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A Tale of Three Ohio Cities Bradley Hull PhD John Carroll University October 8, 2010. “A Tale of Three Regions”: Columbus & Central Ohio Toledo and NW Ohio Cleveland and NE Ohio Status of and Opportunities for: water rail truck pipe air. COLUMBUS LOGISTICS PROJECTS.
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A Tale of Three Ohio Cities Bradley Hull PhD John Carroll University October 8, 2010
“A Tale of Three Regions”: • Columbus & Central Ohio • Toledo and NW Ohio • Cleveland and NE Ohio • Status of and Opportunities for: • water • rail • truck • pipe • air
COLUMBUS LOGISTICS PROJECTS Niche: Retail Center 360o arc Explosive DC growth Norfolk’s “Inland Port” NS Heartland Corridor Marion CSX IM terminal I-70 Corridor of the Future Rickenbacker Airport MARION RICKENBACKER Heartland Corridor from Norfolk Virginia
Niche: Logistics Hub 270o arc Toledo Express Airport CSX National Gateway CSX Marion Hub CN Railroad Port +181acres Port $37M stimulus Nova Scotia MOU USDOT Tpn Center Great Lakes Hist. Soc. TOLEDO LOGISTICS PROJECTS CSX CSX NORTH BALTIMORE CSX CSX Marion
Niche: Manufacturing 180o arc I-71 InnerbeltBridge crumbling. United/Continental? Southwest/AirTran? Cleveland/Akron/Canton LOGISTICS PROJECTS ?
Ohio Water • Which foreign country is Ohio’s largest trading partner? • What is the shortest route between the Lake Erie ports and Rotterdam/Antwerp? • How close does the Ohio river get to Lake Erie?
Ohio from the sky Geographical Strategic Advantage 12 days
Where is the Midwest? Chemicals “Polymer Valley” Automotive Aluminum Steel
Canada: Many Short Sea Routes (James Frost, Marinova)
THE BENEFITS 100 miles 250 miles 750 miles 1000 miles 500 miles Miles that 1 gallon will transport 1 ton of cargo Fuel Efficiency: Protection from Diesel price spikes: Truck - 155 Train - 413 Feeder Container Ship - 1,115
INTERNATIONAL CONNECTIONS Montreal Halifax
CN CP CSX NS • Current Canadian delivery issues: • Eastern Ohio is not well served • CSX has access to Montreal but no container business Montreal Toronto Halifax CN/CP Detroit Chicago Cleveland Columbus
from NEO through Detroit/Chicago to Canada CN CP CSX NS Less well served
Less than 100 miles to the Ohio River Container on barge? Project cargo? Steel? Wellsville Ohio New Panama Canal opens in 2012-2014
Ohio Rail & Intermodal Q: How do we fit in to the US rail network?
CHICAGO/EAST COAST CORRIDOR Waterlevel Route New York Baltimore NS CSX 4 days Norfolk, Portsmouth
NORFOLK SOUTHERN HEARTLAND CORRIDOR PROJECT NS Chicago New York NS Columbus NS Baltimore Heartland Corridor 25 hours Norfolk, Portsmouth
NATIONAL GATEWAY CSX current route CSX Chicago bypass New York NATIONAL GATEWAY NE OHIO: Better Chic service. 2-Stack ex Balt, Norfolk. Baltimore CSX Norfolk
Existing Intermodal Terminal NEW Intermodal Terminal
Conneaut Toledo Cleve • NE OHIO IMPACTS: • CN Access • Serves 350 companies • 400,000 truck loads per year Akron Canton Lima Brewster Navarre Pitts Wheeling Opportunity! Navarre IM Terminal
Ohio Refined Products Pipelines Q: where in the US can you find low cost diesel?
From Canada From Europe Linden Eagle Point Baltimore Fairfax Manassas Major Refined Products Pipelines (gaso, diesel, kero, jet) Richmond Roanoke Norfolk Greensboro Knoxville Nashville Selma W. Memphis Charlotte Memphis Lookout Mtn Spartanb’g Belton Rome Oxford Athens Wilmington Atlanta Birmingham Griffin Sweetwater Macon Arcadia Charleston Columbus Meridian Montgomery Vicksburg Americus Savannah • access to ALL markets • can be a “dumping ground” for refined products Collins Albany Mobile Bainbridge Niceville Baton Rouge St Marks Jacksonville Pensacola Pascagoula Convent Garyville Chalmette Lake Chas Panama City Taft Tampa Pt Everglades
Ohio Refineries & Product Pipelines Detroit 2-12” Toledo Cleveland Trnsmtgne 8” 16” 2-10”,2-12”,16” 10” Lorain 2-12” Brecksville Cygnet Bellevue Aurora Fostoria 10” Niles 10”, 6” 4” Tiffin Akron Youngstown 10” 8/10/12” Findlay Boardman Mogadore 10” 10” 10” Van Port 2-12”, 1-10” Canton Huntington Rogers Jn 2-10” Pittsburgh 10” W.Pt. Lima Marion 18” 10” ex Robinson Coraopolis 10” 10” Steubenville Heath 12” Shell 12” Dayton Medway Columbus WPAFB Teppco Todhunter Marietta Lebanon 10” Teppco 20” NEW 16” Cardinal Pipeline Cincinnati Covington Bromley Sciotoville Catlettsburg barge Pipelines: Buckeye P/L Marathon P/L Sun P/L Inland P/L barge
NEO Pipelines: Buckeye P/L Marathon P/L Sun P/L Inland P/L refinery Opportunity?: Locate near the “dots” (gasoline and diesel supply points) Currently near diesel supply points:
Ohio Truck & Highway Chicago/East Coast Corridor Did you know: 43% of Ohio VMT are through traffic?
I-70 US Corridor of the Future http://www.dot.state.oh.us/groups/tft/Documents/21stCenturyTransportationPrioritiesTaskForceReport-CombinedAppendices-Web.pdf
Ohio Department of Transportation State of the Local, Federal-Aid, Off-State System 2006-2007 Report. http://www.dot.state.oh.us/Divisions/TransSysDev/Innovation/InfrastructureManagement/Reports/Pages/default.aspx
Supplying NEO from the East Coast Waterlevel Route Erie Canal Hudson River Chicago 3-4 days delay New York Truck from east coast Baltimore NS CSX Norfolk, Portsmouth
The Chicago/East Coast Corridor Overland Routes to East Coast Waterlevel Route Rail Rail/Truck Truck To East Coast New York Converting Truck to Rail: 1. CSX/UP UMAX project 2. NS/JB Hunt partnership Baltimore 4 days Norfolk, Portsmouth OPPORTUNITY? NS CSX
Ohio AIR Q: Which airport handles the least airfreight – Cleveland Hopkins, Toledo Express, Rickenbacker?
A Toledo niche Deutsche Bahn/Shenker/BAX Global: #1 in European land transportation #2 in worldwide air freight #3 worldwide ocean freight $22.7B revenues http://www.toledoexpress.com/air-cargo/cargo-destination-map New Toledo/Australia route, New Toledo/Germany/Dubai “skybridge” Worldwide Shenker acquired domestic BAX Global in March 2009, giving Toledo international access for the first time. Toledo allows Schenker to avoid gateway entry ports
Conclusions: • Columbus and Toledo have done a wonderful job of improving their infrastructure. • NEO has a golden opportunity for water and opportunities for rail and rail/truck
The study can be found at: www.neotec.org and www.neohiotransportationupdate.com Bradley Hull PhD bzhull@jcu.edu 216-397-4182