mar aritime itime ad adminis inistra tration tion Ms. Branden Leay Criman, IMPE Director, Inland Waterways Gateway Maritime Administration – U.S. Department of Transportation
Mission: To foster and promote the U.S. Merchant Marine and the American maritime industry to strengthen the maritime transportation system — including landside infrastructure, the shipbuilding and repair industry, and labor — to meet the economic and national security needs of our Nation.
PACIFIC NORTHWEST GATEWAY SEATTLE, WA GREAT LAKES GATEWAY CHICAGO, IL INLAND WATERWAYS GATEWAY NORTH ATLANTIC GATEWAY ST. LOUIS, MO NEW YORK, NY NORTHERN CALIFORNIA GATEWAY MID ATLANTIC GATEWAY OAKLAND, CA WASHINGTON, D.C. SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA GATEWAY LOS ANGELES, CA INLAND WATERWAY GATEWAY Area of Responsibility includes WESTERN GULF GATEWAY HOUSTON, TX fifteen States adjacent to the EASTERN GULF/LOWER MISSISSIPPI GATEWAY navigable rivers, to include: Established: 1950 NEW ORLEANS, LA • Upper Mississippi River Total Employees: 754 Minnesota to Memphis SOUTH ATLANTIC GATEWAY MIAMI, FL • Missouri River Headquarters: 272 North Dakota to St. Louis U.S. Merchant Marine Academy: 264 • Illinois Waterway Chicago to St. Louis Gateway Offices and Fleet Sites: 218 • Ohio River Pittsburgh to Cairo
Office of Ports & Waterways Small Port Ports & Waterways Shipyard Conveyance Funding Grants Program America’s Strong Infrastructure Outreach & Marine Ports Development Gateways Highways Build America Bureau
America’s Marine Highway Vision of the Marine Highway Program The full integration of reliable, regularly scheduled, competitive, and sustainable Marine Highway services into the surface transportation system that are a routine choice for shippers. • Includes 25,000 miles of waterways, rivers, coastlines and the Great Lakes • Expands use of navigable waterways to reduce highway congestion and air pollution • Provides new, economically sustainable, supply chain alternatives
CRITICAL ELEMENTS - CREATING A MARINE HIGHWAY SERVICE • Proposed Projects must be located on a designated Marine Highway Route • A public/private partnership between ports, vessel operators, labor, and most importantly, shippers! • A solid business case including analysis of competing modes (truck and rail) • An efficient operational plan • Adequate capital for start up and initial operations • A coordinated promotion effort by key stakeholders
M-5 Marine Highway Projects and Grants (AK) AMERICA’S MARINE HIGHWAY GRANTS M-90 M-5 FY 2016 ($5M) • M-90 NE Expansion Project M-90 M-84 o Baton Rouge – New Orleans Shuttle on the M-55 - $1,758,595 M-87 Detroit o Illinois Intrastate Shuttle on the M-55 - $713,000 Windsor Cross Sound Enhancement M-35 Lake Erie M-29 Ferry NY Harbor COB Service o James River Expansion Project on the M-64 - $476,748 Shuttle Service Trans-Hudson Connector M-580 o New York Harbor and Container and Trailer on Barge - $1,632,296 M-95 M-55 COB M-495 Shuttle o M-55/M-35 Container on Barge Project - $96,000 M-55 Potomac River M-70 Paducah- M-70 Commuter Ferry M-64 o Potomac River Commuter Ferry Project - $173,361 McCracken M-55/M-35 James River Co COB Container COB Project Project FY 2017 ($5M) • M-65 M-40 M-5 Tenn-Tom o Notice of Federal Funding 45 day open period Freight Project M-55 M-49 M-146 o Only Designated Projects Eligible M-95 Gulf Atlantic MHP – Development and Expansion of documented vessels LEGEND – Port and Landside Infrastructure M-10 MH Routes BR – NOLA M-69 U.S. Interstate M-55 Shuttle Cross Gulf Container Expansion FY 2018 ($7M) – Draft Senate Appropriation Bill • M-A1 MH Projects MH Grants M-2 M-5 (AK)
