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San Joaquin Valley, California Located in California's heavily traveled San Joaquin Valley, is the reginal hub for business and industry. Kings County is distinctively connected to an impressive product distribution network that keeps all goods - agricultural and otherwise - moving to destinations throughout the United States. |
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| City Profiles | Demographics | Major Employers | Transportation | Utilities | Wage Survey | Work Force |
| Cargo Handling at Fresno Yosemite Internationl Airport |
| Annual Enplaned Tons | Enplanements (ooo) | % Change |
| Freight | 1999 | 1998 | 1997 | 98-99 | 97-98 | |
| 5,460 | 212 | 570 | 537.4 | 504.6 | 6.10% | 6.50% |
| Sources: 1/17/00, Fresno Yosemite International Airport - 1998, FAA Terminal Area Forecasts |
| Air Services | Location | Area Served |
| Fresno Yosemite International | Fresno | Central San Joaquin Valley |
| Visalia Airport | Visalia | Tulare and Kings Counties |
| Hanford Airport | Hanford | Kings County |
| Chandler Field | Fresno | Fresno County |
| Sources: Kings EDC |
| Courier Services | Location | Area Served |
| Federal Express | Visalia | Central San Joaquin Valley |
| United Parcel Service | Visalia | Central San Joaquin Valley |
| Peninsula Messenger Service | Visalia | Central San Joaquin Valley |
| San Joaquin Courier | Fresno | Kings, Tulare, Fresno, Kern Counties |
| Airborne Express | Fresno | Central San Joaquin Valley |
| Delta Airlines | Fresno | Central San Joaquin Valley |
| Sources: Kings EDC |
| Rail Services | Location | Area Served |
| Burlington Northern Santa Fe | Hanford, Corcoran, Fresno | Kings and Fresno Counties |
| Union Pacific | Highway 99 corridor | Kern, Tulare, Fresno Counties, (Kings via SJVRR) |
| San Joaquin | Lemoore, Hanford, Visalia | Kings, Tulare and Fresno Counties |
| Sources: Kings EDC |
| Motor Freight Services | Location | Area Served |
| Motor Freight Service ABF Freight System Inc Arcadian Pacific Motor Ex Commercial Transfer Inc (CTI) Con Way Western Express Consolidated Freightways Ganduglia Trucking GI Trucking Corporation Kings County Truck Lines Roadway Express Inc. Shane Transport Sierra West Warehouse Viking Freight Inc Wallace Transport Watkins Motor Lines Wills Trucking Yellow Freight System Inc |
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| Sources: Kings EDC |
| Nearest Deepwater Ports |
| Name | Distance/Miles | Type of Port | Annual Tonnage | Customs Agent on Premisis |
| Port of Stockton | 120 | Deepwater Channel | 1,338,576 | Yes, 2 days/week |
| Services Provided: 10 berths, electric, fresh water, 2.7 mil sq. ft. warehouses, 200 truck companies serve port, 2 railroads serve port. |
| Port of Oakland | 150 | Deepwater | 11,148,294 | Yes |
| Services Provided: 29 berths, container cargo intermodal rail facility, 31 container cranes, served by 76 trucking companies. |
| Port of Los Angeles | 214 | Deepwater | 44,144,241 | Yes |
| Services Provided: 29 diversified cargo handeling facilities including 101 berths with terminals for automobiles, dry and liqued bulk, neobulk and brakbulk, cruise passengers, and omniterminals with container handeling and specialized cargo handeling equipment. Busiest container port in U.S. Dockside rail at 5 container terminals, over 75 berths, 800 acres of containerized cargo handeling facilities with 44 gantry cranes, 3 dry bulk terminals with 175,000 metric tons of on-site storage, liquid bulk terminals used primarily for petroleum products, facilities for breakbulk, neobulk and automobiles with specialized terminals and stevedoring machinary. |
| Highways/Interstates | Location | Area Served |
| Interstate 5 | Avenal, Kettleman City | West Side of Kings County, Western US |
| State Highway 33 | Avenal | West Side of Kings County |
| State Highway 41 | Lemoore, Stratford, Kettleman City | Central Kings Co., Yosemite N.P. to Morro Bay |
| State Highway 43 | Hanford, Corcoran | Central Kings County, Selma |
| State Highway 99 | Tulare and Fresno Counties | Valley East Side, Bakersfield to Sacramento |
| State Highway 198 | Hanford, Lemoore, NAS Lemoore | Northern Kings Co., Sequoia N.P. to King City |
| State Highway 269 | Avenal | West Side of Kings Co. |
| Sources: Kings EDC |
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