Millennium Port Authority Update

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Millennium Port Authority Update

• Inland Rivers, Ports, and Terminals
• Annual Meeting
• April 15, 2004
• Edward (Ned) Peak, P. E.
• peake_at_portno.com

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Millennium Port Authority Container Market Update

• Background
• Transportation Infrastructure
• Rail, Truck, Ports
• Container Market Update
• Container on Barge

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Millennium Port Authority

• Established by State of Louisiana in 1999
• Focuses on containerized cargo
• Facilitates the regional planning process
• Recognizes crucial role of transportation
  infrastructure

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Louisiana Ports (from PAL)
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Initial PONO Study

• Port of New Orleans (PONO) strategic view
• 4 volume Comprehensive Feasibility Study by
  Frederic R Harris and VZM Transystems in 1999
• Saw overall cargo growth
• Expected NAFTA-driven hemispheric increases
• Considered ship rail costs

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• 1999
• PONO
• Study

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1999 PONO Market Study

• The window of market opportunity for Millennium
  Port development is now. Port of New Orleans
  stands at the crossroads of massive growth on one
  hand or, due to inaction, loss of market share on
  the other

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1999 PONO Market Study Results

• Infrastructure is key
• State wide consideration
• Disciplined blending of environmental and quality
  of life issues with quality economic development
• Cooperative Endeavor Agreements
• Private investment

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Transportation Infrastructure

• Rail
• 2000 data
• UP
• BNSF
• CSX
• CNIC
• NS
• KCS
• From AGC

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From AGC
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Transportation Infrastructure

• Ports
• A key component of the container freight logistic
  chain
• Louisiana blessed with water routes
• Containers were incidental cargo everywhere but
  Port of New Orleans

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Container Ports

• Port of New Orleans - France Road
• MRGO draft issues/IHNC access delays
• Port of New Orleans - Napoleon Avenue
• Open 2004
• Port of Greater Baton Rouge
• Dow public/private open July 2003
• GBR building IRMT for others
• Port of Lake Charles
• AID outload

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Norbridge Market Update 2003

• Update 1999 Study
• Evaluate worldwide market
• Assess container cargo to/from mid-West
• Determine where Louisiana is competitive

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Container on Barge

• Maritime Administration (MARAD) initiative
• Inland Waterways Intermodal Cooperative (IWICP)
  Program
• Seeks to utilize waterways more fully
• Reduce loads on roads
• Isolate hazardous cargoes
• Efficiently move containers

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Container on Barge

• Limited past uses
• Simplifies small port cargo handling
• Allows smaller Louisiana ports to participate
  directly in international water movements
• Extends use of France Road terminal in case of
  channel depth loss

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Summary

• MPA concentrates on containers to and through
  Louisiana
• Market is growing
• Louisiana can benefit through cooperation
• The Mississippi River just keeps on rolling
  alonglets use it!

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Millennium Port Authority1350 Port of New
Orleans PlaceNew Orleans, Louisiana 70130Ned
Peak, P.E. 504 528 3366peake_at_portno.com