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With the closure of the Yonkers plant, demand will be met by ASR’s other refineries, including those in Chalmette, Louisiana and Baltimore, Maryland, both of which the company says have been transitioned to continuous operation. A spokesperson for ASR confirmed that the Baltimore plant will see an increase in shipments by water once the Yonkers facility has closed. The company recently invested $45 million in a new raw sugar warehouse in Baltimore which will open in July and can store 100 million pounds of sugar, according to the spokesperson.

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Times march on, and Yonkers city officials must have decided that they want high tech jobs instead of manufacturing.

Maybe the union?

There is more to this story, I wager.

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From the article:

The Yonkers plant is one of only a handful of manufacturers still operating and utilizing maritime facilities along the once heavily-industrialized river. About 20 miles north of Yonkers, the CertainTeed wallboard plant brings in gypsum regularly by bulk ship from Spain. Further up, near Albany, Innovative Surface Solutions produces de-icing solution from tanker-loads of magnesium chloride, and a cement plant continues to operate in Ravenna, NY, supplying terminals in the northeast by barge.

While factories are few and far between, the Ports of Albany and Coeymans remain in heavy use for bulk and specialty cargo, and the river remains a major corridor for oil products, stone, scrap metal, and aggregate.

[rottweiller_inc]

Wow. I didn’t even know there was one in NYC

[Red Badger]

Sweet!....................For the politicians...............

[bert]

Translation.

Domino Sugar is getting the hell out of Dodge (New York City)

[CodeToad]

NYC is going to the way of Detroit.

[PGR88]

If you search “American Sugar Refining, Yonkers NY” on Google Earth, you can see a barge docked at there Hudson River terminal

[NorthMountain]

“making strategic operational investments and optimizations to its U.S. business,”

By getting the hell OUT of New York? Given the current political climate, that seems wise ... although increasing operations in Maryland isn't much different.

[PerConPat]

Also owned by ASR...And still going after 99 years in Crockett.

[jerod]

This will leave a huge space to house Hamas fighters being deported from Gaza Israel... When the new Muslim mayor takes over.

[Albion Wilde]

More work for Domino's refinery on the Baltimore harbor, which recently quadrupled its storage facilities for finished sugar.

2022: As Domino® Sugar Refinery in Baltimore Turns 100 Years Old, Major Construction Projects are Taking Shape

[ro_dreaming]

The entire suburb of Houston called “SUGARLAND” was based around Imperial Sugar and their plant. They moved operations 15, 20 years ago - and the HQ building (silos, too) was blown up just recently (last 2 or 3 years).

Moving admin away from production really ends up with bad decisions. When bean counters run the business, everything ends badly.