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Port Competitive Advantages. On West Coast Nearest Asia. Los Angeles. Long Beach. Deep Water Ports Can Serve Ships Drawing Over 50 feet of Water. 8,000-Container Post-Panamax Ships. Great Infrastructure. Issue: Balancing Health & Jobs.
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On West Coast Nearest Asia Los Angeles Long Beach
Deep Water Ports Can Serve Ships Drawing Over 50 feet of Water 8,000-Container Post-Panamax Ships
Operations Bring Rising Asthma& Cancer Risk From Airborne Toxics Cancers per million Source: SCAQMD, Multiple Air Toxics Exposure Study II, March 2000
Gold Mine Theory Secondary Tier Primary Tier -$10.6 Billion
1,273,700 2.41 528,022 Avg. Jan-2000 to Jun-2007 July 2009 Multiple: Increase Soaring Numbers of Unemployed Number of Unemployed, Southern California Avg. Jan-2000 to Jun-2007 v. July 2009 Poverty Is Also A Health Issue Source: CA Employment Development Department
U.S. Economy Has Shrunk -7,205,000 Jobs
But Also, Ports Increasingly Regarded As Unreliable By Many BCOs • UP Buys SP, Trains Can’t Move • ILWU-PMSA Lockout/Strike • 93 Ships Can’t Be Unloaded: Not Enough Labor • Rains Wash-Out Rail Track • Clean Truck & Infrastructure Fees • Employee Truck Mandate & Lawsuits • Riverside Suing Ports • LA-Oak Congressional Work on Employee Driver
The Diversion Fear : 4-Corners Strategy Loss of 4% Market Share Panama & Suez
42.5 42.5 2035e 2025e Cargo Forecast & Economic ImpactWill Likely Be Substantially Delayed Port Container Traffic Ports of Los Angeles & Long Beach, 1990-2008 & Long Term (million TEUs) Loss of 4% Market Share 15.8 15.7 14.5 14.2 13.1 11.8 10.6 9.5 9.6 8.2 7.5 6.5 5.8 5.4 5.1 4.4 3.8 4.1 3.7 1991 2001 1990 1992 1993 1994 1995 1996 1997 1998 1999 2000 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 TEU=20 foot equivalent container units Source: Ports of Los Angeles & Long Beach; forecast: Moffatt & Nichol Engineers
Trucks & Traffic Congestion Worst in nation since 1982 Slows Movement of Goods, Lowers Competitiveness, Adds To Air Quality Difficulties
Lack of Rail Grade SeparationsDividing Cities Screeeeech!
Leaders Have Invested In Infrastructure Inter-State Freeway System State Water Project President Eisenhower Governor Pat Brown We Need To Do It Again!