State of the Marine Transportation System

1. State of the Marine Transportation System International Maritime Statistics Forum Singapore 16 Apr 2007

2. National Challenge: Marine Transportation System • Value of all foreign trade represents nearly 30% of nation’s GDP (vs. 13% in 1970) • Overseas waterborne trade • 95% of overseas trade by volume • 75% of overseas trade by value • 16 million jobs • About $2.3 trillion in economic activity • System nearing capacity • Cargo volumes projected to double by 2025 • Already a generation behind in channel design – but West Coast in better shape • Capacity constraints increase transportation costs, pollution, congestion

3. Inland Waterway System: Nearly 12,000 Miles 9 ft & Over 196 Lock Sites / 241 Chambers Moving Over 600 Million Tons About 2/3rds Cost of Rail and 1/10 Cost of Truck U.S. Harbors and Waterways: Vital to Trade…and to Our National Economy Anacortes 55 harbors – coastal, inland, Great Lakes - handled over 10 million tons each in 2005… Seattle Tacoma Kalama Two Harbors Presque Isle Portland Duluth/Superior Portland Boston Providence Detroit New Haven Toledo Pittsburgh Chicago New York/NJ Ashtabula Lower Delaware River (9 harbors) Indiana Hbr Richmond Cleveland Baltimore Cincinnati Oakland Newport News Huntington Norfolk St. Louis Los Angeles Memphis Million Tons Long Beach Charleston Over 100 Baton Rouge Savannah Pascagoula Lake Charles Jacksonville 50 - 100 Houston Mobile Texas City Honolulu Tampa 25 - 50 Plaquemines Freeport Port Arthur 10 - 25 Matagorda New Orleans Beaumont Valdez S. Louisiana Corpus Christi Port Everglades

4. Future of North American Container Trade with Asia (Thousands of TEUs) • Asia-North America eastbound flows likely passed 6 million TEU in ‘06 • Driven by People’s Republic of China to U.S. West Coast • May reach 28 million TEU by 2022 • Huge challenge to U.S. ports to handle this volume Source: Global Insight, Jun 04.

5. Deep Draft Challenges: Mega-ships“EMMA MAERSK” - 11,000+ TEUs • Announced capacity 11,000 TEUs (But industry analysts say could range much higher.) • Entered service Sep 06, 10 more on order • Length 1,303 ft – (longer than Eiffel Tower is tall) • Width 184 ft) – (wide enough to cover 14 freeway lanes) • Height 207 ft – (taller than a 17 storey building) • Loaded draft 51 feet • Los Angeles and Norfolk only US ports that could handle and Norfolk only at high tide

6. 17.7 7.4 5.1 Depth-Constrained Containership Calls in 2020, with and without Planned Harbor Projects(in thousands of ship calls) 14.0 4.5 3.8 Pacific Coast Harbor Projects in 2006: Under Construction Under Study 2.5 Atlantic Coast 1.1 1.6 Under Construction/ Study for Additional Improvements Gulf Coast

7. Construction / Design Funds Study Funds Under Construction/ Study for Additional Improvements Meeting the Challenge: Key Harbor Improvement Projects Funded in 06 Great Lakes System Study Lake Washington • 25 key deep draft harbor improvements in ’06 appropriation • About $300 million • Long-term investment of over $4 billion Columbia R Sault Ste Marie (Soo Locks) Searsport Boston New York/NJ SF Bay to Stockton (multiple projects) Indiana Hbr Oakland 50-ft Lwr Delaware R Redwood City James R Norfolk Ventura Los Angeles Main Channel Wilmington Sabine- Neches Pascagoula Savannah Brunswick DeLong Mtn Hbr Gulfport Houston/ Galveston Jacksonville Nome Iberia Mobile Nawiliwili Canaveral Texas City Tampa Anchorage Calcasieu R. St Petersburg Yakutat Kaumalapau Freeport St. Paul Hbr Matagorda Port Everglades Homer Kawaihae Corpus Christi Haines Sand Pt. (Main Chnl & LaQuinta Chnl) Unalaska Brazos Island Hbr.

