Liner Trades-West Coast Port Analysis - General Steamship Agencies

125 Pages·2011·1.81 MB·English

by  Regina Speir

Comprehensive Regional Goods Movement Plan
and Implementation Strategy Task 14

Port Activity and
Competitiveness Tracker
(PACT)

Progress Report

Port Activity and Competitiveness
Tracker (PACT)

Prepared for
Southern California Association of Governments

Prepared by
Cambridge Systematics, Inc.
555 12th Street, Suite 1600
Oakland, CA 94607
Southern California Association of Governments
February 2011

Port Activity and Competitiveness Tracker (PACT)
Table of Contents
Executive Summary ........................................................................................................ 1
Summary of Key Report Findings ........................................................................ 1
Tracking of Key Indicators Moving Forward ..................................................... 4
1.0 Introduction ............................................................................................................ 1
1.1 Container Volumes and Market Shares ...................................................... 2
1.2 Value and Weight of Imports/Exports ..................................................... 12
1.3 Top Commodities Moving Through U.S. West Coast Ports .................. 15
1.4 Panama Canal TEUs, Transits, and Tolls ................................................. 18
2.0 Comparative Port Costs ........................................................................................ 1
2.1 Harbor Maintenance Tax .............................................................................. 1
2.2 Wharfage ......................................................................................................... 3
2.3 Dockage Rates ................................................................................................ 4
2.4 Demurrage Rates and Free Time ................................................................. 8
2.5 Fees and Charges at the Ports of Lazaro Cardenas and
Manzanillo .................................................................................................... 12
3.0 Ocean Shipping ...................................................................................................... 1
3.1 Distances and Travel times........................................................................... 1
3.2 Ocean Carrier Freight Rates ......................................................................... 3
4.0 Intermodal Rail ...................................................................................................... 1
5.0 The Panama Canal ................................................................................................. 1
6.0 Summary of Existing Infrastructure and Expansion Proposals at
West Coast Ports ..................................................................................................... 1
6.1 Prince Rupert .................................................................................................. 1
6.2 Vancouver, British Columbia ....................................................................... 2
6.3 Seattle .............................................................................................................. 3
6.4 Tacoma ............................................................................................................ 4
6.5 Portland ........................................................................................................... 6
6.6 Oakland ........................................................................................................... 7
6.7 Los Angeles .................................................................................................. 10
6.8 Long Beach.................................................................................................... 14
6.9 San Diego ...................................................................................................... 19
Table of Contents, continued
6.10 Punta Colonet ............................................................................................... 20
6.11 Manzanillo .................................................................................................... 21
6.12 Lazaro Cardenas .......................................................................................... 22
7.0 West Coast Port Strategies to Reduce Greenhouse Gases and Air
Pollution .................................................................................................................. 1
7.1 Port Emissions Reduction Strategies........................................................... 1
7.2 West Coast Port Emissions Reduction Strategies ...................................... 3
7.3 Prince Rupert .................................................................................................. 4
7.4 Vancouver ....................................................................................................... 4
7.5 Seattle .............................................................................................................. 5
7.6 Tacoma ............................................................................................................ 6
7.7 Portland ........................................................................................................... 7
7.8 Oakland ........................................................................................................... 8
7.9 San Pedro Bay Ports – Port of Los Angeles and Port of Long
Beach ................................................................................................................ 9
7.10 Los Angeles .................................................................................................. 10
7.11 Long Beach.................................................................................................... 11
7.12 San Diego ...................................................................................................... 12
7.13 Mexican Ports of Manzanillo and Lazaro Cardenas ............................... 12
8.0 Inland Infrastructure Projects to Improve Port Operations .......................... 1
8.1 Prince Rupert .................................................................................................. 1
8.2 Vancouver ....................................................................................................... 2
8.3 Seattle .............................................................................................................. 3
8.4 Tacoma ............................................................................................................ 6
8.5 Portland ........................................................................................................... 7
8.6 Oakland ........................................................................................................... 7
8.7 Los Angeles and Long Beach ....................................................................... 8
8.8 San Diego ...................................................................................................... 10
8.9 Mexican Ports of Manzanillo and Lazaro Cardenas ............................... 11
A. Background Documents, Figures, and Maps .................................................... 1

