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Tonnage Reporting: Getting It Right Waterborne Commerce Statistics Center Navigation and Civil Works Decision Support Center USACE Institute for Water Resources US Army Corps of Engineers BUILDING STRONG® US Army Corps Of Engineers Navigation and Civil Works Decision Support Center (NDC) Institute for Water Resources NDC is an element within the U.S. Army Institute for Water Resources (IWR) consisting of • Waterborne Commerce Statistics Center (WCSC), including the Navigation Infrastructure Inventory, located in New Orleans, LA • Lock Performance Monitoring System & Dredging Statistics, located in Alexandria, VA • Civil Works Program Performance, including management of the Corps Operations & Maintenance Business Information Link (OMBIL) • Enterprise Group S, which functions within a matrixmanagement construct in conjunction with the other four enterprise groups within IWR 2 BUILDING STRONG® WCSC Mission US Army Corps Of Engineers • To collect and supply navigation data and information for U.S. channels, ports, waterways, and Corps Projects - • Institute for Water Resources Domestic and U.S. Foreign Commodity and Vessel Movements U.S. Navigation Infrastructure Inventory Authorized under the River & Harbors Act of 1922 3 BUILDING STRONG® US Army Corps Of Engineers Waterborne Commerce Statistics Collection U.S. Carriers Ports/Terminals Customs / Census Private Industry Enforcement Input Processing Electronic Reports Coding Keying Coast Guard AIS Oracle Relational Database Editing Routing Information Generation Institute for Water Resources Output Query Reports HQ Budget CD / Web Data & statistics used by USACE Civil Works Program to: • analyze feasibility of new water transportation projects/activities • set priorities for new investment & rehabilitation • management of operations & maintenance of existing projects • support legislation and Congressional initiatives 4 BUILDING STRONG® US Army Corps Of Engineers Waterborne Commerce Information Vessel Trip & Cargo Data • • • • • • • Vessel ID & Operator Origin & Destination Location: Port & Dock Time: Date Depart & Arrive Route Taken Draft Commodity - SITC & International Harmonized System • Tonnage 5 Institute for Water Resources US Army Corps Of Engineers Data Confidentiality Institute for Water Resources • Protection of Trade Secrets • Title 18, U. 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Code, Chapter 93, Section 1905 “Whoever … discloses … information which concerns … operations … (or) confidential statistical data … of any person, firm, corporation or association … shall be fined not more than $1,000 or imprisoned not more than one year or both, and shall be removed from office of employment.” 6 BUILDING STRONG® US Army Corps Of Engineers Additional WCSC Functions Institute for Water Resources • Collect and process domestic shipper information subject to the Harbor Maintenance Tax • Conduct annual survey to produce an inventory of vessel companies and their U.S. flag vessels operating in the transportation of freight and passengers • Compile and produce summary statistics, which do not disclose movements of individual companies, for release to private companies and the general public 7 BUILDING STRONG® US Army Corps Of Engineers Navigation Infrastructure Inventory Institute for Water Resources • Inventory of over 200 commercial ports, 9,000+ waterway facilities, Corps locks and Nav Project Profiles • Outputs: waterway facility characteristics related to our customers • Supports Quality Assurance of waterborne commerce data, Permits, Budget and Homeland Security 8 BUILDING STRONG® US Army Corps Of Engineers 33 CFR Part 207.800 Collection of Navigation Statistics Institute for Water Resources • Domestic waterborne commercial vessels shall be reported monthly to the WCSC. ENG Forms 3925, 3925b, 3925c or 3925P shall be completed and filed by vessel operating companies each month for all voyages or vessel movements completed during the month. • The types of vessels include: dry cargo ships and tankers, barges (loaded and empty), towboats (with or without barges in tow), tugboats, crew boats and supply boats to and from offshore locations, newly constructed vessels from shipyards to the point of delivery, ferries and other passenger vessels, and vessels remaining idle during the monthly reporting period. • Vessels carrying containerized cargo must also file form 3925c. • Vessels that did not complete a move during the month shall be reported as idle or in transit. 9 BUILDING STRONG® US Army Corps Of Engineers 33 CFR Part 207.800 Collection of Navigation Statistics Institute for Water Resources The following vessel movements need not be reported: • Recreational vessels • Fire, police, and patrol vessels • Vessels exclusively engaged in construction (e.g., piledrivers and crane barges). NOTE: however, that movements of supplies, materials, and crews to or from the construction site must be timely reported. • Dredges to or from the dredging site. However, vessel movements of dredged material from the dredging site to the disposal site must be reported. • Specific movements granted exemption in writing by the Waterborne Commerce Statistics Center. 10 BUILDING STRONG® US Army Corps Of Engineers How Do We Improve Coverage and Collection? Institute for Water Resources • Existing Efforts – – – – Identify common requirements Identify and adopt common standards – FILS Identify and adopt common delivery methods Identify and homogonously catalogue cargo handling facilities • Short Term Solutions – Leverage current technologies to identify unreported information – Identify an interim format to send potential missing data (Note: 3rd partiers leveraged to identify missing information, but not report it.) – Leverage industry participation to increase reporting response 11 BUILDING STRONG® US Army Corps Of Engineers Federal and Industry Logistics Standardization (FILS) A joint collaboration between industry and governmental agencies to adopt a uniform nomenclature in order to improve accuracy and efficiency when electronically sharing common information for: Standard Location Codes for Dock, Fleets, etc. Standard River Names and Mile Points Standard Vessel Codes Standard Commodity Codes Institute for Water Resources Guiding Principles Accepted by Industry Accepted by Federal Agencies Usable in multiple transmission formats Adhere to international standards Open Standard 12 BUILDING STRONG® US Army Corps Of Engineers AIS Integration Into the WCSC Process 13 Institute for Water Resources BUILDING STRONG® Long Term Solution U.S. US Army ArmyCorps Corps of Engineers of Engineers R Origin • Technology – GPS – Standardized Electronic Data – Data Provided by Industry Databases • Partnerships Lock – Federal Government Reporting Point – Associations – Industry – Service Provider • Result – Geographically accurate, timely, Destination consistent and complete data . Service Provider • Industry Incentive – Fleet Management Tool Subscribers (WHO) – Free Equipment – Elimination of manual data submission Subscribers Industry (WHAT)