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The Importance of Our Nation’s Waterways

The Importance of Our Nation’s Waterways. Presented to Congressional Waterways Caucus Jim Walker HQUSACE 22 July 2009.

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The Importance of Our Nation’s Waterways

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  1. The Importance of Our Nation’s Waterways Presented to Congressional Waterways Caucus Jim Walker HQUSACE 22 July 2009

  2. Corps Navigation Mission Provide safe, reliable, efficient, effective and environmentally sustainable waterborne transportation systems for movement of commerce, national security needs, and recreation.

  3. USACE maintains 25,000 miles of waterways Over 900 projects and 13,000 miles of channels 12,000 miles inland/intracoastal and 241 nav locks Coastal ports serve 28 states and inland waterways serve 38 states Inland and Intracoastal waterways connect our ports to interior markets Marine Transportation System

  4. More than 95% of overseas trade moves through our ports Over 25% of Nation’s economic activity depends on foreign trade U.S. maritime industry supports nearly $1 Trillion in commerce, creates more than 13 million jobs, and handles more than 2.3 billion tons of commerce Most US jobs depend in one form or another on the flow of goods through our ports and harbors Marine Transportation System

  5. Ports: Vital to Trade and US Economy Anacortes Seattle Tacoma Kalama Two Harbors Portland Duluth/Superior Presque Isle Portland Boston 53 harbors – coastal, inland, Great Lakes - handled over 10 million tons each in 2007… Detroit New Haven Pittsburgh Chicago New York/NJ Toledo Lower Delaware River (9 harbors) Indiana Hbr Richmond Cleveland Baltimore Cincinnati Oakland Newport News Huntington Norfolk St. Louis Los Angeles Long Beach Memphis Million Tons Charleston Over 100 Baton Rouge Savannah Pascagoula Lake Charles Jacksonville 50 - 100 Houston Barbers Pt Mobile Texas City Tampa 25 - 50 Honolulu Plaquemines Freeport Port Arthur 10 - 25 Matagorda New Orleans Beaumont Valdez S. Louisiana Corpus Christi Port Everglades San Juan

  6. Goods to Market or ‘Ships to Shelves’ Export Import 18% 47% 36%

  7. Coastal Inland Tons 1.7B 622M Cargo Value $340B $98B USACE funding $1.01B $866M Cargo Value and Cost

  8. Inland Nav Commodities

  9. Coastal Nav Commodities

  10. Navigation Benefits are Transportation cost savings and fall under 2 categories: National Economic Development benefits Regional or local benefits Transportation cost savings Economies of scale (coastal) Transportation rate savings (inland) Benefit/Cost Ratio Oakland Harbor 8.5 Greenup Lock 4.6 NY/NJ Deepening 2.7 Economic Benefits

  11. Inland: Unscheduled Lock Closures Greater than 24 hours due to mechanical breakdowns Trend: Unscheduled closures increasing Impact: Threatens reliable delivery of product Coastal: Channel Availability Half channel width on High Use projects Trend: Channel availability decreasing Impact: Efficiency loss, cost per ton increase Performance

  12. Coastal: Harbor Maintenance Trust Fund Ad valorem tax, 0.125% of cargo value Reimburse 100% of Operation and Maintenance Revenue: $1.6B, Appropriated: $700M Projected FY09 ending balance: $5.4B Navigation Trust Funds

  13. Inland: Inland Waterways Trust Fund Fuel tax, $0.20 per gallon 50% of Construction and Major Rehab Revenue: $85M, Appropriate: $85M Navigation Trust Funds

  14. Keeping America’s goods globally competitive Cost Effective Fuel Efficient Environmentally Friendly Capable of increased use Marine Transportation Osprey Line Baton Rouge, LA

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