served directly by rail and State Highways 14 and 58. It’s the largest site in California operated by three modes of transport — road, rail and air.
Once completed, the Mojave Inland Port will also be one of the rare hubs in the entire world that can offer transportation options of rail, rubber-tire, air and space, Pioneer Partners officials said.
"This one-of-a-kind project will help unsnarl the congestion in the twin ports of Los Angeles and Long Beach; it will help the national economy by reducing pressure on the supply chain; it will help the local economy through job creation," said Pioneer Partners Chair Richard Kellogg. "Goods will get to businesses and consumers faster and more efficiently. We can’t wait to get started."