8. U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Coastal and Inland River Information ServiceInter-Agency Initiative International Maritime Statistics Forum Singapore 16 Apr 2007

9. U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Introduction • Numerous Real-time electronic transmission of data between navigation locks and industry is beginning to happen. • Numerous Federal agencies have a responsibility for the collection and dissemination of domestic navigation information. • An Industry and Federal Government partnership is required.

10. U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Domestic Federal Navigation Data Requirements Departments DOD – Department of Defense DHS – Department of Homeland Security DOT – Department of Transportation DOA – Department of Agriculture DOC – Department of Commerce Agencies CORPS – Army Corps TRANSCOM - United States Transportation Command USCG – United States Coast Guard CBP – Customs and Border Protection MARAD – Maritime Administration BTS – Bureau of Transportation Statistics SLSDC – St. Lawrence Seaway Development Corporation USDA – U.S. Department of Agriculture NOAA – National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration

11. U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Current Initiatives • Automated Identification Service (AIS): USCG • BargEx: Industry • RiverNet: Port of Pittsburgh/Corps • Real Time Current Velocity (RTCV): Corps/USCG • Regional Transportation Security System Coalitions (RTSC)/Portland: Industry/TSA • Locks Visibility Mgmt Systems (LVMS): Corps • Mississippi State University/Oakridge National Laboratory Grant (MSU/ONL): DOT • Lock Performance Monitoring System (LPMS), Operations & Maintenance of Navigation Installations (OMNI): Corps • Vessel Tracking System (VTS) for Certain Dangerous Cargoes (CDC’s): Corps/USCG • SMART Lock: Port of Pittsburgh

12. U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Present Situation • Numerous alternatives related to electronic navigation data • WiFi vs. VHF • Kinematic vs. Differential GPS • Vector vs. Raster Inland Elec Nav Charts • Data storage/retrieval

13. U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Inland Navigation Data • Operational data • Electronic Navigation Charts • Lock condition (availability, queue) • Real time current and wind velocities • River stage, water releases • Statistical data • Lock activity and vessel activity at lock • Tow sizes • Commodities • Tonnage • Origin and destination of towboat, barge, commodity, and container

14. U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Industry Issues • Concern for numerous initiatives and developing Federal requirements with perceived minimal interagency coordination • Industry wants to see Federal standards developed • Industry concerned with protection of proprietary information • An Industry and Government partnership is required.

15. U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Coastal & River Information Services(CRIS) • Integrates and leverages current initiatives • Borrows concepts from EU’s River Information Services • Classifies data by: • Input – What’s collected • Transmittal - Services to Mariners • Needs • Based on a Public-Private Partnership

16. U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Existing Systems CMTS Technology IAT Data Gaps CMTS Data IAT Filled Needed Missing Eliminate CRIS Data and Information Process NOT NEEDED Information and Data Requirements

17. U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Next Steps for CRIS • Use the U.S. Committee on the Marine Transportation System (CMTS) for interagency coordination • Create Interagency/Industry product delivery team (PDT) • Partnership with industry via PDT • MTSNAC, IWUB, AWO, IWC • Identify requirements • Harmonize Federal data definitions for domestic data • Establish one Federal set of standards for industry reporting • Align with International and Inter-modal standards • Coordinate with Federal international efforts • ITDS, WCO

18. Origin U.S. Army Corps of Engineers GPS (WHERE & WHEN) Lock Reporting Point Destination Service Provider Subscribers (WHO) Subscribers Industry (WHAT) Long Term Solution • Technology • GPS • Standardized Electronic Data • Data Provided by Industry Databases • Partnerships • Federal Government • Associations • Industry • Service Provider • Result • Geographically accurate, timely, consistent and complete data . • Industry Incentive • Fleet Management Tool • First In Line • Reduced IWFT & HMF • Free Equipment