PROGRAM UPDATES • REVISED FINAL RULE – Published December 1, 2017 o Streamlines the application elements o Focuses criteria on market analysis and business case o Incorporates 2012 legislative change that includes non-contiguous domestic trades o Incorporates 2015 legislative change that includes “unitized freight” o Provides “sunset clause” for dormant designated projects o Eliminates “AMH Initiatives” and changes “Corridors, Connectors, and Crossings” to “Routes” • CHANGING PERFORMANCE MEASURES o TEUs moved o Road miles eliminated = Highway maintenance costs saved o Air Emissions Saved = Fuel burned • LEGISLATIVE REQUEST – o Inclusion of pure passenger ferry development
MARINE HIGHWAY SIGNAGE • First Marine Highway Signage Launched on McClellan – Kerr Arkansas River System • Benefits include: • Recognition of Designation • Awareness of Maritime System • Enhanced Visibility of Maritime Activity • Educational Influence • Design and Guidelines • Eligibility and Process: State DOT
StrongPorts TM Program PROGRAM INITIATIVES • Cooperative Agreement Studies o Impact of Unscheduled Lock Outages Study o Economic Impact of Tugboat Towboat and Barge Study o Port Planning and Investment Toolkit • PortTalk Program – What do Ports need, and how can MARAD help o Initial Consults with Gateway Directors o Review of Master Plans and Current Challenges o Analysis of Findings – Regional and National Trends o Workshops – America’s Marine Highway and StrongPorts • Funding Development o Federal Funding Handbook for Marine Transportation System Infrastructure: as a resource for public and private stakeholders, navigating the myriad of Federal programs available. o StrongPorts Program Office provides assistance in accessing resources and leveraging with other funding methods.
Port Conveyance Program SURPLUS REAL PROPERTY • Federal real estate properties that are no longer needed by the Federal Government may be made available for public uses to State and local governments, regional agencies, or non-profit organizations. • Port Conveyance Program transfers eligible property for the purpose of building or establishing port related operations and services. • Over 2,800-acres of former Federal property transferred to States and local governments, at no cost to communities. • To search for opportunities in your area: https://propertydisposal.gsa.gov/
Ports & Waterways Funding • 2003 Port Security Grant program established • 2007 Energy & Security Act “ports are an extension of our surface transportation system” • 2009 ARRA first multimodal freight grant TIGER told a story… program. • 2010 TIGER confirmed port eligibility • 2010 MARAD begins designating Marine • Total Applications: 7,298 • Port Applications: 623 Highways as part of our transportation • Port Awards $578M system • 2012 MAP-21 includes focus on freight • Total Awards$5.2B planning • Port Requests:$12B • 2015 TIFIA available to ports • 2016 FASTLANE sets aside $500M over 5 years for freight projects, including at ports
Everett, WA M5 Corridor Seattle Tacoma, WA Pasco, WA Portland, OR Garibaldi, OR Eastport, ME Duluth, MN Newport. OR Lewiston, ID Benton, WA Coos Bay, OR Maine Ports M95 Corridor ProvPort, RI Port of Albany Newark Quonset, RI Wellsville, OH NE Gateway Toledo, OH Bayonne, NJ W. Sacramento, CA Wilmington, DE South Jersey Green Trade Neptune Stockton, CA Jeffersonville, IN Port Corp, NJ Corridor, CA Oakland, CA Baltimore, MD Richmond, VA Tri-City, IL Virginia Ports, VA M55 Corridor Hueneme, CA Norfolk Cates Landing, TN Catoosa, OK Port of L.A., CA Port of Long Beach, CA Little Rock, AR Fulton, MS San Diego, CA Charleston Georgia Ports Pascagoula, MS Mobile, AL Pier 29, HI JaxPort, FL New Orleans, LA Gulfport, MS Houston, TX Main Pass Cross Gulf, FL Orange, TX Corpus Christi, TX Port Manatee, FL Port of Miami, FL LOOP Gulf Gateway Cross Gulf, TX Gulf Brownsville, TX Port Dolphin Guam Dillingham, AK Landing Port Pelican Auke Bay, AK Saint Croix VI ARRA Grants TIGER FY 2011 TIGER FY 2014 TIGER FY 2009 TIGER FY 2012 TIGER FY 2010 TIGER FY 2013
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