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Port Activity and Competitiveness Tracker (PACT)
List of Tables
Table 1.1 Container Volumes for North American Ports by Coast (in
TEUs) ............................................................................................................ 4
Table 1.2 Container Volumes for United States Ports by Coast (in TEUs) .......... 4
Table 1.3 Forecasted Containers Moving in the U.S. and the Ports of
L.A./Long Beach (in TEUs) ....................................................................... 5
Table 1.4 Container Volumes for Major Pacific Coast Ports by Country
(TEUs) ........................................................................................................... 7
Table 1.5 Container Volumes for North American Major Ports by
Country (in TEUs) ....................................................................................... 8
Table 1.6 Comparison of PIERS and Port Web Site Data for Loaded
Container Volumes (in TEUs) Oakland, Los Angeles, and Long
Beach, 2009 and 2008 .................................................................................. 10
Table 1.7 Container Volumes at Ports of Long Beach and Los Angeles ............ 11
Table 1.8 Value of Goods Imported/Exported at U.S. Customs Districts
Maritime Trade Only .................................................................................. 13
Table 1.9 Weight of Goods Imported/Exported at U.S. Customs Districts ...... 14
Table 1.10 Top 10 Commodities Imported/Exported through Major U.S.
West Coast Ports ....................................................................................... 16
Table 1.11 Panama Canal Container Volumes, Transits, and Tolls ...................... 19
Table 2.1 Harbor Maintenance Tax Expenditures and Revenues ......................... 2
Table 2.2 Dockage Rates (24 Hours) for 250-Meter and 300-Meter Vessels,
by Port ........................................................................................................... 5
Table 2.3 Dockage Rates by Port ................................................................................ 6
Table 2.4 Demurrage and Free Time of West Coast Ports ..................................... 8
Table 2.5 Demurrage and Free Time at West Coast Ports In Detail ...................... 9
Table 2.6 Fees at the Port of Manzanillo ................................................................. 12
Table 2.7 Fees at the Port of Lazaro Cardenas, Container Terminals Isla
de Enmedio and Isla Cayacal .................................................................. 13
Table 3.1 Ocean Shipping Distances and Travel Times from Asian Ports
to North American Ports ............................................................................ 2
Table 3.2 New Shanghai Containerized Freight Index ........................................... 5
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List of Tables, continued
Table 5.1 Panama Canal Vessel Limitations Before and After
Construction of the Third Set of Locks .................................................... 1
Table 6.1 Summary of Existing Port Infrastructure at Competing West
Coast Ports ................................................................................................... 1
Table A.1 Project Descriptions from the U.S. DOT .................................................. 7
Table A.2 Sources for this Report ............................................................................... 8

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Port Activity and Competitiveness Tracker (PACT)
List of Figures
Figure ES.1 Comparison of Pacific and East/Gulf Port Share of Total U.S.
20-Foot Equivalent Units 2000-2009 ................................................... ES-2
Figure 2.1 Container Ship Sizes ................................................................................... 5
Figure 3.1 Container Weekly Container Spot Rates, February 2009 to
November 2010 Dollar/Full Container Load, Hong Kong to Los
Angeles ........................................................................................................... 4
Figure 4.1 Chicago CREATE Projects ......................................................................... 8
Figure 5.1 Components of the Panama Canal Third Set of Locks Project ............. 2
Figure 5.2 Cross Section of the New Locks Complex ............................................... 3
Figure 8.1 SR 519 Revised Traffic Flow Map ............................................................. 4
Figure A.1 Letter from West Coast Port Executives to Rail Executives .............. A-1
Figure A.2 Canadian National Railway Company System Map ......................... A-2
Figure A.3 BNSF Intermodal System Map .............................................................. A-3
Figure A.4 Union Pacific System Map ..................................................................... A-4
Figure A.5 Norfolk Southern Capacity Enhancement Corridors ........................ A-5
Figure A.6 CSX Intermodal System Map ................................................................ A-6
Figure B.1 Comparison of Pacific and East/Gulf Port Share of Total U.S.
20-Foot Equivalent Units 2000-2009 ...... Error! Bookmark not defined.

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