Railroad Company Buys Reedley's Port of Ivory

REEDLEY - A multinational railroad corporation today announced the acquisition of the Port of Ivory industrial complex in Reedley. Genesee & Wyoming Inc. (G&W) will rebrand the Port as the Ivory Choice Terminal.

G&W also announced the formation of a new subsidiary, Ivory Choice Terminal Co. (ICTC), to manage Port operations.

“The Port of Ivory is an important and valued service provider to the industries of the Central Valley,” said Steve Yoder, Assistant Vice President of Rail Link, who will oversee the operations of ICTC. “With an established base of customers, significant storage capacity and connections to the Union Pacific and BNSF via the SJVR, our acquisition of the Port of Ivory leaves us well positioned to build upon the successful legacy of Richard Best since he started building the business more than 20 years ago.”

Served by SJVR's 371-mile rail network, the Port of Ivory is a 91-acre industrial park providing rail-to-truck transload and storage services for a wide range of agricultural and industrial commodities, including cottonseed, phosphate, aggregates and lumber. With 2.5 miles of rail infrastructure, the site has capacity for more than 200 railcars and more than 500,000 square feet of covered storage. The facility transloads more than 6,o00 carloads annually.

From corporate headquarters in Connecticut Genesee & Wyoming owns or leases 116 freight railroad companies across the US, Canada and Europe. The group employs more than 7,300 staff, owns more than 13,000 miles of track and provides connection to more than 30 deep-water ports.

Locally, G&W is the owner of the San Joaquin Railroad (SJVR). SJVR, headquartered in Exeter, provides short-haul services connecting Central Valley business to transcontinental rail terminals in Fresno and Bakersfield.

Ivory Choice Terminal is located 2 miles southeast of Ridley, on Avenue 430. G&W purchased a similar facility in Millux, near Bakersfield, in 2019.