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About Short Sea Shipping On-line Resources US Department of Transportation's Maritime Administration (MARAD) Marine Highway Initiative Mark Yonge, Maritime Transport & Logistics Advisors, LLC, November 15, 2006.The proposed doubling of freight in the next twenty years presents challenges to industry that a short sea shipping network can help resolve. Currently 92 percent of the freight that travels on the I-95 Corridor is in 53-foot-long trailer trucks, and some of that could be moved instead via vessels between municipal ports. Unlike a large, deepwater port that handles international containers, the model short sea port looks much like an efficient truck terminal and requires only low-cost infrastructure to handle the loading and unloading of wheeled tractor trailers. The ports in our region are ready, and this panel addresses the required port development, economic benefits, and other key aspects of developing a short sea network. Growth Opportunities for General Cargo and Shallow-Draft Ports (Presentation Slides) The presentation gives an overview as to why short sea shipping is an important strategy for managing growth in the freight transport industry and reducing highway congestion. In addition, the presentation outlines the current state of short sea shipping and types of vessels that would be most useful for this purpose. American Association of Port Authorities A collection of research papers on topics related to Short Sea Shipping opportunities, policy framework, intermodal partnerships, innovative supply chains, maritime terminal operations. By Mark Yonge, Maritime Transport & Logistics Advisors, LLC, and Lawrence Henesey, Blekinge Institute of Technology (Sweden) This work is the result of a study, as part of a strategic plan for the Port Authority of New York and New Jersey (PANYNJ). The Decision Tool is used to quantitatively evaluate the probability of success for a prospective short sea shipping operation. The white paper discusses factors that support and impede short sea shipping operations and actions necessary to stimulate short sea shipping. In addition, it outlines critical decision factors, such as environmental impact and congestion, and applies a weighting to each. This study evaluates the business case for short sea shipping opportunities, as alternatives to overland freight transportation, in four traffic corridors:Gulf to/from Atlantic Coast Corridor (Beaumont, TX and Camden, NJ); Atlantic Coast Corridor (Port Canaveral, FL and New Haven, CT); Pacific Coast Corridor (San Diego and Oakland, CA, and Astoria, OR); Great Lakes Corridor (Milwaukee, WI and Muskegon, MI). The study evaluates potential markets, provides data on truckload and traffic volumes of freight in the study corridors, and breaks out the costs of the various elements of transport. It also summarizes results of interviews with motor carriers, port operators, and others. Short-Sea and Coastal Shipping Options Study Cambridge Systematics, Inc. for the I-95 Corridor Coalition, November 2005. This report begins with an overview of the negative impacts of traffic growth in the I-95 Corridor. In identifying commodities that are best candidates for transport via short sea shipping, it provides useful statistics on current shipping practices by commodity type, including tonnage and transport routes. The Public Benefits of the Short-Sea Intermodal System. National Ports and Waterways Institute, University of New Orleans, for the Short Sea Cooperative Program (SCOOP), November 2004. This report utilizes valuation techniques to assess the external costs of truck transport of freight in two scenarios; New York to Miami and New York to Boston. Among other factors, it assigns values to air emissions and traffic congestion. It then determines the external cost savings achieved by diverting container units from highway transport mode to short sea shipping mode. Short Sea Shipping on the East Coast of North America: An analysis of opportunities and issues. Mary R. Brooks, et.al., Dalhousie Uiversity, March 31, 2006. This report examines four eastern seaboard freight shipping markets: Maine, Massachusetts, the cluster of New York/New Jersey/Pennsylvania/ Maryland, and South Carolina. There are detailed statistics on Atlantic Canada’s domestic exports to states in the U.S. by mode. Also, eastern seaboard warehousing and distribution centers are identified. The report compares shipping by truck versus ferry in terms of cost, time, and frequency.
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