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Investing in Transport Infrastructure for productivity growthTRANSCRIPT
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Transport Opportunities:Trade drives prosperityWhite Paper on the changing opportunities from investing in multimodal transport facilities world-wide.
+Executive Summary of Conclusions US seriously lags in intermodal transport infrastructure. Canada
has positioned itself to be land-bridge with Asia in competition with Panama Canal. Fastest growth in North America will be in West Coast to China, as bulk commodities trade use will grow from North American ports of:
Shanghai to Prince Rupert Is. in British Columbia; Improvements in productivity in worst ports on West Coast namely
Portland, Seattle ~ Tacoma, and British Columbia ports, only if change in ways these strategic assets are run;
Fastest trade growth intra Asia, followed by trade from Asia to North America.
Canadian National Railroads will be biggest beneficiary of Asia to East Coast USA, even with new Panama Canal increase in capacity.
+Globalization has meant the explosion of Containerization
+World Rail Freight Traffic
+Trade Flows over past 40 years
+Value of Trade between Major Trading Partners 2010, $ Bn
+Drivers of Trade Efficiencies
+Transport as percent of 2010 GDPUS is least competitive of OECD. No investment has been made.
+Main Trade Routes in 2010
+East India Company Trade Routes
+Global trade hubs in TEU
+Liner Shipping Connectivity Index
+Trade as % GDP
+Resilience of Trade in Recessions
+Global value of Exports
+World Maritime Trade Tons/Km. The rise of Bulk Commodities
+Intermodal Trade Break-down
+Marine Cost ~ Experience Curve
+Cost of Sea and Air Freight relative to Computers and Phone Calls
+Cost Function of Intermodal Trans Shipment
+I-Pad online supply chain. Fed-ex
+Evolution of Trade in TEU
+Costs of Trans Shipment NY Rotterdam
+Northern American“Land Bridge”
+US Freight ton miles
Intercoastal has almost vanished even with Jones Act
+Rail productivity has driven US “land bridge” economics
+CONTAINER SHIP EVOLUTION
+Super Container Ships Dimensions
+But can’t get through existing Panama Canal Infrastructure
New Canal will accommodate up to 366 m length, 49 m breadth and 15 m depth.
USS Missouri in Panama Canal 1945
+Economic Logic of 12,000 TEU Container Ship
+Propulsion Economics
+The Mega Container Ship 12,000 TEU
+Top Container Operators world-wide
+Capital Equipment as % of revenues in US industry
Rail transportation is one of the most capital intensive activity, particularly in North America where rail operators (Class I) own and operate their networks. Thus, maintenance and improvement costs tend to be high. Comparatively, other transport sectors are facing a different context. Roads are often provided and subsidized by public agencies. Ports and airport also tend to be owned by public agencies with user charges being the standard business model. Thus, if a maritime shipping company or an airline decides to lower or cut its services to a terminal, there are essentially no financial penalty in doing so. However, a rail operator seeing a decline of its traffic will still have similar maintenance costs. Abandoning tracks is seen as a last resort measure.
+Canadian National Rail likely winner in North America.
+Percent Rail Passenger Traffic to Total Rail, [2000]
+Total World Rail Passengers
+Disclaimer
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+Sources:
Bibliography:
Governor’s Container Ports Initiative: Recommendations of the Container Ports and Land Use Work Group, Washington State 2009;
Office of Financial Management, State of Washington , Land use around the Port of Seattle, 2009;
State of Washington Office of Financial Management. Land Use and local finance 2005.
Jean-Paul Rodrigue et al The Geography of Transport Systems, Hofstra University, Department of Global Studies & Geography,
EC (2005), ExternE: Externalities of Energy - Methodology 2005 Update, Directorate-General forResearch Sustainable Energy Systems, European Commission (www.externe.info).
EDRG (2007), Monetary Valuation of Hard-to-Quantify Transportation Impacts: Valuing Environmental, Health/Safety & Economic Development Impacts, NCHRP 8-36-61, National Cooperative Highway Research Program (www.trb.org/nchrp); at www.statewideplanning.org/_resources/63_NCHRP8-36-61.pdf.