THE UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN MISSISSIPPI

1. Ce Center for Logistics, Trade and Transportation and College of Business THE UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN MISSISSIPPI Study Abroad in PanamaCoordinated byDr. Tulio SulbaranTel: 601-266-6419 - Email: tulio.sulbaran@usm.edu COMPARING THE PANAMA CANAL EXPANSION WITH THE EXPANSION OF MISSISSIPPI’S PORTS OF GULFPORT AND PASCAGOULAPresented by:Emerson B. ToledoTel: 601-307-7109 - Email: emersontoledo@hotmail.com Jul 2012

2. Video Preamble

3. Outline • 1- Introduction • 2- Information/Data Collection Approach • 3- Case Study • 4- Results and Results Impact • Similarities • Differences • 5- Summary

4. Introduction • Compare: • Panama Canal Expansion • Port of Gulfport • Port of Pascagoula

5. Introduction • Panama Canal: • Serves a critical role in the U.S. global economy of trade. • Impacts most U.S. ports – “from the West Coast to the East Coast to the Gulf Coast.”

6. Introduction • Focus: • Expansions – Panama Canal & Mississippi’s Ports (Gulfport & Pascagoula) • Increases in imports and exports • Infrastructure improvements

7. Information/ Data Collection Approach • Internet Search: • Google: • Keywords: • Panama Canal Expansion • History of the Panama Canal • Port of Gulfport • Port of Pascagoula

8. Information/ Data Collection Approach • Internet Search: • Databases: • Impact of Panama Canal Expansion on the U.S. Intermodal System • The Panama Canal Expansion and SLC State Ports • Mississippi State Port Authority at Gulfport • Port of Pascagoula

9. Information/ Data Collection Approach • Face-To-Face Interview: • Alfredo Mejia – Senior Policy Advisor for the Gulfport-Biloxi International Airport.

10. Information/ Data Collection Approach Face-To-Face Interview Questions:

11. Case Study • The Panama Canal: • The waterway between the Pacific and Atlantic • Expansion goals and outcomes • Expansion benefits

12. Case Study • Ports of Gulfport & Pascagoula: • Investments • Expansion and modernization

13. Results and Results Impact Comparing key elements of the Panama Canal expansion with the expansion of Mississippi’s maritime ports

14. Results and Results Impact Similarities:

15. Results and Results Impact Differences:

16. Results and Results Impact Why are such results important? Similarities? Differences?

17. Summary • Overall impact of the expansion of the Panama Canal • Overall impact of the expansion of Mississippi’s ports (Gulfport & Pascagoula)

18. THE UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN MISSISSIPPIfounded in 1910 Thanks! Center for Logistics, Trade and Transportation and College of Business