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Port of Philly Getting Hyundai Traffic

PHILADELPHIA-The car company will move 150,000 vehicles through the port annually and create more than 400 jobs in the region.

By Ian Ritter | Updated on May 03, 2010

PHILADELPHIA-The Port of Philadelphia is about to get busier. Starting this month, about 150,000 Hyundai and Kia vehicles will go through the Packer Avenue Marine Terminal annually.

The move is expected to generate about 100 new vessels going through the port each year and increase truck and rail traffic, says John Estey, chairman of the Philadelphia Regional Port Authority. The vehicles will get processed at a finishing plant located at Pier 98 at Columbus Boulevard and Oregon Avenue.

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