AMERICA’S MARINE HIGHWAY

• JIM MURPHYUS MARITIME ADMINISTRATIONEAST GULF LOWER MISS GATEWAYINLAND RIVERS PORTS & TERMINALSSHREVEPORT LAAPRIL 28, 2015

Maritime Administration

Mission:

To improve and strengthen the U.S. marine transportation system - including

infrastructure, industry and labor - to meet the economic and security needs of the

Nation.

Current Challenges & Issues Lessened byMarine Highways

Gridlock: A single vessel can shift over 450 trucks or 225 rail cars from road and rail corridors to our underutilized waterways.Environment: On average, inland vessels generate 38% less greenhouse gases than trucks and 28% less than rail per ton-mile.Energy: Inland vessels move one ton of freight 370% further than trucks (576 miles compared to trucking’s 155 miles) and 139% further than rail’s 413 miles.Safety: Inland marine transportation involves only 1 fatality for every 155 by truck and 22 by rail for each billion ton-miles.

2007 Freight Volume/Day

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Major U.S. Sea Ports and Long Haul Trucking

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Maritime Administration Projects

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Auke Bay, AK

Pier 29, HI

Green TradeCorridor, CA

Coos Bay, OR

Port of L.A., CA

Tri-City, IL

Gulfport, MS

Port Manatee, FL Port of Miami, FL

ProvPort, RI

Quonset, RI

Port of Long Beach, CA

South JerseyPort Corp, NJ

JaxPort, FL

Lewiston, ID

Oakland, CA

Mobile, AL

Corpus Christi, TX

Brownsville, TX

Catoosa, OK

Bayonne, NJ

Cates Landing, TN

Garibaldi, ORMaine Ports, ME

Eastport, MEDuluth, MN

Wilmington, DE

Baltimore, MD

Pascagoula, MS

New Orleans, LAHouston, TX

Fulton, MS

Virginia Ports, VA

Cross Gulf, FL

Cross Gulf, TX

Stockton, CAW. Sacramento, CA

Richmond, VA

Tacoma, WA

Benton, WA

Pasco, WA

Hueneme, CA

Orange, TX

Dillingham, AK

LOOP

TIGER FY 2009

TIGER FY 2010

TIGER FY 2011

TIGER FY 2012

TIGER FY 2013

Marine HighwayPort Conveyance

ARRA Grants

M5 Corridor

M55 Corridor

M95 Corridor

Portland, OR

Toledo, OH Wellsville, OH

CONTAINER ON BARGE

• NUMEROUS SUCCESS STORIES IN DOMESTIC OFFSHORE AND OVERSEAS ( AND COLUMBIA RIVER UNTIL RECENTLY )

• SEVERAL FAILED ATTEMPTS ON LOWER MISSISSIPPI RIVER

• SOME RECENT SUCCESS WITH HOUSTON HUB

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AMERICA’S MARINE HIGHWAYS

• PUBLIC LAW 110 – 140• 46 Code Federal Regulations 393• Public benefits: transport by water

when/where it makes sense• Include water transport in plans• Containers and trailers• $7 million in grants

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Marine Highways

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AMERICA’S MARINE HIGHWAYS

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Cannot compete with existing services

AMH SERVICES AND STUDIES

• SEABRIDGE FREIGHT FL/TX M10• JAMES RIVER BARGE VA M64• STOCKTON/OAKLAND CA M580• TENN TOM AL/MS M65

• STUDIES: M5, M55, M95

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M55/M35

• CONGRATULATIONS TO IRPT ON AMH PROJECT DESIGNATION AND FOR TEST SHIPMENT PADUCAH TO AMERICA’S CENTRAL PORT AND RETURN.

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QUESTIONS?

• JIM MURPHY (504) 589 6658• James.murphy@dot.gov

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