Transcript AASHTO – FHWA Freight Partnership IV

America’s Marine Highways
Program
Propeller Club
October 4, 2012
Jim Murphy
East Gulf Lower Mississippi System Gateway
U.S. Department of Transportation – Maritime Administration
Maritime Administration
Mission:
To improve and strengthen the U.S. marine transportation
system - including infrastructure, industry and labor - to meet
the economic and security needs of the Nation.
Our Vision:
America’s Marine Highway
Reliable, regularly scheduled, competitive and sustainable
services employing U.S. ships and tugs are a routine choice to
transport freight and passengers.
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Shifting Trade Patterns
• Panama Canal Expansion
• Post-Panamax Ships
• Manufacturing and Distribution Shifts
Top 1000 “Blue Chip” MulTinaTional
Shipper Priorities
With Permission from
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• New legislation – passed July 2012
• 27 month program that will lay the
baseline for future of transportation system
in the U.S. / freight and passengers
• Will identify National Freight Network
• Will establish State Freight Advisory
Committees
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M-5
(AK)
M-5
M-84
America’s Marine Highways
Designated August 2010
M-90
M-90
M-87
M-90
M-580
M-95
M-55
M-70
M-70
M-64
M-40
M-5
M-65
M-49
M-55
M-95
LEGEND
M-10
MH Corridor
MH Connector
M-A1
MH Crossing
M-2
U.S. Interstate
M-5 (AK)
M-5
(AK)
$179.26M Marine Highway &
TIGER Grants 2009 to 2012
M-5
M-84
M-90 Detroit/Windsor Ferry
M-87
$2,200,000
Lewiston, ID
$1,300,000
Maine
M-90 Ports, ME
$14,000,000
M-90
Bayonne, NJ
$11,400,000
M-580
M-55
Green Trade Corridor, CA
$30,000,000
Oakland, CA
$15,000,000
M-5
M-70
M-70
M-64
Tri-City Port, IL
$14,500,000
M-40
Cates Landing, TN
$13,000,000
Catoosa, OK
$6,425,000
James River
$1,100,000
M-65
Corpus Christi, TX
$10,000,000
M-49
M-55
Tenn-Tom W/W
$1,700,000 M-95
Mobile, AL
$12,000,000
Cross Gulf
$3,340,000
Brownsville, TX
$12,000,000
Davisville,
RI
M-95
$22,300,000
M-10
M-A1
LEGEND
MH Corridor
Port Manatee, FL
$9,000,000
MH Connector
MH Crossing
M-2
U.S. Interstate
M-5 (AK)
A Focus on States
 36 State DOTs influence America’s Marine Highways
 Which State DOT department will consider it?
– 6 = maritime, ports, waterways or marine (Florida)
– 8 = planning (Texas)
– 6 = intermodal (Georgia & Tennessee)
– 5 = freight (Mississippi)
– 3 = rail & marine/railroads & harbors
– 1 = aviation & ports
– 1 = trade development (Alabama)
– 6= have no department that addresses maritime
Critical for forming Marine Highway
Services
• Need communication among multiple
partners (including public and private)
• Promotion efforts must be coordinated
between all partners
• Need business, market and finance plans
• Need adequate capital for start-up
operations, with contingency fund
• Need to be located on a designated Marine
Highway Corridor, Connector or Crossing.
More Than Half Empty?
Institutional Barriers
(HMT, Govt Policy, etc.)
Freight & Shipper
Uncertainty
High Vessel
Construction Cost
High Operating Cost
Infrastructure Gaps
Tipping Point
GO
No
GO
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Or is it...
Institutional Barriers
(HMT, Govt Policy, etc.)
Freight & Shipper
Uncertainty
High Vessel
Construction Cost
High Operating Cost
Infrastructure Gaps
Tipping Point
GO
GO
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More Than Half Full?
Advisory Committee
Recommendations to
DOT Secretary
Dual Use/M 55 Studies
DOD Support & TITLE
XI-CCF
LNG + Dual Use $
$111 Million Grants
Tipping Point
GO
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Supply
Demand
Shipper
Incentives
Start up funding risk
Carbon Trading
HMT & Tonnage Tax
Policy Changes
Maritime as part of the
surface transportation
system
Fuel Costs
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Bottom Line
 In the current market and regulatory environment
launching new services is definitely challenging.
 However, changing dynamics may be bringing us
closer to the tipping point.
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Tenn Tom Waterway Pilot Project
 Provides additional capacity to the regional
surface transportation system
 Provides competitive transportation options for
shippers
 Reduces highway maintenance costs and air
emissions
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Tenn Tom Waterway Pilot Project
Current Challenges
 Lack of start-up capital
 Lack of comfort from shippers (frequency,
reliability, visibility)
 Lack of a complete supply chain
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Tenn Tom Waterway Pilot Project
Some Solutions
 $1.76M MARAD Marine Highway Grant for
floating, wheeled or fixed infrastructure
 Transportation operator partnerships that tie all
modes into a complete supply chain
 Increased comfort factor from shippers
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Thank you
Jim Murphy
(504) 589 6658
[email protected]
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